School of Social and Political Science

The Power of Quantitative Research for Social Work Practice

By applying empirical methods and statistical analysis, quantitative research helps social workers understand patterns, measure variables accurately, and establish relationships between them. This approach is vital in an area of practice that directly affects individual lives and communities.

Born to Rule. The Making and Remaking of the British Elite

Think of the British elite and familiar caricatures spring to mind. But are today’s power brokers a conservative chumocracy, born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with different values and political instincts?

Contesting Computing: Imagining Feminist Technofutures

This discussion considers the role education has played in developing our technological landscape and how it can help work towards a fairer future.

Ruth Kinna – Anarchist Constitutionalising - CRITIQUE Seminar

Typically, anarchy is considered the opposite of a constitutional order. But the reality is more complex. This talk reveals how anarchists constitutionalise: how and why they develop declarations, rules, institutions, and democratic decision-making procedures within anarchist groups to transform in the world in which they act.

“Unruly” Children: Historical Fieldnotes and Learning Morality in a Taiwan (Book Talk)

Migration Policies, Reproductive Injustice, and Migrant Parents' Health.

Dr Laura Sochas - Chancellor's Fellow in Social Policy at SPS

Comparative Ethnographies of Crooked Beasts: An Uncertain Method for the Climate Crisis

CRITIQUE Dialogue: Before the Global Color Line

This lecture lays out the main theoretical and historical arguments of an ongoing book project, entitled Before the Global Color Line: Empire, Capital, and Race in Asia, 1800-1850.

2024 UK General Election Series - The First Steps of the Starmer Government: Key Players, Policies, and the Autumn Budget

The First Steps of the Starmer Government: Key Players, Policies, and the Autumn Budget

Setting Desires Free or Putting us on Fire? Mapping Everyday Practices of Queerness, Caste, and Decolonial Praxis in India

As courtrooms become sites of sexual freedom through fighting colonial era laws or seeking same sex marriages rights, and this which is often presented as a decolonial moment/movement, Dhiren Borisa wants to remind you that it is far from it.

Global Mental Health and Society Seminar Series - Addressing the consequences of mental health stigma: lessons learned in Ethiopia

We will be discussing the impact of mental health stigma on individuals and communities, and exploring ways to address and overcome these challenges. Come and be part of this important conversation as we work towards creating a more inclusive and supportive environment for everyone. See you there!

Patriarchy Transformed? Rural to Urban Migration, Gender and Care in Post-Reform China

Official figures suggest that there were 295 million rural-to-urban migrants in China in 2021. Among them 63% were male. Join Prof. Susanne Choi to discuss the effect of this migration on family and gender relationships in China, with a specific focus on changes in men and masculinities.