The School of Social Sciences is an environment of critical enquiry and rigorous research.
The School of Social Sciences comprises a number of collaborative research clusters supporting our doctoral students and encouraging wide participation both through our partnerships and our full programme of conferences, public events and lectures.
Some of our research clusters are grouped together within the 3 research centres within the school.
Our undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes will prepare you for a broad range of commercial and public sector careers, as well as providing a firm grounding for a career in academia.
The department has particular strengths in interdisciplinary collaboration across research and creative enterprise.
A new database, compiled by researchers from Oxford Brookes University and experts from around the world reveals the deadly consequences of road networks and traffic on primates globally.
An Oxford Brookes University Professor has authored a new BBC Radio 4 programme that will explore why society still assumes that women will be the main carers, both paid and unpaid, and what can be done for the roles to be changed.
A large-scale research study of 47 species of lemurs from Madagascar and monkeys from the Americas has found that tree-dwelling species are being driven to the ground due to the impacts of deforestation and climate change.
Content warning: contains references to animal injuries which some readers may find distressing