Department of Social Work & Social Policy

Our research and expertise at the Department of Social Work and Social Policy contributes towards responding to challenges in society by shaping policy and practice.

We have partnerships with national and international agencies and are involved in a range of international projects, funded by UK research councils, governments, charities and international funding bodies.

Our high quality, international-level research focuses on:

• children & young people (with specialisms in looked-after children and vulnerable young people in care, and youth and criminal justice)

• health & wellbeing (both historical analysis and contemporary areas such as mental health and older people)

• citizenship & communities (with a focus on ethnicity, identity, disability and sustainable communities)

• criminal & social justice