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 researcher named in Highly Cited Researchers™ list for second year running
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Professor Mark Griffiths, Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Addiction at NTU and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit, has been named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 list from Clarivate, having also made the 2019 edition
Nottingham parents share experiences of lockdown
Mon 16 Nov 2020
British and Irish migrants invited to share experiences of travel restrictions during COVID-19
Mon 09 Nov 2020
Covid-19 National Foresight Group publishes reports online ahead of a second wave
Tue 06 Oct 2020
New ‘mock hospital’ facility to help train healthcare professionals of the future
Wed 16 Sep 2020
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.
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.
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 a specialist, interdisciplinary research centre with members from across Social Sciences and beyond. Dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people and families, we conduct real-world, collaborative and impactful research using novel approaches, ideas and theories.
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
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the relationship between body dissatisfaction and morbid exercise behaviour
Investigating psychometric properties of the self-compassion scale using Rasch methodology
Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single arm mixed-methods feasibility study
The application of the repertory grid in forensic practice
Perceptions around adult and child sex offenders and their rehabilitation as a function of education in forensic psychology independent of traditionalism and perpetrator sex
An exploratory examination of the relationship between symptoms of depression and exercise addiction among undergraduate recreational exercisers
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