Sociology
Manchester Sociology top in RAE ranking
We are delighted to announce an excellent RAE result. 40% of our research activity was ranked at the 4* level, the highest proportion of any sociology return in the country. The Times Higher Education Supplement ranks Manchester top for sociology in the RAE, and, though numerous ranking systems have been devised, Manchester comes top in all but one of the most common (where we come second). We also had the second largest sociology return(49.2 people).
Welcome to Sociology at Manchester. Along with colleagues in the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), we are one of the largest groups of sociologists in the UK doing some of the most innovative and exciting research and teaching to be found anywhere in the world. We place a high value on theoretically-informed empirical research across a wide range of substantive areas of national and international importance. We are committed to using a range of quantitative and quality methods in the pursuit of evidence in research.