Research Output per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
Our researchers are internationally recognised leaders in their fields producing world-class research across the social sciences and law. The faculty’s innovative and collaborative research addresses the most pressing social concerns of our globalised society, contributing to significant policy change in many areas.
Recognised globally for our research excellence across the social sciences and law, our reputation is founded on strengths in many areas including poverty and social exclusion, markets and public organisation, human rights, global insecurity, life-styles and wellbeing, educational quality, and quantitative social science methods.
Our academics work in a wide range of research centres and groupings across economics, education, human geography, law, policy studies, sociology, politics and international studies and are committed to conducting world-leading research that matters to society.
Outstanding results in the UK's Research Assessment Exercise 2008 confirmed that 87% of the faculty’s research was of international quality. World-leading and internationally excellent research made up over half of the submission with exceptional performances for Geography (1st), Sports-related Studies (3rd), Accounting and Finance (4th), Education (5th), Economics (6th), and Social Work and Social Policy (14th).
Funders
The faculty attracts a wide range of funding from research councils, charities and government departments around the world. Supported by funders such as UK and European Research Councils, the Leverhulme Trust and the Department for International Development, our researchers are working at the heart of issues that surround social concerns advancing social innovation and delivering evidence for policymakers.
Publications
Our high-quality research outputs are published in internationally-ranked journals and prestigious academic presses across social sciences and law. The faculty also hosts and edits a number of internationally recognised social science journals, including Policy and Politics, Ethnicities, Antipode: a journal of radical geography, Journal of Common Market Studies, British Accounting Review and Contemporary Political Theory.
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Network
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Profiles
Professor David W F Abbott
- School for Policy Studies - Professor of Social Policy
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
Person: Academic , Member
Research Output
Experiences of the Sex Industry
Mulvihill, N., 2022, (In preparation) Policy Press.Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
Working With Children Who Have Experienced Neglect: Good Practice Guide
Sharley, V. & Rees, A., 1 Oct 2022, (In preparation) CoramBaaf.Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
From Social Harm to Zemiology
Canning, V. & Tombs, S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
Projects
Organizational Perspectives on Accountability and Learning: Cases Highlighting Innovative Practice (OPAL-CHIP
1/10/20 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
Student theses
(Re)Defining Sustainability: Belo Monte, São Luiz do Tapajós and Storylines of Resistance
Author: Atkins, E., 25 Sep 2018Supervisor: Flint, A. (Supervisor) & Tucker, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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(Un)healthy prison masculinities : theorising men's health in prison
Author: De Viggiani, N. P. A., 2003Supervisor: Payne, S. (Supervisor) & Doyal, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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A case study on learners' 'skills o discovery and interaction' in instant messenger-mediated intercultural dialogue between university students in Taiwan and in UK
Author: Hung, S., 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Prizes
+3 ESRC PhD Scholarship
Ismail, Nasrul Ismail (Recipient), 1 Oct 2017
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
10 year Special Contribution Award
Fornes, Gaston E (Recipient), 2014
Prize: National/international honour
2016 Santander Travel Grant
Aliandra Barlete (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Datasets
Productive Margins: Who decides what's in my fridge?
Mcdermont, M. A. (Creator) & Millner, N. R. (Creator), University of Bristol, 22 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1tx9dwtef9ycx1yzh3pkrv868i, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1tx9dwtef9ycx1yzh3pkrv868i
Dataset
Seeing Regulation Differently
Mcdermont, M. A. (Creator), Thomas-Hughes, H. J. (Creator) & Howard, M. (Creator), University of Bristol, 10 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1jrcyfdh5t0qq23mxc98vn4mnd, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1jrcyfdh5t0qq23mxc98vn4mnd
Dataset
Isolation and Loneliness of Older People
Mcdermont, M. A. (Creator), Thomas-Hughes, H. J. (Creator) & Howard, M. (Creator), University of Bristol, 15 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.xmql2x6m5mws24mw3y8im7mwy, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/xmql2x6m5mws24mw3y8im7mwy
Dataset
Activities
Human Rights, Abortion, and the Global Gag Rule
Jane M Rooney (Speaker)
10 Jan 2020 → 6 Apr 2020
Activity: Other activity types › Other
Media Coverage, Labour List
Frederick Harry Pitts (Recipient) & Matt Bolton (Speaker)
30 Mar 2020
Activity: Other activity types › Media coverage or participation
External examiner of PhD viva
Angeliki Papadaki (Examiner)
29 May 2020
Activity: Examination types › External Examination and Supervision