Social Transformations
Comprising ten staff and numerous PhDs, the focus of this cluster is on researching contemporary social change across a range of cross-cutting fields organised under the themes Economy and Society and Politics and Culture.
Current research within these themes include:
Economy and Society
- Changes in market societies
- Structural inequalities
- Work/ life balance
- Labour market and household relations
- Socio-environmental change
- Development, underdevelopment, post-development
Politics and Culture
- Urban transformation
- Post-socialist identities
- Sociological and political ecology
- The criminal justice system
- Social movements
While entertaining a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, research in this cluster is characterised by its very strong combination of theoretical and empirical content and the range of collaborations with international research partners. The cluster has been strengthened by the recent appointment of Professor William Outhwaite, whose research interests focus on the ongoing political transformations in Europe.
