Research centres and institutes Our research agenda reflects the complex challenges of our age and our academics work at the forefront of knowledge, building lasting partnerships with researchers, policymakers, NGOs and businesses across the globe. You are here Home Faculty of Social Sciences Research with impact Research centres and institutes Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) conducts research, evaluation and consultancy on contemporary policy, practice and theoretical issues and debates on topics in three main areas: care, labour and equalities. CIRCLE Urban Institute By 2050, the world's population will be more than 9 billion and around 70 per cent of those people will live in cities. The Urban Institute brings together researchers in the Faculties of Engineering and Social Sciences to reshape urban futures. Urban Institute iHuman iHuman brings together social sciences and humanities with psychological and biological sciences, to understand what it means to be human like never before. iHuman Digital Society Network The Digital Society Network (DSN) draws together an interdisciplinary team of academics engaged with research at the cutting-edge of society-technology interactions. DSN Sheffield Methods Institute By facilitating interdisciplinary programmes on substantive issues and harnessing new types of analysis and data, the Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) closes the gap between methodological research and policy. SMI Migration Research Migration Research at The University of Sheffield is an interdisciplinary network of scholars conducting world-leading and high impact research on global migration and mobility. Migration Research The Sheffield Institute for Global Sustainable Development The Sheffield Institute for Global Sustainable Development promotes a vision of international development as a struggle for social justice and a space for activism and engagement. Institute for Global Sustainable Development Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) brings together leading researchers, policymakers, journalists and opinion formers to develop new ways of thinking about political economy. SPERI
