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Conference of the Parties (COP) 29

The Faculty of Social Sciences is well represented at this year's COP currently underway in Azerbaijan with delegates from a range of disciplines.
Festival of the Mind

Festival of the Mind 2024

We hope you can join us at Dr Steph Ejegi-Memeh's event, Unearthing Our Joy, which is part of this year's Festival of the Mind.
Festival of the Mind

Festival of the Mind returns to Sheffield

Sheffield's Festival of the Mind is back for its seventh edition this September (19-29 September). The free Festival, featuring the beloved Spiegeltent in Barker's Pool, promises to be the most ambitious programme yet.
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Professor Helen Kennedy elected as Fellow of the British Academy

The British Academy has bestowed its highest honour in recognition of Helen's research which investigates how developments in digital technology are experienced in everyday life.
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In the Media

We revisit the research undertaken by staff at The Department of Sociological Studies which has recently been featured in the Media.

Rights, Dignity & Religion

Report Launch: faith responses to modern slavery

We are pleased to launch our initial findings report following an ESRC-funded, three year research project conducted between the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds.
Professor Nathan Hughes

Learning disabilities, poor mental health and trauma increase children’s risk of entering criminal justice system, research shows

Developmental disabilities, poor mental health, and experiences of trauma and adversity in childhood can greatly increase the risk that a young person will be exposed to the criminal justice system, according to new research.
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Publicly-funded arts organisations to report on socio-economic background of workforce following research conducted by Sheffield academic

Regularly funded arts organisations in England will soon be required to report on the socio-economic background of their employees, following research by Dr Susan Oman.
The Sociological Studies Research Blog

Introducing the new Sociological Studies Research Blog

We are very excited to announce the launch of the new Sociological Studies Research Blog.

The blog has been created to reflect our commitment to interdisciplinary research, since our members of staff and postgraduate students participate within a wide range of interdisciplinary research, both based within the Department of Sociological Studies and across the University of Sheffield.