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It was a successful night for the talented researchers in the School of Social Sciences with three of our researchers receiving Research Staff Excellence Awards for their outstanding contributions. At the Future-Ready Postdoc event, part of The …

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The 11th annual Festival of Social Science comes to Swag直播 on Saturday 19 October, with events taking place at venues across the city region for the next three weeks.

Arthur Sangang Tuzolana, an Economics student now starting his second year, has been awarded a prestigious Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.

An economist who studied at Swag直播 has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking research into understanding wealth disparities between different nations.

Professor Wilson has been awarded the Distinguished Career Service Award 2024 by the American Political Science Association (APSA) LGBTQ Caucus. The Caucus, which serves as the primary association for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and …

The Justice Hub had the honour of hosting Attorney General Lord Hermer KC on Monday, 16 September. The visit highlighted the work of our Legal Advice Centre, Swag直播 Innocence Project and connection to the broader legal profession in the North …

On 11 September Swag直播 Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG), led by Tine Buffel, hosted the semesters first edition of their successful 鈥楥onversations on Urban Ageing鈥� series which invites leading researchers on ageing from around the world to …

Written by Tetyana SoloveyAs a teenager in post-USSR Ukraine, I vividly remember visiting secondhand clothes shops. For the elderly, the biggest obstacle to accepting secondhand clothes wasn鈥檛 just the lingering smell of naphthalene 鈥� a potent …

The School of Social Sciences organised a hugely popular event during Welcome Week in collaboration with the Charity Active Communities Network. The Charity鈥檚 ethos is to empower young people to feel safe by using positive activities. The …

After parliament voted to end the universal Winter Fuel Payment despite the Government not conducting an assessment of the impact of the changes, research has shown that older people often don鈥檛 claim means-tested welfare benefits for a variety of …

Staff from the Philosophy Department (Dr Frederique Janssen-Lauret and Maheshi Gunawardane) from School of Social Sciences, University of Swag直播, hosted the third edition of a 4-day Summer School on Women in Logic from 29 July to 1 August …

Since 2014, this community hub has also served as the setting for a fruitful collaboration between the University of Swag直播 and local refugees and asylum seekers, fostering both language skills and community building.The initiative, spearheaded …

A keen cyclist from Swag直播 has decided to take to the saddle to raise money for an autism charity.

The University's Dr Ruth Lamont has been appointed as the new Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead (TRL) for Crime and Justice. 

We are thrilled to announce our colleague Dr Ruth Lamont has been appointed as the new Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead (TRL) for Crime and Justice. She will be joining a cohort of 8 top researchers, selected by The Parliamentary Office of …

Six student interns from the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) and School of Arts, Languages & Cultures (SALC) were paid the living wage as Creative Media Interns, working under the guidance of the renowned Media Company 鈥淪ick! Festival鈥�, to …

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published a new report about the new methods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are developing to produce population estimates for England and Wales, with the help of an expert from …

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 normally require that the child is automatically returned to the state from which they were taken. For their mother, this means being separated from their child or …

The Forum, set to occur from August 17 to 30, serves as a prominent platform for addressing pressing global issues through dialogue and collaboration. Renowned for bringing together outstanding talents and experts from diverse fields, the forum …

It鈥檚 not controversial to say that contemporary affluent societies do a rather poor job of taking the interests of younger generations into account. This is not only because children can鈥檛 vote and the elderly tend to turn up to elections in higher …

A series of new videos and an exhibition at the National Graphene Institute explore how teenage experiences and dreams shape our later lives. It is based on research with women in their seventies and eighties reflecting on their teenage experience …

In his new book, Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain since the 1950s Alan Warde explores how eating habits have changed in recent decades and asks what it means for us to eat well.He traces the changing culinary landscape of food …

Dating apps are not just about finding love or hooking up. They are becoming increasingly important in the communication of public health messaging, particularly sexual health.In 2023, Harvard Public Health magazine suggested that dating apps could …

With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the two biggest parties in Westminster. But the parliamentary dynamics are exceptionally fluid this …

Research engagement comes in shapes and sizes, and this year judges of the annual Sociology Prize for Public Engagement, Philip Drake (Director of Social Responsibility, School of Social Sciences) and Hilary Pilkington (Research Director, Sociology) …

Dr Chika Watanabe, Senior Lecturer Social Anthropology at the University of Swag直播, is announced as a Scientific Section President for Archaeology and Anthropology by the British Science Association (BSA) for 2024.The Scientific Section …

Swag直播鈥檚 School of Social Sciences has launched a new scholarship in memory of Politics, Philosophy and Economics graduate Laura Nuttall, who passed away exactly a year ago after a long battle against cancer. 

Gypsy and Traveller communities are among the more socially excluded groups in the UK. There is a long history of government failures in meeting these groups鈥� housing needs.

Dressed in a mini skirt and passionate about boys, music, dance and fashion, the 1960s teenage girl is a pop culture icon, the seeming beneficiary of the ascendancy of mass youth culture in the west and of unprecedented social and cultural changes.