Research

Explore our research projects, institutes, the way we organise our research clusters and how we tackle big issues through impact case studies.

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Research centres and institutes

Find out about our research centres and institutes with a sociological focus 
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Research with impact

Find out how we are facing up to some of the world's biggest challenges

Research projects

Explore our current projects and major grants.

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Key research themes

We arrange ourselves into clusters that cover social network analysis, the study of everyday life, mixed research methodologies and more. 

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