Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The School of Social Sciences at The University of Manchester, is home to nearly 3000 undergraduate students and over 300 postgraduate students (with a 35% international student population). We undertake internationally renowned, world-leading and theoretically-informed empirical research, addressing major issues of private and public concern, which is founded on a unique combination of six disciplines.
Research in the School of Social Sciences is known for being methodologically innovative and policy relevant. This translates into research expertise, excellence and impact on a truly global scale.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Ex Machina: Emotional Break-Ups and Digital Breakdown with AI Companions
Cearns, J., 2026, (Submitted) In: Cultural Anthropology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Substantive Kinship: Constructing ties that bind across the Caribbean
Cearns, J., 2026, (Submitted) Routledge Studies in the Caribbean World. Palmié, S., Jobson, R. & Cunha, O. (eds.). London: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Social Lives of Data: Top-down and bottom-up politics in India’s justice system
Cearns, J. & Fuchs, S., 2026, (Submitted) Putting Data Justice in Context. Walford, T., Morawska, C. & Mertia, S. (eds.). London: UCL PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A multilevel social network approach to studying multiple disease-prevention behaviors
Vörös, A., Bellotti, E., Nengnong, C. B., Passah, M., Nongrum, Q. D., Khongwir, C., van Eijk, A. M., Kessler, A., Sarkar, R., Carlton, J. M. & Albert, S., 11 Jan 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 1718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Prelude to Revisionism? The Stalemated Peace Model and the Emergence of Multipolarity in International Order
Richmond, O., 9 Jan 2025, In: Contemporary Security Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Interdisciplinary Systematic Review: Mechanistic Evidence and Epistemic Justice
Williamson, J. (PI)
16/01/25 → 15/01/27
Project: Research
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EBL+: New Philosophical Foundations for Evidence-based Law
Williamson, J. (PI) & Trofimov, A. (Researcher)
16/12/24 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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Ensuring Constitutional Accountability in the UK, Australia and Canada
Baldwin, G. (PI)
1/09/24 → 1/03/26
Project: Research
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Financialised Cocoa Chains and Implications for Ghanaian Farmers’ Productivity, Income and Livelihoods
Van Huellen, S. (PI), Imai, K. (CoI) & Dutta, I. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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Truly Affordable Housing Finance for Net Zero
McLachlan, C. (PI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Paterson, M. (CoI), Esquivel Guzman, J. A. (CoI) & Braunholtz-Speight, T. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
Impacts
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AA (Court of Protection: Capacity To Consent To Sexual Practices) [2020] EWCOP 66
Neil Allen (Participant)
Impact: Awareness and understanding
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Administrative Justice and Asylum Appeals
Thomas, R. (Participant)
Impact: Legal impacts, Economic impacts, Political impacts, Societal impacts
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Affecting change of UK public health policy on vitamin D, sun exposure, skin cancer and vitamin D supplementation 2013-20
Webb, A. (Participant) & Rhodes, L. (Participant)
Impact: Society and culture, Health and wellbeing, Economic, Policy
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African States and Social Welfare in Africa
Green, M. (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts, Societal impacts, Legal impacts
Activities
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‘FOLK’ CULTURES IN EVERYDAY OBJECTS
Solovey, T. (Participant)
30 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Global Marxism and the Decolonial Turn: Rethinking Revolutionary Politics
Fadaee, S. (Invited speaker)
29 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Popa-Wyatt, M. (Assistant editor)
2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
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Why Should Decolonial Perspectives Engage with Global Marxism?
Fadaee, S. (Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Exploring Methodologies & Ethics in Social Media Research
Hannell, B. (Speaker)
6 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching and Research
Datasets
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Life Story Interviews With Russian-Speaking Marriage Migrants in China
Barabantseva, E. (Creator), UK Data Service, 22 Jul 2021
https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/854886/
Dataset
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2014-24 British Election Study Expert Survey Trendfile
Schmitt, H. (Creator), Evans, G. (Creator), Fieldhouse, E. (Creator), Green, J. (Creator), Mellon, J. (Creator), Prosser, C. (Creator), van der Eijk, C. (Creator), Loughran, T. (Creator), Griffiths, J. (Creator) & Perrett, S. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 16 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.48420/20278572.v2, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/2014-19_British_Election_Study_Expert_Survey_Trendfile/20278572/2
Dataset
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Data & code for: The estimation of age and sex profiles for international migration amongst countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Shen, T. (Creator), Raymer, J. (Creator), Guan, Q. (Creator) & Wisniowski, A. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 2023
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/GJ9FV, https://demo268.shinyapps.io/ASAP/
Dataset
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Membresía en asociaciones progresistas y de izquierda en América Latina (Membership in progressive and left-wing associations in Latin America )
Espinoza, F. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 31 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.48420/25127747
Dataset
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Rerunning Patterns of Members of Legislative Assembly in India's State Elections, 1985-2018
Shrimankar, D. (Creator), UK Data Archive, 9 Mar 2021
Dataset
Prizes
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[Nominated] Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists First Book Prize
Cearns, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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[Nominated] Society for Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology Book Prize
Cearns, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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1+3 North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship
Werlen, A. (Recipient), Apr 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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1+3 North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship
Collar, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Press/Media
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Written Evidence to the House of Lords on Property (Digital Assets) Bill
9/01/25
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Podcast Episode New Books Network - Decolonisation and Revolutionary Politics
5/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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“Degenerate” Queers and “Chadsexual” Sapphics: Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric in the Incelosphere
2/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Honouring the Past to Shape the Future: Criminology at The University of Manchester
29/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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From Philanthropy to Collaborative research: 200 years of Prison Research in Manchester
21/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Student theses
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(En)gendering Change and Continuity in Chilean Social Policy: Actors, Ideas and Institutions
Staab, S. (Author), Annesley, B. (Supervisor) & Waylen, G. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2014Student thesis: Phd
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âÂÂDown with the kidsâÂÂ? Reconceptualising the youth work relationship: How do professional relationships between male youth workers and young men involved in violence operate to promote desistance?
Harris, P. (Author), Spencer, J. (Supervisor) & Gadd, D. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2018Student thesis: Phd
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A Bayesian Hierarchical Model to Estimate and Predict Child Labour in India
Kim, J. H. (Author), Olsen, W. (Supervisor) & Wiśniowski, A. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2021Student thesis: Phd
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A Brave New Bolam?
Beswick, J. (Author), Brazier, M. (Supervisor) & Keywood, K. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2012Student thesis: Phd
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A Case for Memory Enhancement: Ethical, Social, Legal, and Policy Implications for Enhancing the Memory
Muriithi, P. (Author), Stanton, C. (Supervisor) & Harris, J. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2014Student thesis: Phd
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Equipment
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Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Fox, R. (Platform Lead)
Faculty of HumanitiesFacility/equipment: Facility