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
Could Nottingham become a human rights city?
Mon 17 Jun 2019
Improving the human rights of Nottingham residents, such as ensuring access to decent work, housing and food, will be discussed at a special event which brings together researchers, community organisations and local authority representatives.
Do you know what is happening in your local hand car wash?
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Could Nottingham become a human rights city?
Mon 17 Jun 2019
Moving past free yoga and fruit bowls to support workplace health and well-being
Thu 02 May 2019
Participants needed in study to explore how virtual reality can reduce social anxiety
Wed 13 Mar 2019
Our Research Groups and Centres
Centre for Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE)
Centre for 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.
Centre for Behavioural Research Methods
Centre for Behavioural Research Methods
This Centre has critical mass in a range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies that span the breadth of Behavioural Research. Research in the Centre is underpinned by a wide range of innovative and advanced behavioural research methods and interdisciplinary behavioural research that brings together multiple methodologies.
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
Vulnerable workers and exploitative workplaces: where are all the hand car washes?
The use of social networking sites, body image dissatisfaction and Body Dysmorphic Disorder: a systematic review of psychological research
"To work, or not to work, that is the question" – recent trends and avenues for research on presenteeism
The associations between problematic social networking site use and sleep quality, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety and stress
Predicting limit-setting behavior of gamblers using machine learning algorithms: a real-world study of Norwegian gamblers using account data
Personality, internet addiction, and other technological addictions: an update of the research literature
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