Organization profile

Organisation profile

The Department of Social & Policy Sciences is one of the leading centres for social sciences in the UK. We have an excellent reputation for cutting edge research and innovative teaching.

We have been ranked exceptionally in the following league tables:

Ranked 3rd for social work in the Guardian University guide 2016
Ranked 3rd for sociology in the Complete University Guide 2017
In the top ten for social policy & administration in the Guardian University guide 2016
Ranked 44th in the world Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2016
Ranked in the top 100 in the world for Social Policy in the QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2016

Our staff and students are involved in the study of the major challenges that we face as a society:

poverty
inequality
disadvantage
work and worklessness
violence
the welfare state
community cohesion
family life and parenting
health, illness and death.

Our achievements have been recognised most recently by the award of the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2011.

Fingerprint The fingerprint is based on mining the text of the scientific documents related to the associated persons. Based on that an index of weighted terms is created, which defines the key subjects of research unit

poverty Social Sciences

welfare Social Sciences

death Social Sciences

experience Social Sciences

politics Social Sciences

Sierra Leone Social Sciences

economics Social Sciences

governance Social Sciences

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Profiles

Joan Abbas

J.E.Abbas@bath.ac.uk

Person: Doctor of Philosophy

Nicholas Abercrombie

Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Professor (Visiting)

Person: Honorary / Visiting Staff

Nadege Ade

P.N.Ade@bath.ac.uk

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Person: Doctor of Philosophy

Projects 1993 2025

5 Not started
39 Active
155 Finished

GCRF - Mapping Opportunities for Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Artisanal Gold Mining in Sierra Leone

Maconachie, R., Kjeldsen, T. & Bryant, L.

1/11/18 → 31/07/19

Project: Other › Internally Funded Research

GCRF - New Policy Responses to Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh: What Difference Does it Make?

Devine, J.

1/11/18 → 31/07/19

Project: Other › Internally Funded Research

GCRF - Implementing Sustainable Social Work Interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries

Brown, S.

1/11/18 → 30/06/19

Project: Other › Internally Funded Research

Research Output 1978 2018

#SaloneDecides: Will new parties end Sierra Leone’s two-party dominance?

Enria, L. & Hitchen, J., 28 Feb 2018, African Arguments.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

Open Access

Sierra Leone

election

1 Citations

Advancing health coverage of informal workers in three Latin American countries

Bernales-Baksai, P. & Solar-Hormazábal, O., 1 Jan 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Social Policy and Administration.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

coverage

worker

health

Uruguay

Colombia

A framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires

Deneulin, S., Lepore, E., Mitchell, A. & Suarez, A. L., 15 Feb 2018, Capability-Promoting Policies: Enhancing Individual and Social Development. Otto, H-U., Walker, M. & Ziegler, H. (eds.). Bristol, U. K.: Policy Press, p. 111-129

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

fragmentation

Latin America