School of Sociology and Social Policy

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We are a leading UK school for sociology, criminology, social policy and social work. Our courses offer you the opportunity to explore how societies work - and what can be done when they don't.

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Latest news

Book translated into Chinese!

Description
We are pleased to share news that a book, published by Reiner Grundman, emeritus professor, has recently been translated into Chinese
Date:
05 February 2025

Upcoming events

LGBTIQ+ Asylum and Religion: Individual Faith, Community Belonging, and Divine Asylum Advocacy

Date
12 February 2025 (12:00-13:00)
Location:
Also on MS Teams, B55, Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park
Description
Please hold this space in your diaries if available to attend this school research seminar for LGBTQIA+ History Month, arranged by ICEMiC.

WHSCR seminar

Date
26 March 2025 (12:00-13:00)
Location:
B55, Law and Social Sciences, University Park
Description
Wellbeing, Health and Social Care Research Centre seminar.

Making Science Public

Making mineralogy public: George Sand and Jules Verne

On 14 January, Richard Fallon, an expert on 19th/20th-century literature and science, posted on Bluesky: “More people ought to read George Sand’s 1864 romance Laura, Voyage dans le cristal: a delirious, phantasmagoric, mineralogical story that includes a trip to a prehistoric lost world at the North Pole”. I had read some stories by George Sand ...

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School of Sociology and Social Policy

Law and Social Sciences building
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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