The School of Social Sciences has three broad areas of research:

  • Politics and International Relations
  • Psychology
  • Sociology and Criminology

Research interests of colleagues can be found on their individual institutional pages – links below. Please reach out to relevant staff members to discuss proposals.

Politics and International Relations

Contemporary democratic theory and practice

Critical International Theory

Gender and sexuality

(see also Sociology below)

Post-colonial politics, development and emerging powers

Governance, complexity and resilience

Security and violence

For more details of research activities in Politics and International Relations, see the Centre for the Study of Democracy.

Psychology

Stress, health and well-being

Learning and development

Brain, cognition and perception

Identity, self and society

Forensic and investigative psychology

Sociology and Criminology

Crime, Policing, Prisons

Children, families, education

Gender and sexuality

(see also Politics and IR above)

Identity, ethnicity, migration, race

Political sociology

Tourism, leisure, media

For more details of research activities in Sociology and Criminology, see the Centre for the Study of Democracy.

View all current studentships on our Studentships page.