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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.
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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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Do social media companies undervalue the expertise of online communities?

In a new LSE Impact Blog post, Dr Stefania Vicari explores how an online community has developed a longstanding and effective forum for information about breast cancer.

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Researchers return from remote Greenland cave expedition

Dr Andrew Sole and Dr Adam Igneczi from the Department of Geography recently returned from the groundbreaking trip to one of the areas most vulnerable to climate change.
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Baby loss research wins ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2019

Professor Kate Reed from the Department of Sociology is a winner of the Outstanding Societal Impact in the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2019 with colleagues Dr Elspeth Whitby and Dr Julie Ellis for their research into infant postmortems.
Professor Philip McCann

Management School professor awarded prestigious European regional science prize

Philip McCann, Professor of Urban and Regional Economics in the Management School, has been awarded the prestigious ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2019.
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Living with data

Professor Helen Kennedy has been awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation for a new project that will investigate how we 'live' with data.