It examines the interaction between, and interdependence among, social and political institutions, processes and action, especially collective action. The MA is distinctive in its focus on social and political movements, protest, and the less conventional and less institutionalised forms of political action and participation. It also gives particular opportunities to study environmental politics and globalisation, and to choose from the wide range of optional modules in sociology, social policy and politics and international relations.
SSPSSR has a long and distinguished history, and is one of the largest and most successful social science research communities in Europe. Our submission to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 received excellent ratings, including 2nd for research power and 3rd for research intensity
Our faculty staff are world authorities in their fields. Members attract large research grants from bodies such as the ESRC, the British Academy, Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), European Commission, Anglo-German Foundation, NATO, Equal Opportunities Commission, National Probation Service and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). We take part in international symposia and research projects, and act as consultants and advisers to a wide variety of government departments, professional organisations, research funding bodies and learned journals.
Drawing on her 2012 book 'The Cosmopolitanization of Science', Dr Joy Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kent, uses China's experience in stem cell research as an example to demonstrate how actors from the Global South can assume a more contributory role in steering global scientific norms.
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