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
NTU professor identified as most published researcher of COVID-19 mental health papers worldwide in 2020
Wed 22 Sep 2021
An independent analysis has named NTU’s Dr Mark Griffiths as the researcher with the most published papers on the topic across the globe.
Research project offers parenting workshops for African and Caribbean mothers struggling with mental health
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Study of convicted extremists shows that open social media platforms are playing an increasing role in radicalisation
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Students share experiences of becoming full-time prison officers during unique and challenging placement year
Wed 15 Sep 2021
VR headsets shown to be effective and preferred by drivers in hazard perception tests
Tue 31 Aug 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
Triggers of mental health problems among frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in private care homes and domiciliary care agencies: lived experiences of care workers in the Midlands region, UK
Experiences of first time mothers with postnatal depression among black sub-Sahara African communities in the West Midlands, England
The social construction of HIV stigma and sexual health seeking behaviour among black sub-Sahara African communities (BSSA) in the English city of Birmingham
Beliefs and perceptions in the construction of HIV stigma and sexual health seeking behaviour among black sub-Sahara African communities (BSSA) in the English city of Birmingham
Expanding protection motivation theory to explain willingness of COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Taiwanese university students
Exploring students experiences with provision of mental health services in institutions of higher education in the eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
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