Economic & Social Research Council
Economic & Social Research Council
Verify users from Economic & Social Research Council
Economic & Social Research Council is a member of UK federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Economic & Social Research Council by having them sign in with their Economic & Social Research Council account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Economic & Social Research Council
- Description
- Economic & Social Research Council
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.esrc.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.esrc.ac.uk/openathens- Federation
- UK federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Economic & Social Research Council?
Yes. Economic & Social Research Council participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Economic & Social Research Council account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Economic & Social Research Council support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Economic & Social Research Council does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Economic & Social Research Council in?
Economic & Social Research Council is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Economic & Social Research Council?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Economic & Social Research Council. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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