Department of Social & Policy Sciences

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

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.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Amj Abdelmalik
- mja80bath.acuk
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
- Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Policy Research and Practice
Sharmaarke Abdullahi
- sa3408bath.acuk
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Policy Research and Practice
Nadege Ade
- P.N.Adebath.acuk
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Philosophy

2 Curtailed
10 Not started
35 Active
296 Finished

ESRC IAA - Co-Producing a Handbook to Promote the ‘Relational Needs-Based Organising’ Approach to International Development/Social Policy
Howard, N. (PI) & Lazarus, J. (Researcher)
Economic and Social Research Council
3/04/25 → 3/07/25
Project: Research council
INSPIRE-Ghana: Network Building and Research Dissemination on Resilient Healthcare Provision and Social Protection in Ghana
Sari, V. (PI)
1/04/25 → 30/10/26
Project: Research council
Universal Credit and Council Tax Reduction
Griffiths, R. (PI), Wood, M. (PI) & Griffiths, R. (Researcher)
Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust
1/04/25 → 30/11/25
Project: UK charity

A growing concern: investigating sustainable water quality and urban food production in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Bryant, L., Maconachie, R., Schnabel, B., Swaray, A., Howard, G., Gbanie, S., Bangura, K., Kamara, A. & Antwi-Agyei, P., 1 Feb 2025, In: Water Supply. 25, 2, p. 183-192 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A historical overview of policy perspectives towards informal care in Taiwan (1996-2023)
Liu, Y.-C. & Chen, C.-F., 28 Feb 2025, In: Health Policy. 152, 105239.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A new approach to children's work that prioritises resilience, well-being and agency: Emerging findings from a 'cash plus' intervention in Bangladesh
Howard, N., Roelen, K., Ton, G., Hermoza, M. E., Al Mamun, S., Chowdhury, K., Aktar, T. & Huq, L., 31 Jan 2025, In: BMJ Paediatrics Open. 9, 1, e002422.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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
Dataset for "Analysing experiences and issues in self-built shelters in Bangladesh using transdisciplinary approach"
Klansek, T. (Creator), Rota, F. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator), Albadra, D. (Creator), Paszkiewicz, N. (Creator) & Ball, R. (Creator), University of Bath, 8 Oct 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00781
Dataset
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

¡Ni Una Más! Women Weaving Solidarity Networks Against and Beyond State Violence and Feminicide in Contemporary Mexico (2010-2020)
Ventura Alfaro, M. J. (Author), Dinerstein, A. (Supervisor) & Deneulin, S. (Supervisor), 16 Nov 2022
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD

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Accountability aspects of local government finance
Whisker, P. M. (Author), 1981
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD

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A child-centred approach to childhood poverty and social exclusion
Ridge, T. (Author)Gould, N. (Supervisor) & Millar, J. (Supervisor), 14 Feb 2001
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD

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