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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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poverty
Social Sciences
death
Social Sciences
welfare
Social Sciences
Sierra Leone
Social Sciences
economics
Social Sciences
experience
Social Sciences
politics
Social Sciences
Bangladesh
Social Sciences
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Profiles
Nicholas Abercrombie
- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Visiting Professor
Person: Honorary / Visiting Staff
Projects 1993 2025
Green rooted agriculture associations (GRASS): community-led pairing of urban agriculture and phytoremediation in Sierra Leone
18/11/19 → 17/11/21
Project: Research council
Research Output 1978 2020
Canada’s non-diplomacy puts Canadians at risk in an unstable Middle East
Wildeman, J., 12 Jan 2020, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Neighbourhood drivability: environmental and individual characteristics associated with car use across Europe
den Braver, N. R., Kok, J. G., Mackenbach, J. D., Rutter, H., Oppert, J-M., Compernolle, S., Twisk, J. W. R., Brug, J., Beulens, J. W. J. & Lakerveld, J., 17 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 17, 1, 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
PPPs in China: Does the growth in Chinese PPPs signal a liberalising economy?
Bloomfield, M. & Jones, L., 10 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : New Political Economy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Datasets
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 1- Longitudinal household income data
Copestake, J. (Creator), UK Data Service, 4 Feb 2016
Dataset
Student theses
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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