Section: About the School
The School of Social and Political Science is part of the College of Humanities and Social Science. The School embraces the Subject Areas of Politics and International Relations, Social Anthropology, Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology, and Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. It also includes the Institute of Governance, the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (INNOGEN), and the Centres of African Studies, Canadian Studies and South Asian Studies. The Head of School is Professor Charlie Jeffery.
The School has a long-standing commitment to original empirical and theoretical research on society, politics, culture and public policy sustained by a cosmopolitan community of over 180 staff which is highly active in national and international research networks as well as being involved in knowledge transfer activities.
We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees (taught MScs and research degrees) that reflect the diverse research interests of our academic staff.
This page was published on 1 April 2011