Past Research Network events
Connecting Experienced Researchers

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

NED Talk. Speaker David McCallum
Tuesday 10th February 2026
 

Our first event of 2026 will be a NED Talk. These are early evening Zoom meetings, with a speaker talking about a topic of general interest for 20–30 minutes, followed by time for discussion and a general chat. David McCallum will tell us about his switch of career: from market research - to taking a BA in Music and Songwriting - to presenting a weekly programme 'Songwriters of the 20th Century' on local radio, Radio Northern Beaches, in Australia.

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Latest News

Christmas Party and AGM:

This year’s Network AGM & Christmas Drinks event took place at the Ipsos offices (just east of Tower Bridge) on Tuesday 2 December. Over 40 members attended and all seemed to enjoy it – for evidence of which, see the photos now available in the gallery.

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Weaknesses of AI chatbots revealed in MRS experiment

Commercial chatbots powered by artificial intelligence respond inaccurately and inconsistently to queries about UK census statistics, according to a report published by the MRS Census and GeoDemographics Group (CGG).

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