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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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Profiles
Projects
Voluntary agreements to improve diet and nutrition in the UK: Evidence Synthesis to inform how to improve these policy mechanisms
1/07/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Child Protection in Gaza & Jordan: Understanding and addressing neglect through a systemic approach
1/05/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Research council
Research Output
Religion and Development
Deneulin, S., 2022, Elgar Encyclopedia of Development. Clarke, M. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
File
A disconnected policy network: The UK's response to the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic
Georgalakis, J., 30 Apr 2020, In : Social Science and Medicine. 250, 112851.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Adolescent alcohol use
Klein, M., 3 Jul 2020, Essays in Developmental Psychology. Summers, R., Golden, C. J., Lashley, L. & Ailes, E. (eds.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Open Access
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), Allan, C. (Other), Thomas, E. (Other), Wolf, E. (Other) & Petty, C. (Rights Holder), 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
File
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
File
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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