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Festival of Social Sciences 2024

Free family-friendly events heading to Sheffield as Festival of Social Science returns

A series of family-friendly events and activities is heading to Sheffield this month as the UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to the city to shine a light on how university research is tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.
A close up on a children's swing set in a park, a young boy is using the swing but he is out of focus.

New platform Playces launches to transform children’s access to play spaces

Our researchers have partnered with Play England and Passport365 to launch Playces, a new digital platform designed to help identify and address inequalities in access to playgrounds.
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Understanding Society: A Festival of Social Science 2026

A series of free events and activities examining the ideas that shape our everyday lives. From Saturday 17 to Saturday 31 October 2026 in various venues across Sheffield City Centre.

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University of Sheffield recognised as a leader in research collaboration and knowledge exchange

The University of Sheffield has reaffirmed its position as one of England’s top universities for external collaboration and engagement with businesses and communities according to the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
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MArch student designs winning bench

Sheffield School o Architecture MArch student Luke Brennan-Scott has winning bench design installed at Victoria Station in London.
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Congratulations to our new Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

Three Faculty of Social Sciences colleagues have been successfully nominated to become Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences: Jackie Harrison (Journalism); Damian Hodgson (Management School) and Kate Reed (Sociological Studies).
Professor Damian Hodgson

Congratulations to Professor Damian Hodgson on his Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences

The Sheffield University Management School community would like to congratulate Professor Damian Hodgson who is a member of the Organisation Studies research cluster on being elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Project launches examining how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts children’s play

A new project exploring how children play during the COVID-19 pandemic has
received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Dr Lucy Mayblin

Dr Lucy Mayblin awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for asylum and migration research

We are delighted to announce that Dr Lucy Mayblin has been awarded a prestigious prize from The Leverhulme Trust in recognition of her research achievements in the area of asylum and migration.