Centres and networks
Reflecting our commitment to interdisciplinary research, members of staff and postgraduates participate within a wide range of interdisciplinary research centres and networks based in the school and across the University.
Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare
Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) researches new user-friendly technologies to enable people to live independently.
Centre for Criminological Research
The Centre for Criminological Research is the focal point for criminology and criminal justice at the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, one of Britain's main research-led universities.
Centre for Wellbeing in Public Policy
The Centre for Wellbeing in Public Policy considers how people's health and wellbeing can be defined, measured and improved in ways that help policy-makers determine the best use of scarce resources.
Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Inequalities
Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Inequalities (CIRCLE) is a theoretically informed and policy relevant research centre which carries out research, evaluation and bespoke consultancy on contemporary issues and debates in three key areas: care; labour and equalities.
Digital Good Network
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Digital Good Network is building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
Digital Society Network
The Digital Society Network (DSN) aims to stimulate and support digital society research, enable collaborations within and beyond the Faculty of Social Sciences, and host activities which result in research funding and knowledge exchange.
Healthy Lifespan Institute
At the Healthy Lifespan Institute we're uniting over 130 world-class researchers to tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity – the presence of two or more chronic conditions – to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care.
iHuman
iHuman brings together social sciences and humanities with psychological and biological sciences, to understand what it means to be human like never before.
Institute for Global Sustainable Development
The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) is a flagship interdisciplinary research institute within the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Migration Research Group
The Migration Research Group at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is an interdisciplinary network of scholars conducting world-leading and high impact research on global migration and mobility.
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Research Network
With a belief that an interdisciplinary approach to understanding gender-based interpersonal violence and abuse is essential, the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Research (ShIVAR) Network focuses on the various forms that violence takes and the multiple consequences that affect the life of individuals, families and children.
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Political Economy Research Institute
Leading the debate on a new political economy, the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) develops and promotes new analysis and understanding of contemporary capitalism, and of the major economic and political challenges arising from it.