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Festival of Social Sciences 2024

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.
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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.

Groundbreaking project digitally documents rich built heritage of the indigenous Dong people

Digital technology has been used to document the wooden architecture of the indigenous Dong people in the south-west of China for the first time.
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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.
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New research published to tackle loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority groups

A cross-faculty team from the University of Sheffield has collaborated with colleagues from Brunel and De Montfort Universities on a major new project focused on better understanding loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority groups.
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Nurseries forced to support families in poverty through coronavirus crisis, research shows

New research from The School of Education and Early Education has found that nursery staff are having to provide food and help families with benefit claims as the coronavirus pandemic impacts parents with young children.
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Fit for the future: creating stronger research leadership in Social Sciences

Professor Matthew Flinders, from the University’s Department of Politics and International Relations has released a National Review on research leadership in partnership with UKRI.

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Researchers seek to improve deployment of volunteers after pandemic

Team led by University of Sheffield to investigate how volunteers have supported communities during Covid-19 pandemic
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Brexit, health & me: Educating young people on the links between politics and healthcare

Academics teamed up with Shout Out UK to produce a documentary exploring the perspectives, hopes and expectations for health and the NHS in the aftermath of Brexit.