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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poverty Social Sciences

welfare Social Sciences

experience Social Sciences

death 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

10 Not started
38 Active
158 Finished

Child Trafficking Public Engagement Project

Gearon, A.

5/12/18 → 4/12/19

Project: Research-related funding › Public Engagement, Internally Funded Research

‘The “Rehabilitation Prison”: An oxymoron or an opportunity to radically reform imprisonment?’

Jewkes, Y. & Gooch, K.

1/12/18 → 31/01/21

Project: Research council

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

Research Output 1978 2019

Faith in forgiveness? Exploring conversions to Christianity within a former Khmer Rouge community

Manning, P., Keo, D. & Kilburn, D., 2 Jan 2019, In : Critical Asian Studies. 51, 1, p. 51-74 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Christianity

faith

Cambodia

peace process

religion

Green grabs and rural development: How sustainable is biofuel production in post-war Sierra Leone?

Maconachie, R., 1 Feb 2019, In : Land Use Policy. 81, p. 871-877 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Sierra Leone

biofuel

rural development

biofuels

bioenergy

Implications of a complexity perspective for systematic reviews and guideline development in health decision making

Petticrew, M., Knai, C., Thomas, J., Rehfuess, E. A., Noyes, J., Gerhardus, A., Grimshaw, J. M., Rutter, H. & McGill, E., 25 Jan 2019, In : BMJ Global Health. 4, Suppl 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access