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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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Sociological Studies researchers join Festival of Social Science 2021 line-up

Researchers from the Department of Sociological Studies are hosting a number of events in the ESRC Festival of Social Science next month, and we'd like to invite you to sign up and join in!
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Department Invites Applications for Leverhulme Trust’s Early Career Fellowship Scheme

The Department is now inviting applications for scholars wishing to be supported to make an application to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme.
iHuman Bone Marrow

What do race and ethics have to do with recruiting stem cell donors?

Dr. Ros Williams, Lecturer in Digital Media and Society, explores how racially minoritised stem cell donors are recruited onto the bone marrow stem cell registry.
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Young people desperate for gender education in schools

While culture may suggest that Gen Z are clued up when it comes to sex and gender, new research shows that young people are desperate for further education, and they want schools to take the lead. 
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Researchers appeal to members of migrant families in Sheffield

Following a challenging year of conducting socially distanced fieldwork, researchers at The University of Sheffield are keen to speak to migrant families, or individuals within families, in Sheffield.