Faculty research groups

• Ageing Futures
  Interdisciplinary work focused on improving well-being and quality of life in older age.
• Digital Societies
  Strong, actionable research to understand and shape how digital technologies are changing society.
• Education and Pedagogy
  Examining how education can be transformative at both an individual and a societal level.
• Environment and Society
  Exploring solutions to environmental problems and impacting policy.
• Families and Parenting
  Looking at how policy and law define and support ‘good parenting’.
• Food Justice Network
  Supporting the transition to a fairer food system.
• Gender
  Research addressing methodological and conceptual approaches to the study of gender, sexuality and feminist theory.
• Global Political Economy
  Addressing the transformations brought about by globalisation.
• Health and Wellbeing
  Exploring the human and social impacts of health and wellbeing interventions at national and global levels.
• International Development
  Focused on collaborative work that examines Global Development Challenges at the interface of the social and natural worlds.

• Perspectives on Work
  Looking at the analysis of work and its governance in the contemporary world.
• Smart Networks for Sustainable Futures
  Using the power of networks to find long-term solutions to contemporary issues. 
• Urban Research Cluster
  Facilitating collaborative research into urbanism around the world.