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 below. Please reach out to relevant staff members to discuss proposals.
Politics and International Relations
Contemporary democratic theory and practice
Critical international theory
- Elisabetta Brighi
- David Chandler
- Catherine Charrett
- Mathew Fluck
- Nitasha Kaul
- Thomas Moore
- Sam Raphael
- Emma McCluskey
Gender and sexuality (see also Sociology below)
Post-colonial politics, development and emerging powers
- Dibyesh Anand
- Ipshita Basu
- Hannah Cross
- Roland Dannreuther
- Nitasha Kaul
- Farhang Morady
- Wojciech Ostrowski
- Sahar Tagdisi Rad
Governance, complexity and resilience
Security and violence
- Elisabetta Brighi
- Catherine Charrett
- Roland Dannreuther
- Aidan Hehir
- Sam Raphael
- Emma McCluskey
- Francesca Esposita
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
- Jo Birkett
- Tina Cartwright
- Anna Cheshire
- Cassie Hazell
- Robin Law
- Jay-Marie Mackenzie
- Tom Nadarzynski
- Damien Ridge
- Nina Smyth
- Maria Woloshynowych
Learning and development
Brain, cognition and perception
- Karen Bunday
- Laura Boubert
- Alison Eardley
- Samuel Evans
- Mark Gardner
- John Golding
- Catherine Loveday
- Christina Moutsiana
- Beth Parkin
- Sam Westwood
- Evren Raman
Identity, self and society
- Tom Buchanan
- Deborah Husbands
- Orkun Yetkili
- Thalia Magioglou
- Nikos Souvlakis
- Nicholas Smith
- Kathryn Waddington
- Kennath Widanaralalage Don
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