Economic Research Council

ERC
London, United Kingdom

ERC merged with the Economic Reform Club in 1959, which had been founded by a number of prominent people who had become concerned at the poverty around them in the midst of plenty and began to question Britain's use of economic and monetary policies that had failed the nation in the past and were liable to go on perpetuating the sequence of boom, slump, boom of the 1920s. ERC's main objects are to (1) promote education in the science of economics, in particular monetary practice; (2) study presentations on monetary and economic subjects; (3) explore the fields of monetary and economic thought; (4) take steps to increase the interest of the public in the objects of the council by making known the results of study and research through publishing reports and other documents; and (5) encourage establishment by other countries of bodies having aims similar to those of the council and collaborate with such bodies to the public advantage.

Contact details

Website:
http://www.ercouncil.org

Address:
5 Albany Courtyard, Piccadilly, London W1J 0HF, UK

Country:
United Kingdom

Sub-region:
Northern Europe

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
UK
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Year founded
1943
Age (years)
Economic Research Council
82 
United Kingdom average
 37
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): David Dike
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2024): David Dike
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): David Dike
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2025
Economic Research Council
 3
United Kingdom average
 33
Global average
 87
2024
Economic Research Council
 3
2021
Economic Research Council
 22
% Female staff
2025
Economic Research Council
 33%
United Kingdom average
 48%
Global average
 50%
2024
Economic Research Council
 33%
2021
Economic Research Council
 14%
% Female researchers
2021
Economic Research Council
 14%
United Kingdom average
 38%
Global average
 34%
2020
Economic Research Council
 14%
2019
Economic Research Council
 22%

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
Economic Research Council
 1
United Kingdom average
 41
Global average
 58

Social

Likes (2023)
Economic Research Council
 733
United Kingdom average
 40,614
Global average
 26,974
Likes (2022)
Economic Research Council
 706
Likes (2021)
Economic Research Council
 717
Followers (2025)
Economic Research Council
 1,617
United Kingdom average
 30,213
Global average
 20,495
Followers (2024)
Economic Research Council
 1,676
Followers (2022)
Economic Research Council
 1,548
Subscribers (2025)
Economic Research Council
 1,160
United Kingdom average
 11,865
Global average
 7,732
Subscribers (2024)
Economic Research Council
 1,140
Subscribers (2023)
Economic Research Council
 1,090
Followers (2025)
Economic Research Council
 136
United Kingdom average
 2,488
Global average
 19,522
Followers (2024)
Economic Research Council
 106
Followers (2023)
Economic Research Council
 87
Followers (2025)
Economic Research Council
 465
United Kingdom average
 16,409
Global average
 16,361
Followers (2024)
Economic Research Council
 271
Followers (2019)
Economic Research Council
 75

Data notes

Last updated: 10/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : Authenticated
Data sources consulted: NIRA Think Tank Directory, Organisation´s website
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