社会科学系是一个严格的询问和严格研究的环境。全球性观点贯穿于本科和研究生课程以及生物和社会人类学，地理，国际关系，政治和社会学领域。该学院的学生和学术人员致力于在日益全球化的环境中探索人类多样性以及人类行为和互动的影响。我们的创新和有影响力的研究已获得国际认可，态度改变，并为保护灵长类动物，家庭和工作生活中的性别习俗以及东欧政治等各个领域的政策提供了信息。
The School of Law and Social Sciences is an environment of critical enquiry and rigorous research. Our innovative and influential research has received international recognition, changing attitudes and informing policy across areas as diverse as primatology, biodiversity conservation and wildlife trade, gendered practices in family and work lives, and Eastern European politics.<br><br>We offer students close supervision from experts with research expertise in your research area and plentiful opportunities to present your work and participate in our research training and other research events. <br><br>You may have the opportunity to develop your teaching, mentoring and assessment skills by undertaking paid teaching activities for up to six hours a week.<br><br>The School comprises a number of collaborative research clusters supporting our doctoral students and encouraging wide participation both through our partnerships and our full programme of conferences, public events and lectures. Some of our research clusters are grouped together within the three research centres within the school.