Centre for Applied Sociology Research

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The Centre for Applied Sociology focuses on taking an applied sociological approach to understanding and reducing social inequalities among disadvantaged, vulnerable and stigmatised communities in the UK and internationally.

The Centre's multi-disciplinary research involves collaboration and partnerships with community practitioners, professionals, policymakers and other universities. Centre members conduct research, evaluations and evidence-based interventions that are co-produced, participatory and involving creative, arts-based and auto/biographical methodologies in order to develop grassroots, bottom up, and community-led approaches, elaborating solutions and responses to key areas of social life and relationships.

The Centre’s research is organised into 3 strands to advance the co-creation of applied social policy knowledge, inter-disciplinary research and practice in key areas of social policy:

• Social inclusion, citizenship and participation
• Social care, health and wellbeing
• Educational and sustainable communities

The Centre's areas of study include migrant labour, mobility and citizenship rights; policing ‘race’ and multi-culturalism; older people, care and wellbeing; gender rights and violence; identity politics and social movements; homelessness, social exclusion and disadvantage; communities; inter-ethnic and inter-faith relations; drugs and substance (mis)use; social capital and education; death, dying, and end of life care; social and cultural eco-systems.

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University of Greenwich
London