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
Vital role of communities in vaccine uptake highlighted in new study
Wed 26 May 2021
People who feel a sense of community belonging or identification are more willing to have a Covid-19 vaccine, according to research by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).
Home Office funds Responsible Car Wash Scheme pilot to prove case for licensing
Mon 10 May 2021
NTU Psychology staff donate over 500 books to the University of Jos following library fire
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Distrust and confusion stopping immigrants detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres from seeking healthcare
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Experiences of female skateboarders to be explored in new research project
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Our Research Groups and Centres
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.
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.
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.
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.
Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE)
Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE)
The Centre for Crime and Offending Prevention and Engagement (COPE) contributes to the understanding of victimisation risk and crime harm, the transformation agenda for change in the Criminal Justice System, and community engagement with crime prevention.
Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families
Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families
NCCYPF is an interdisciplinary research centre based in Social Sciences but drawing on membership from across the University. Our work is focused on improving the lives of children, young people and families across Nottingham and beyond.
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. This breadth of research spans clinical (lymphoedema) and non-clinical areas (sleep, wellbeing, social identities, trauma, health promotion/prevention) and is multi-disciplinary, for example taking sociological and psychosocial approaches to health.
Our latest publications
Evaluating Circles of Support and Accountability: successes, failures and everything in-between
'The whole world torn down and rebuilt under the sign of creativity': the Situationist dérive as tactical remaking of the subjective world
'I thought in order to get to God I had to win their approval': a qualitative analysis of the experiences of Muslim victims abused by religious authority figures
Fishers of men: an exploration of the identity negotations of gay male Anglican clergy
Handwriting versus keyboarding: does writing modality affect quality of narratives written by beginning writers?
Social comparison orientation and fear of missing out as mediators between self-concept clarity and problematic smartphone use
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