Children, young people and families research

Our national and international research embraces the richness and complexity of contemporary childhood, youth, and family life.
Our substantive interests fall under five broad themes.
Our national and international research embraces the richness and complexity of contemporary childhood, youth, and family life.
This research theme explores access to and regulation of global markets. We also model and measure global changes.
Researching key relationships between society, politics and the state in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.
Our research focuses on wellbeing, its importance to individuals and how it can influence policy outcomes and their impact on people.
Our group researches work, welfare and poverty, how this shapes policies and the impact on families.
Staff from our department contribute to University Research Centres.
CDAS is an internationally recognised research centre focusing on the interdisciplinary social aspects of death, dying and bereavement.
Our interdisciplinary and collaborative researchers engage with international development policy and practice.
An interdisciplinary research centre critically engaged with the evidence, design and evaluation behind policy development across a range of major social issues
We have a regular series of seminars that takes place in our department.
Discover more about our programme of research seminars taking place this year.
Read about the Department of Social & Policy Sciences research student community.
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
View the research strategy for the Department of Social & Policy Sciences.
Showing our commitment to the quality of our work, our research was rated excellent by Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.
We carry out high quality research that contributes to scientific understanding and policy and practice, with the aim of improving family well-being and alleviating poverty.
Our research has impact on a diverse range of people and communities, in both first world and developing countries. Research is interdisciplinary, bringing together academics from departments across the University, including Economics, Education, Psychology and Health.
Contact us to find out more about our research.