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Department of Sociology

Research

  • Ranked in the top 10 for overall GPA in REF2021.

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  • 89% of our overall research at REF2021 judged world leading or internationally excellent.

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  • 100% of our research environment graded world leading or internationally excellent.

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  • 87.5% of our impact case studies at REF2021 judged world leading or internationally excellent.

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  • 87.2% of our research outputs at REF2021 judged world leading or internationally excellent.

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All rankings taken from Times Higher Education REF 2021 rankings

Current Research

We have a portfolio of externally-funded research covering a wide range of socio-economic themes.

Research with impact

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Research centres

Our centres interact across research themes and disciplines to ensure we are outward looking in our research.

Postdoctoral Funding

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Virtual Bookcase

Discover a range of recently published books and monographs.

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Completed Research

A directory of previous research which is now complete.

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Events

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