AMSR News Archive
Browse AMSR news stories from past months and years here (most recent first). You can also visit our Review page (formerly the AMSR Newsletter) to see what we’ve been up to.
Sir Robert Worcester
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sir Robert Worcester on 5th September 2025 Bob was...
AMSR Summer event 10th June 2025
Our speakers and sponsors – full event video available here. The Archive: 'not a...
Richard Asquith takes over as AMSR Chief Executive
Richard AsquithPress release – for publication on 22nd January 2025 Richard Asquith is to take...
AMSR Summer Event 10th June 2024
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT SESSIONS L-r: Jim Whaley, David Tross, James Endersby,...
AMSR Summer event 13th June 2023
Archives exist to keep things safe – but not secret On a hot summer evening we gathered on the...
Researching the public: Post-war policy, politics and polling – a review by Paul Edwards
This is the third book of essays drawing on the wealth of data in the Archive of Market and Social...
The AMSR at MRS Insight Alchemy conference – review
What a great day for the AMSR at the MRS conference, Insights Alchemy, on Tuesday 14th March....
International Women’s Day – Women at Work
March 8th 2023 is International Women’s Day. In recognition, the AMSR is making available an...
The AMSR at Insight Alchemy 2023
Isn’t it wonderful to have a have an in-person Conference once again? To meet face-to-face and...
Does the generation gap matter as much as we think?
Are you a Boomer? Gen X? Gen Y? Do you know which generational cohort you belong to? And does it...
Joint AMSR/Mass Observation webinar
Free webinar: 'Exploring the Archives: Researching the narrative of happiness and the history of...
New book references Archive source material
'From pet economics to pet cemeteries, this wonderfully engaging history explains the changing...
Jeremy Bullmore 1929-2023
Advertising executive Jeremy Bullmore, former president of the Market Research Society and...
AMSR Summer Event, 26th May 2022 – report
Judith Staig reports from the AMSR's Summer Event, held on 26th May 2022: To be part of the...
MRS Impact Conference 2022
Judith Staig reports for the AMSR on this year's virtual sessions: Love them or loath them,...
AMSR welcomes the Opinium Collection
The AMSR is delighted to welcome our first truly ‘modern’ collection, from Opinium – an agency...
‘How We’ve Changed…’ Book Review by Paul Edwards
First of all I have to declare a bias. I believe that the study of history is a good thing. It...
Research Matters article: Phyllis Macfarlane explains the value of the AMSR
Phyllis Macfarlane, Chair of the AMSR's Content Committee, has written an article for the SRA's...
John Bittlestone shares insights into the history of cinema research
Phyllis Macfarlane, Chair of the AMSR's Content Committee, recently had the opportunity to...
AMSR plays leading role in AQR webinar ‘The Making of History’
On May 17th 2021 the AQR (Association for Qualitative Research) hosted a webinar for its members...
Key AMSR supporters named ‘Research Heroes’ by MRS
We're delighted to announce that Gill Wareing and Inger Christensen have been included in the...
Phyllis Macfarlane is awarded the MRS Gold Medal
Phyllis Macfarlane, AMSR Trustee and Chairman of its Contents Committee, has been awarded the...
The AMSR Specialist Collections
Until now we have focused mainly on the collection of paper based material since this was at the...
e-Book review by Paul Edwards
Don’t be put off by the rather clinical title. This little e-Book is actually 12 essays providing...
AMSR Anniversary Event – 2 March 2021
Paul Edwards reports from the Archive of Market and Social Research virtual event to thank donors,...
Connecting the Archive and Academia
It has long been thought by senior research practitioners that significant mutual advantages could...
Latest AMSR newsletter posted
The latest quarterly newsletter from AMSR is now available on the website. Among the many...
Jane Frost appointed as AMSR Vice-Chairman
AMSR is delighted to have appointed Jane Frost, CBE and CEO of the Market Research Society (MRS)...
Are you a Hoarder or a Chucker?
Updated 11/05/20: With people spending a lot more time at home at this time of coronavirus...
BBC studies added to the Archive
AMSR has recently acquired some very rich material documenting research conducted for the BBC....