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Research and evaluation into the operation of housing markets, individuals’ experiences of housing, and the interface between housing, welfare, health, social care, regeneration and place-making.

We help charities, societies and foundations understand the social value of their work, and critically examine how voluntary action contributes to civil society and collective wellbeing.

Study sociology, politics or sociology with our research-active staff and address contemporary issues in health and wellbeing, education and the workplace.

Our submission to REF 2021 was our biggest ever to a research assessment exercise, read about our results and impact case studies.

Study an accredited sports degree in state-of-the-art facilities, with leading experts who are active in sports and fitness industries.

Study subjects including computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, cyber security, games programming, software engineering, computing, and advanced computer networks

Our research explains how social and spatial inequalities are shaped through economic life. It helps our partners create more inclusive economies and greater economic wellbeing in society.

We research the effects and experiences of transitions to a low carbon world. Using social, economic, technical, policy and citizen perspectives, we promote policies and actions to help hard-to-reach groups.

We draw on a range of theoretical, methodological and analytical approaches to understand processes of governance and improve the role of evidence in policy making.

Our approach is multi-disciplinary, with co-creation at its heart. We believe research has the greatest impact when the questions it tackles are those that we shape with our partners. Find out more about how we work.