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COP29 delegates standing in a row in the Wave

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.
A photo of Helen Kennedy

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.
Two research students stood at the enquiry desk in the Department of Sociological Studies

Sheffield sociology courses ranked UK's number 2 in the Guardian University Guide 2019

The Department of Sociological Studies is celebrating the news that undergraduate sociology courses at the University of Sheffield have risen to number two nationally in the Guardian University Guide 2019.
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Sociology student takes dissertation research to the British Conference of Undergraduate Research

A final year undergraduate Sociological Studies student joined other students from across the country last week to present her dissertation research at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR).
An view of the Houses of Parliament in London from across the River Thames

Professor Kate Morris to give evidence in Parliament on inequalities in child welfare intervention rates

Professor Kate Morris, on behalf of the Sheffield researchers involved in the Child Welfare and Inequalities project, will be giving evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children today along with Professor Paul Bywaters and Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield).
A portrait of old man and woman resting after doing sport outside in the countryside

Active Ageing Research Sets the Global Agenda

With the number of people in the world 60 years of age and over forecast to reach two billion by 2050, the ageing population is a global issue.