We’re delighted that The Digit Working Time Reduction Team, led by Professor Brendan Burchell is among the finalists nominated for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s Celebrating Impact Prize 2024.
The prize recognises outstanding economic or societal impact achieved by ESRC-funded researchers. The Team’s work, in collaboration with a major trial of the four-day week in the UK, run by the 4 Day Week Campaign, investigated how such changes can be implemented practically and equitably – and by a broader range of industries.
ESRC Executive Chair Stian Westlake said, ‘The Celebrating Impact Prize is the Economic and Social Research Council’s way of recognising the remarkable achievements of the UK’s outstanding economists and social scientists. They have helped to ensure people’s legal and human rights are better protected, while showing us that there may be new and better ways of organising our working lives.’
Reacting to the news of their nomination, Professor Burchell said, ‘It is hugely rewarding to be doing research that has had so much impact on so many people to improve their working lives, and an honour for that impact to be recognised in this way by UK Research and Innovation.’
The winners, to be announced in November, are awarded £10,000 to spend on further knowledge exchange, public engagement or other communications activities.