Current projects
Our current projects span world-leading research in the areas of sociology, social policy, social work and digital society. Take a look at what our staff are working on right now.
Previvorship in the platform society: Cancer genetic risk in the digital age
Funded by the Leverhulme Trust
DRad: Deradicalisation in Europe and Beyond: Detect, Resolve, Reintegrate
Funded by the European Commission
Mapping and visualising intersections of social inequalities, community mistrust, and vaccine hesitancy in online and physical spaces in the UK and US
Funded by The British Academy
Secrets on social media: Exploring children's perspectives of anonymous secret-telling apps
Funded by The British Academy
Negotiating difference: Understanding how sexual and religious values are being negotiated in providing LGBT-inclusive primary education
Funded by The British Academy
Living with gender in diverse times
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Embedding mental health support within police district control rooms
Funded by the N8 Policing Research Partnership
Neuro-adversity and transition: Key time points for action
Funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust
Courting young magistrates
Funded by The British Academy
Identifying sexual trafficking online
Funded by the N8 Policing Research Partnership
Dr Xavier L’Hoiry and Dr Alessandro Moretti
Evaluation of the deployment of body-worn video in Humberside Police
Funded by the N8 Policing Research Partnership
Living with Data: knowledge, experiences and perceptions of data practices
Funded by the Nuffield Foundation
Generic Visuals in the News: the role of stock photos and simple data visualizations in assembling publics
Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Mix & match: Constituting racialized communities in UK stem cell donation
Funded by The Wellcome Trust
Child Welfare Inequalities in Wales: Practice and Prevention
Funded by the UK Health and Hospital Authorities
Experiencing pregnancy and cancer: a sociological exploration of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
Funded by The Wellcome Trust
Parental conflict: an evidence review and local scoping exercise
Funded by Sheffield City Council
Manchester Women's Aid
Funded by NHS Manchester CCG
Health inequalities and Roma populations: deconstructing a European policy problem
Funded by The Wellcome Trust
EIWO - Exclusion and inequality in the latter part of working life: Evidence for political innovation against an inclusive extended working
Funded by FORTE: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
'Everyday Bordering' in the UK: The Impact on Social Care Practitioners and the Migrant Families with Whom They Work
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
EMpowerment and Integration of Migrant Youth (MIMY)
Funded by the European Commission
Professor Majella Kilkey, Dr Hannah Lewis and Dr Thea Shahrokh
Migration, Integration and Governance Research Centre (MIGREC)
Funded by the European Commission
Professor Majella Kilkey and Dr Rebecca Murray