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
Home Office funds Responsible Car Wash Scheme pilot to prove case for licensing
Mon 10 May 2021
The Responsible Car Wash Scheme (RCWS) has launched a pilot project, funded by the Home Office, to test the effectiveness and value of introducing licensing for car wash businesses. The pilot is based on a RCWS accreditation scheme for hand car washes to ensure these businesses treat employees, customers and the environment fairly.
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
Study investigating the roles of animals in educational settings to enhance learning and wellbeing
Mon 29 Mar 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.
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
The role of perceived feelings of presence and escapism in problematic mukbang watching among emerging adult mukbang watchers
Trying to “manage the excess”: a constructivist grounded theory of hoarding behaviour
The relationship between psychobiological dimensions of personality and internet gaming disorder: the role of positive and negative affects
Age differences in resting state EEG and their relation to eye movements and cognitive performance
Reconciling climate change leadership with resource nationalism and regional vulnerabilities: a case-study of Kazakhstan
The role of stake size in loss of control in within-session gambling: impact of stake size on reflection impulsivity, response inhibition and arousal when gambling on a simulated virtual roulette gambling task: implications for gambling related harm
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