Government Social Research
The Government Social Research Service (GSR) exists to serve the public through providing the government of the day with high quality, objective, reliable, relevant and timely social science research to inform policy making and delivery.
Government Social Researchers are bound by the Civil Service Code and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Commitment to these values is required of all members of the Home Civil Service. As an addendum to the Civil Service Code, the GSR Code sets out specific principles to guide the work and behaviour of Government Social Researchers.
The GSR Code brings together GSR professional standards and departmental/devolved administration guidance under seven key principles. Adherence to the Code will ensure high quality research and analysis for policy and operational delivery research and analysis that is scientifically rigorous, relevant and valued.
Government Social Research is the application of social scientific knowledge with the aim of improving the impact and efficacy of government policy and delivery. To achieve this its output will be:
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Printable version of the GSR products code (PDF, 41.1KB)
GSR is the professional membership organisation for social research in government. To ensure they deliver high quality research, evaluation and analysis, GSR members must (be):
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Printable version of the GSR people code (PDF, 31.1KB)