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
Feverish monkeys get kicked when they’re down – new study explores illness and aggression in wild primates
Thu 21 Oct 2021
Monkeys suffering from a fever are twice as likely to be the victims of aggression from members of their own social group looking to advance their dominance, according to the first study to monitor fevers in wild primates and reveal the social cost of infection among the species.
NTU to host 7th International Conference on Behavioural Addictions
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Giving clues to children with Developmental Language Disorder can help to improve spelling accuracy
Wed 13 Oct 2021
NTU professor identified as most published researcher of COVID-19 mental health papers worldwide in 2020
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Research project offers parenting workshops for African and Caribbean mothers struggling with mental health
Fri 17 Sep 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.
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.
Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group
Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group
The Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group aims to challenge conventional understandings of crime, deviance, and the social processes of criminalisation.
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.
Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families (NCCYPF)
Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families (NCCYPF)
NCCYPF is an interdisciplinary research centre with a focus on improving the lives of children, young people and families across Nottingham and beyond.
Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE)
Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE)
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.
Our latest publications
Taking a psychometric approach to developing a tool for measuring values attributed to D&T
Personal Independence Payment for people with mental health problems: implications for local government
Psychometric properties of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF): systematic review
The association between problematic social networking site use, dark triad traits, and emotion dysregulation
The relationship between vection, cybersickness and head movements elicited by illusory motion in virtual reality
Insider and outsider researcher positionality impact: Lessons from researching the social construction of HIV stigma and sexual health seeking behaviour within Black sub-Sahara African communities
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