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The College of Social Science produces world-class research across a range of disciplines, including from interdisciplinary perspectives. Its policy related and applied work links its academics to governments and institutions in the UK, Europe and across the world.

Its dynamic environment emphasizes a collegial atmosphere among academic staff and research students. International networks facilitate collaborative work focused on theoretical and real-world solutions.

The College’s areas of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research include:

• Globalization, Global and Business Ethics and UK/EU Politics
• Mass Media, New Media and Audiences
• E-Government, Digital Economy and Computer-Mediated Communication
• Civil Society, Civic Learning and Engagement, and Social Integration
• Cultures, Subcultures, Identities and Texts
• Educational Leadership and Management and Creative Pedagogies
• Technologies, Surveillance, Security and Risk
• Crime, Communities, Policing and Criminal Justice
• Critical Management Studies, Business History and Finance
• Skills, Education and Training
• International Macroeconomics and Central Banking and Microeconomic Theory and Applications

Research Director – Professor Peter Jackson

Information on postgraduate research opportunities, including our distance learning PhD can be found on our postgraduate study pages