社会政治学院的活跃的社会政策研究基地可确保在该计划上任教的人员参与当前的社会政策辩论，并确保学生了解该地区的新发展和新问题。每个研究学生都得到研究培训的支持。
Social policy is concerned with how society provides for human needs and responds to social problems such as poverty, inequality, unemployment and crime. It focuses on the responses offered by a range of social actors including government, civil society, families, the market, the voluntary and third sectors. Postgraduate research in the School of Social and Political Sciences is informed by the expertise of its team of academics, who have long-standing links to government, research organisations, and the voluntary sector. Opportunities for research are available across a range of topics in social and political sciences. Current students' research projects in the field of sociology include: -Family Welfare Policy -Covid-19 Socio-economic Shocks on Vulnerable Groups in Nigeria -Female Labour Migration and Domestic Work in Lincolnshire -Reducing Conflict in the Family Courts System