• School of Social Sciences
• Disciplines
• Sociology
• Research
  • Personal life and everyday lives
  • Cultural practices, consumption and sustainability
  • Social divisions, stratification, inequalities and socio-cultural change
  • Social ties, networks and social movements
  • Methodological innovations
  • Research projects

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Research

Diagram showing our research clusters.

Sociology at Manchester is recognised, both nationally and internationally, as a leading centre for research. We were ranked joint first in the UK in the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008. We have over 35 academic staff and 35 PhD students, and are one of the largest centres of Sociology in the country.

Our research is organised into five "clusters":

1. Personal life and everyday lives
2. Cultural practices, consumption and sustainability
3. Social divisions, stratification, inequalities and socio-cultural change
4. Social ties, networks and social movements
5. Methodological innovations

Click through from our staff list and our list of current PhD students for more details on the research that individuals are doing.