Advocates for social change
Find out how we are championing human rights and demanding a more just world.
Why Bristol?
- 3rd for legal research
- Acclaimed publishing
- 14th for social policy
Location, segregation, confusion.
In an age of academies and free schools, secondary schools have never had more freedom over their admissions rules. But how do they decide ‘who gets in’? And do these rules matter? For the first time, researchers piece together the complex picture of England's admissions rules.
Improving the implementation of human rights in Africa
For many years, organisations including Amnesty International have documented failures by African countries to uphold decisions adopted by regional human rights bodies. These bodies have ordered significant reparations for victims of violations. Yet the implementation of these decisions at the national level continues to be a significant challenge, leaving victims struggling to receive justice.
Social research in action
In Conversation
Kenya’s female freedom fighters were the silent heroes of the anti-colonial movement. The oral histories of women Britain forcibly resettled in the 1950s offer important insights into life in the resettlement villages - and how these unarmed women sustained the freedom fighters during this fraught period of Kenya’s history.
Reducing food waste
Bristol researcher, Lucy McCarthy, together with Anne Touboulic (Nottingham University) are set to launch an online hub for buying and selling farm produce. The Circular Agriculture Hub confronts the UK’s shocking record on food waste and food poverty, and aims to provide desperately needed income for smaller-scale farmers.