School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is recognised nationally and internationally for our theoretically informed and applied research. We foster a culture that values the diversity of all our communities and publicises and celebrates excellence in all we do.
We create vibrant and inclusive learning and teaching environment grounded in scholarship, research, and professional practice.
Through our strategic partnerships, we influence and shape civic, cultural, and social life. We maximise the employability of our students through our curriculum and engagement with our external partners.
Latest News
New tools to identify non-compliant business locations created to support regulation and enforcement
Wed 30 Nov 2022
New tools to map the location of non-compliant businesses have been created following a report which found that hand car washes, nail bars, and other informal economy sectors are more likely to be found within specific types of neighbourhoods.
Mispronouncing student names can impact learning motivation and sense of belonging
Tue 04 Oct 2022
Podcast: Exorcism harm and committing crimes in your sleep
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Nottingham Institute of Education receives new government accreditation for teacher training
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Small group reading shown to boost pupil progress
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Our Research Groups and Centres
Decolonial Research Collaborative
Decolonial Research Collaborative
The Decolonial Research Collaborative has been created to provide an environment in which decolonial inquiry can be nurtured within higher education.
The Identity Change Research Group
The Identity Change Research Group
The Identity Change Research Group is focusing on the developments in Identity Process Theory and applying the theory to emerging societal challenges.
Gender Research Group
Gender Research Group
The Gender Research Group’s aim is to promote social and democratic inclusion and transformation at global, national and local levels through critical examination of the myriad ways gender matters in shaping people’s identities, experiences and opportunities.
Centre for Behavioural Research Methods
Centre for Behavioural Research Methods
The Centre for Behavioural Research Methods (CBRM) is an interdisciplinary hub for nurturing, developing and sharing the theory and practice of social science research methods.
Centre for Public and Psychosocial Health
Centre for Public and Psychosocial Health
This Research Centre brings together a wide range of research excellence in Social Science, including in Public and Population Health, Health and Wellbeing and Employment and Wellbeing.
Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group
Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group
The Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group aims to challenge conventional understandings of crime, deviance, and the social processes of criminalisation.
Perception, Attention and Memory Group
Perception, Attention and Memory Group
The Perception, Attention and Memory group, at the Psychology department of the School of Social Sciences, investigates the mechanisms involved in processing the world around us. Our research ranges from theoretical studies of visual, auditory and time perception, to more applied studies such as real-world search and consumer behaviour.
Identity, Territory and Social Justice
Identity, Territory and Social Justice
Driven by a commitment to social justice, members of ITSJ engage in research that seeks to explore and problematise the socio-political phenomena shaping peoples’ lives, with a particular interest in questions of identity and territory broadly construed.
Evolution and Social Interaction Research Group
Evolution and Social Interaction Research Group
The Evolution and Social Interaction Research Group’s aim is to further our understanding of human and non-human animal social interaction and how and why these behaviours have been moulded by evolution.
Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families (NCCYPF)
Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families (NCCYPF)
NCCYPF is an interdisciplinary research centre with a focus on improving the lives of children, young people and families across Nottingham and beyond.
Our latest publications
Effects of age and attentional focus on the performance and coordination of the sit-to-stand task
Digital tools for direct assessment of autism risk during early childhood: a systematic review
Compelled by an emotional economy of care: explorations of the youth justice student ‘career’
The effect of auricular acupressure on short-term postoperative pain intensity after cesarean section: a three-arm randomized controlled trial
Victimisation and worry about crime. Analysing the relationship between victimisation and worry about crime, and the effects of personal and neighbourhood characteristics on this relationship
Critical ‘employability’ within the realms of sociology – a movement toward ‘social justice’
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