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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.
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Profiles
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Nadege Ade
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Philosophy
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Javed Ahmed
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Policy Research and Practice
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Saira Ahmed
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Policy Research and Practice
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GW4 Menstrual and Mental Health Research Community
Sharp, G., Channon, M., Thomson, J., Amery, F., Franco Vega, I., Di Florio, A. & Murray, A.
1/06/21 → 30/11/21
Project: Other
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Voicing loss: Meanings and implications of participation by bereaved people in inquests
Woodthorpe, K., Rumble, H. & Templeton, L.
Economic and Social Research Council
4/05/21 → 3/01/24
Project: Research council
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Toward a relational turn in development theory and policy: a comparative analysis of two PAR interventions in the wake of COVID-19
1/03/21 → 28/02/23
Project: Research council
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Religion and Development
Deneulin, S., 2022, Elgar Encyclopedia of Development. Clarke, M. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A hidden web of policy influence: The pharmaceutical industry’s engagement with UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Rickard, E. & Ozieranski, P., 24 Jun 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 6 , e0252551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Allies among enemies: political authority and party (dis)loyalty in Bangladesh
Maitrot, M. R. L., 12 Mar 2021, In: Modern Asian Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Qualitative data for states of emergency: citizenship in crisis in Sierra Leone 2017
Enria, L. (Creator), University of Bath, 31 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00596
Dataset
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Data set for "A hidden web of policy influence: The pharmaceutical industry’s engagement with UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Groups"
Rickard, E. (Creator) & Ozieranski, P. (Creator), University of Bath, 28 May 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00943
Dataset
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Data from UK Pension Reforms (1997-2015)
Pearce, N. (Creator) & Massala, T. (Creator), University of Bath, 31 Dec 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00846
Dataset
Student theses
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A critical review of graduate employability skills : lessons from the Maltese experience
Author: Thake, A. M., 27 Jun 2017Supervisor: Cressey, P. (Supervisor) & Lauder, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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A Juku Childhood: Children’s experiences in Juku attendance and its relation to their well-being in Japan
Author: Ozaki, M., 30 Jun 2016Supervisor: Ridge, T. (Supervisor) & Harkness, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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An analysis of the factors influencing the implementation of health and personal social service policies for elderly people in Northern Ireland.
Author: McCoy, K. F., 1985Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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