Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Websitehttp://www.bath.ac.uk/sps/

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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Nadege Ade
- P.N.Ade@bath.ac.uk
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Philosophy
Javed Ahmed
- jama21@bath.ac.uk
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Policy Research and Practice
Saira Ahmed
- sna46@bath.ac.uk
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Policy Research and Practice

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53 Active
206 Finished

Child Protection in Gaza & Jordan: Understanding and addressing neglect through a systemic approach
Hart, J.
AHRC
1/10/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research council
From stone to phone: Livelihoods, resource governance and artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Maconachie, R. & Sun, Y.
1/10/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research-related funding
Bath Global Chair 2020-2021: Prof. Heike Solga
Lauder, H. & Cooke, L. P.
1/09/20 → 31/08/21
Project: Research-related funding

Religion and Development
Deneulin, S., 2022, Elgar Encyclopedia of Development. Clarke, M. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

File
Cash-for-Care Use and Union Dissolution in Finland
Morosow, K., Jalovaara, M. & Härkönen, J., 11 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 83, 1, p. 209-227 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Crime and the Media
Moore, S., 2021, An Introduction to Criminology. SAGE Publications Ltd
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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
Data for 'Toward healthy housing for the displaced'
Albadra, D. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator) & Hart, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 11 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00433
Dataset
Impact assessment in complex contexts of rural livelihood transformations in Africa. Part 2- Interview data
Copestake, J. (Creator), Remnant, F. (Other), Allan, C. (Other) & Thomas, E. (Other), UK Data Service, 4 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-852065
Dataset

A critical review of graduate employability skills : lessons from the Maltese experience
Author: Thake, A. M., 27 Jun 2017
Supervisor: 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 2016
Supervisor: 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., 1985
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD

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