Faculty of Social Sciences
Research
Research
Overview of Research in Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences has a thriving research culture and is engaged in world-class, agenda setting research in fields such as human geography, culture, citizenship, identities, governance, criminology and international development and innovation. In the RAE 2008 we made a total 3 submissions that were all recognised as having a high percentage of world leading and internationally excellent research: Geography and Environmental Studies (55%) Sociology (55%) and Development Studies. We are committed to the enhancement and development of this research culture as a priority in our mission. To that end our research is supported by 4 interdisciplinary research centres, an ESRC Research Centre in addition to our 6 academic departments.
Although our research culture is supported by these world leading centres, we are united in our efforts to explore the frontiers of the social sciences and work across the boundaries of academic disciplines. This has allowed us to develop a unique research signature based on transdisciplinary approaches to timely interdisciplinary areas such as citizenship, the environment, research methods, and the ways in which people's lives are connected in an increasingly complex and uncertain world. Our research also strives to be critically engaged with important social issues, relevant to people's lives and promoting values of equality and social justice.
Our areas of research
Research Centres
- ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC)
- Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)
- International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR)
- Centre for Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD)
- OpenSpace Research Centre
Departments within the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Economics
- Geography
- Politics & International Studies
- Psychology in the Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Social Policy and Criminology
Major research projects
