News News stories From robotic sheepdogs to tackling global challenges: Explore the free Festival of Social Science in Sheffield The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this month to shine a light on how the city’s world-leading social scientists are tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society. 14 October 2025 Sheffield leading the way in Early Career Researcher Network for the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences The British Academy has launched their new Early Career Researcher Network cluster in Yorkshire and the Humber. 7 October 2025 Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar Join us on the 9th of October 2025 for an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research. 2 October 2025 Academics from the University's Centre for Machine Intelligence have won an impact award at the UK's first national conference for AI research. The award recognises their research that is driving the responsible use of AI. Credit: UK AI Research Symposium University of Sheffield researchers win UK first national AI prize A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK’s AI research, has been awarded to academics at the University of Sheffield. 24 September 2025 Search Innovative programme supports social scientists to develop new ventures The Faculty of Social Sciences has received funding from the ESRC which will support entrepreneurial research staff in developing their venture ideas from their research. 30 March 2022 Exhibition gives insight into children’s play in pandemic New research from the University of Sheffield, University College London (UCL) and play specialists from Great Ormond Street Hospital has revealed the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on children’s play. 22 March 2022 International Women’s Day in the Faculty of Social Sciences This month marks International Women’s Day 2022 and we want to celebrate the amazing research from across the Faculty, by women who are making a difference. 8 March 2022 Sheffield’s Innovators of the future Three graduates, including Ella a Sheffield Methods Institute graduate, from the University of Sheffield have been announced as winners within the cohort of the Innovate UK Young Innovators Awards 2021/22. 4 March 2022 Sheffield researchers are part of a team aiming to support sustained change in national responses to domestic abuse and child protection, thanks to a Nuffield Foundation award Researchers at the University of Sheffield are part of a team that has received an impressive £430k Nuffield award to better understand and enhance our national response to domestic abuse and child protection. 3 March 2022 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Current page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 … Next page Next › Last page Last »