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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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Urban Institute launch white paper on urban robotics and automation

A white paper on how robotics and autonomous systems technology has the potential to change urban life has been published by a team from the Urban Institute.
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UK public toilets failing to meet basic needs, research finds

Public toilets in the UK are failing to meet the basic needs of many, researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University have found.
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Architecture and Journalism top tables in Guardian University Guide 2019

The School of Architecture and School of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Sheffield have been named best in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2019.
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Major research project launches to solve UK’s productivity puzzle

A new national research network which aims to improve understanding of the factors affecting UK productivity was officially launched in London this month.
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Low quality housing being built under permitted development rights, research finds

Developers are using permitted development rights to build low quality housing in poor locations and lacking in space, new research by the University of Sheffield and University College London has found.