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Headshot of Janet Fast

Obituary: Professor Janet Fast

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 91Ö±²¥

91Ö±²¥'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.
Professor Loretta Baldassar

Department welcomes Professor Loretta Baldassar

We are delighted to welcome our first of three Visiting International Fellows of 2023, Professor Loretta Baldassar from Edith Cowan University, Australia, who was successfully appointed the Senior International Fellowship.

GP talking to patient

Changing support practises for adults with experience of childhood trauma

*Trigger warning: this article includes content relating to childhood sexual abuse*
Dr Jessica Langston

Dr Jessica Langston named a 2023 Reform Scholar

Reform, Britain's leading public services think tank has named their first cohort of Reform Scholars and we're pleased to announce Dr Jessica Langston is one of them.
PhD Student Kim Netiparatanakul holding flowers

Pornthip (Kim) Netiparatanakul: A Tribute

The Department of Sociological Studies would like to pay tribute to Pornthip (Kim) Netiparatanakul.
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The ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2023 Competition is now open!

The ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2023 Competition is now open. The deadline for submitting your expression of interest form for internal review is 6 December 2022.