School of Social and Political Science

Welcome

Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh conducts independent, high-quality, comparative multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on a variety of social and public policy areas, including the labour market, health, crime, education, social security, privatisation, childhood, political participation, family policy, gender equality and constitutional change.

In addition to the content of policies, Social Policy also engages strongly with the processes of government and the making of policy. Social Policy as a subject area has always placed a strong emphasis on collaboration with practitioners and policy makers, ensuring that research can be put to use in challenging inequalities in society.