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Welcome to the Research Network

The RESEARCH NETWORK is an association of experienced market and social researchers who have spent all or most of their working lives in such activities. We currently have around 200 members; most of them have been associated with the field for at least 25 years and some for a lot longer.

Our purpose is to help members stay in regular contact with friends and colleagues through a mix of social events, a regular newsletter and online facilities. We organise lunches and other get-togethers in London – lively and convivial events at which members have the opportunity to meet up with old acquaintances and make new friends.

We also support initiatives such as an oral history archive and the Archive of Market and Social Research (AMSR), and have close links with the industry charity, the Market Research Benevolent Association (MRBA).

 

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Next Event

Spring Lunch
Tuesday 28th April 2026
 

For our Spring lunch on Tuesday 28th April we will be returning to Ev in Isabella Street in Southwark, which we last visited in 2024. Many of you are already familiar with this is a very leafy pedestrian street, near Southwark Tube station. Ev is part of the Tas group of Turkish restaurants, serving delicious Anatolian food. It occupies three railway arches in Isabella Street and has a lovely tree-lined outdoor terrace which we can use for drinks if the weather is nice. Welcome drinks will be available from 12:30 and our lunch will commence at 1:00pm. BOOKINGS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN.

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Latest News

“The past is a foreign country – they do things differently there”

The famous opening to LP Harley’s novel The Go-Between was beautifully reflected in the latest of the Network’s NED Talks delivered by Peter Bartram on 24 March. Peter drew on over 60 years’ involvement in research, as both a supplier and a client, to produce a fascinating litany of ‘then vs now’ comparisons.

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Celebrating Liz Nelson

Friends and former colleagues of Liz Nelson gathered on Wednesday 18 March to celebrate her life, at an event organised by AMSR in association with the MRS and the Research Network.

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