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School of Social Sciences

Research Themes

Research in the School of Social Sciences has 4 main themes:

Our staff have a wide array of research interests and may not work solely in any one of these areas. You can you view details by staff member, on our staff homepages.


Communities and Social Networks

Work in this area includes research into:

Community and locality
Activism and citizenship in rural area
Lifestyles and environment
Civil society in Wales
Environment and sustainability
Food and farming cultures
Later life, generations and the lifecourse
The shaping of European identities

Members of staff with interests in this area include:

 

Minority Languages and Cultures

Work in this area includes research into:

Language
Migration
Identity and belonging

Members of staff with interests in this area include:

Policy Evaluation Research

Work in this area includes research into:

Carer and patient careers
Pathways and social support networks
User involvement
Homelessness
Social exclusion in rural contexts
Inequalities
Voluntary sector networks
Evaluation of social care policies

Members of staff with interests in this area include:

Crime and Civic Society

Work in this area includes research into:

Support for the police
Political violence and terrorism
Media and public opinion
Begging in North Africa and South Asia
Popular legal culture
Violence in intimate relationship
Rural criminology
Postcolonial societies, crime and deviance
Theoretical criminology
Criminal justice systems
Lay participation in the administration of justice

Members of staff with interests in this area include: