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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.
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):
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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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Sowing the seeds of the 'good city': urban agriculture, sustainable livelihoods and wellbeing in Freetown, Sierra Leone
30/04/22 → 29/04/24
Project: Research council
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CPAID project with LSE
Economic and Social Research Council
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research council
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Partnership in Safeguarding People with Dementia from a Primary and Social Care Perspectives
Lasrado, R., Robinson, C., Cooper, M., Panagioti, M., Blakeman, T., Dixon, J., Maharani, A. & Rauf, M. A.
1/04/22 → 29/03/24
Project: Research council
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¿Cómo se asocian la participación política de las mujeres y la asignación de recursos públicos a la educación y a la salud? Un análisis anivel subnacionalpara el caso peruano
Translated title of the contribution :What is the association between women’s political participation and public budged allocation to education and health? : A subnational-level analysis based on the Peruvian case Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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(Re)making the margins: frontier assemblages and brokerage in Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Goodhand, J. & Walton, O., 25 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of International Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accessible funerals
Forrester-Jones, R., McCallion, P., McCallion, M., Stancliffe, R. & Wiese, M., 2022, End of life and people with intellectual and developmental disability: Contemporary issues, challenges, experiences and practice . Standcliffe, R., Wiese, M. Y., McCallion, P. & McCarron, M. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Datasets
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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
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Understanding and responding to adults bereaved following a drug or alcohol-related death
Walter, T. (Creator), Valentine, C. (Creator), Templeton, L. (Other), McKell, J. (Other), Ford, A. (Other), Velleman, R. (Other), Hay, G. (Other) & Bauld, L. (Other), UK Data Service, 9 Dec 2015
Dataset
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Impact assessment in complex contexts of rural livelihood transformations in Africa. Part 1- Longitudinal household income data
Copestake, J. (Creator), Allan, C. (Other), Thomas, E. (Other), Wolf, E. (Other) & Petty, C. (Rights Holder), UK Data Service, 4 Feb 2016
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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