Research groups

Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research

A collaboration of several Scottish universities, aiming to produce excellent research and to develop excellent researchers so as to better the development of policy, practice and public debate about crime and justice.

Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research

Providing an academic base for research and teaching in social aspects of disability.

Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity

In April 2013 this ESRC-funded Centre began a four year programme of work focusing on ethnic inequalities and identities in the UK since 1945. The Centre brings together colleagues at the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester.

Gambling Research Group

An international network of academics, organisations, policy-makers and service providers who share a common interest in the social impacts of gambling, particularly its effects on vulnerable groups, and on the cultural and political context of the expansion of commercial gaming.

Gender and Sexualities Forum

For scholars pursuing research around the broad fields of gender and sexualities. We offer a creative intellectual space that provides a platform for developing new research ideas and collaborations as well as solidifying research agendas and sharing outputs.

International Centre for Gender & Women's Studies

A cross-faculty interdisciplinary network, carrying out research and resourcing work with an important focus on international collaboration, public seminars, day schools and conferences.

Glasgow Media Group

Promoting the development of new methodologies and substantive research in the area of media and communications.

Institute of Health & Wellbeing

Spanning the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences, our aim is to improve population health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities in health.

Centre for Research on Racism, Ethnicity & Nationalism

Established in 2005 to promote the comparative study of the historically specific ways in which racism, ethnicity and nationalism have shaped the development of modern society.

Centre for the Study of Socialist Theory & Movements

A unique interdisciplinary forum for debate and critical engagement with the traditions, legacies and ongoing concerns of socialist theory and praxis.

‌Trafficking Culture‌

Discovery by archaeologists in 1991 of a mosaic that had already been attacked by looters in Zeugma, Turkey. Image courtesy of Phil Freeman.Trafficking Culture aims to produce an evidence-based picture of the contemporary global trade in looted cultural objects. This research programme is based at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Resarch, and is funded by the European Research Council.