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13 October 2021

Top 100 for Social Sciences: 2022 THE World University Rankings 2022

We've been ranked in the top 100 in the 2022 THE World University Rankings for Social Sciences.
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8 October 2021

Student loneliness through the pandemic: how, why and where?

As a group whose connections with both people and place have suffered as study moved online in the Covid-19 pandemic, students’ loneliness has grown in severity and visibility.

London terrorism
7 October 2021

The effect of terrorism on public attitudes and individual wellbeing

A new project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will explore how to develop adequate capabilities to manage the consequences of terrorist attacks.
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28 September 2021

BEaStly Business: Examining the illegal trade in bears, eels and songbirds

Political ecologists begin investigation into the illegal trade of European species, sometimes facilitated by legal companies and infrastructures.

Using street lighting to support pedestrian safety at night

Professor Steve Fotios and his colleagues from the Lighting Research Group (in the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield) are researching ways to enhance street lighting, in order to support the visual needs of pedestrians.

10 October 2021
A school playground with barriers

Calling schools and youth groups to help create a detailed picture of how children have been playing during the pandemic

With the start of the autumn term, young people across the country have been heading back to the classroom, as well as returning to their after-school clubs and youth groups which, in the UK, in many cases can now meet face-to-face.

16 September 2021
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Rapid response: Government plans to nationalise water fluoridation in effort to improve dental health

Dr Gary Lowery has publish a Rapid Response to the government’s plans to fluoridate water across the nation in an effort to improve dental health.

8 September 2021
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Secret telling apps: Is anonymity liberating or a danger to young people?

While parents, teachers and regulatory bodies focus on the safety of social media giants like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, there’s a host of new, trendy anonymous apps stealing young people’s attention, and they’re going under the radar.

8 September 2021
Voices of the Future: Collaborating with children and young people to re-imagine Treescapes

Collaborating with children and young people to re-imagine treescapes

A research project that aims to explore how young people perceive and connect with treescapes – involving Department of Landscape Architecture academics – has been announced in the first set of Future UK Treescapes projects.

9 August 2021