Social Sciences

Our school is characterised as much by its active and outward-looking research culture as its teaching. We place a strong emphasis on theoretically informed applied research, including a focus on contemporary social issues and policy agendas. This is rooted in our four divisions:

Politics and International Relations
Psychology
Social Work and Professional Practice
Sociology

We have a reputation for producing high quality, socially relevant research of practical use. For example, in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) NTU's social policy research was highly ranked. The Assessment showed that for social policy (U0A40):

60% of our research was either world-leading or internationally excellent
95% of our research was at international standard or above
NTU's social policy research was the strongest in the region.

Psychology at NTU has an established international research reputation with 50% of all research being classified as international or internationally excellent (RAE 2008).

Our research is drawn from a wide range of funding bodies including:

the British Academy
EPSRC
the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
the EU
the Home Office
Government departments
national charities
public service agencies.

The quality and applied nature of much of our research has resulted in invitations to act as advisers to a number of national and international bodies. These include: