Social Sciences research projects

Youth perceptions and experiences of knife crime

This project aims to identify the reason for the rise in youth perpetrated knife crime based on a number of factors. ...

Exploring researchers’ viewpoints and learning of a toolkit designed to increase Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME...

Knife crime interventions are an important initiative that aims to increase awareness of the dangers of knife crime. C...

Embrace HE - Enabling mental health benefits: resilience, achievement, competencies and engagement in improved higher ...

Investigating the psychological factors relating to England's imminent exit from the EU.

Analysing the weighted language and media response to increased refugee activity in the UK.

FSEPS is a programme designed to combat social inclusion in mothers who live with their children in refuges or other...

Research suggests that this simple yet promising intervention may contribute to decreasing obesity and snacking behavi...

Austerity is a prevalent theme of current socio-political and economical culture but the impact on public health, thou...

This project hopes to increase the general understanding of the underlying perceptions of exploitation in order to det...

This project investigates which game mechanics are best suited to increasing engagement, using several participants fr...

This project aims to assess and critically inform the public's perception of health inequalities in the UK, thus infor...

Evidence suggests that police receptivity to research is low, which can potentially lead to knowledge gaps in core pol...

Testing the effectiveness of the Mindful Construal Diary (MCD; a novel mindfulness-based intervention) on weight loss ...

The research addresses the root causes of vulnerability to DA in military settings, focusing attention on emerging ris...