The Centre for Social Change, situated in the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, aims to promote critical scholarship across the School of Social Sciences. We provide a platform to support the development and dissemination of research that critically interrogates the construction and governance of social phenomena from diverse methodological and theoretical standpoints.
We work across a range of disciplines and research areas with the intention to advance social change. Our research explores the various causes, forms, and impact of sociocultural inequalities, marginalisation, exclusion, and harm, and considers ways of effectively mobilising and learning from community collaborations, engagement and action.
Across the academic year we host:
- Regular research seminars open to colleagues across the university, with both internal and external speakers
- Twice-weekly writing sessions open to staff and PGRs
- Peer support sessions for the development of research outputs
