Research in the Department of Health and Social Sciences
The Department of Health and Social Sciences is active in many research areas, with real-world impact. Our research projects attract national and international funding.
Our research centres
Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing
The Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing brings together experts from many backgrounds including:
- social scientists
- public health and health promotion specialists
- epidemiologists
- health economists
- psychologists
- health visitors
- nurses and midwives.
Centre for Appearance Research
The internationally renowned Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) focuses on interdisciplinary research in appearance and disfigurement.
Their Appearance Matters conference, attracts high profile speakers from all over the world.
Centre for Clinical and Health Services Research
The Centre for Clinical and Health Services Research brings together researchers of long-term conditions, which include:
- mental health sciences
- children and young people
- emergency and critical care
- public health and well-being
- health, ethics and society
- evaluative research.
Our research groups
Psychological Sciences Research Group
The Psychological Sciences Research Group (PSRG) conducts cutting-edge, applied research that has a positive influence on people and places; at home, in the workplace, and in the wider social environment.
Social Science Research Group
The Social Science Research Group is a multidisciplinary, applied research group that is dedicated to facilitating a better understanding of the complex social world that we live in.
Faculty research
Researchers in the Department also work closely with colleagues in other research centres and institutes in the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences.