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Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences has a long-established reputation for producing world-leading research (REF 2014). We tackle the greatest challenges of our time and work to implement solutions.

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24 June 2020

One in four working carers considering quitting their job, research shows

University of Sheffield study reveals an estimated 1.6 million working carers in England and Wales are struggling to combine caring responsibilities with their jobs - with women worst affected.

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24 June 2020

Shaping the cities of tomorrow in the wake of covid-19

Has the scale and severity of global pandemic COVID-19 changed the perspective of what urban development and an ‘urban future’ might look like?
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22 June 2020

The Lovebug Effect: How spending timing in nature could change our bodies and influence our decisions to spend more time outdoors.

PhD student Jake Robinson, from the Department of Landscape Architecture, suggests that invisible biodiversity (i.e. microbiota) within and around us, could influence our desire to affiliate with natural environments.

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22 June 2020

Boosting productivity and wellbeing in the UK workplace

Researchers at the University of Sheffield, along with six further institutions in the UK, have contributed to a new initiative to help boost productivity and wellbeing through supporting the growth of better management practices in the UK.

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