Social Policy Research

Research Centres and Networks

We draw together over 70 staff from a range of Research Centres, Units and Networks across the University. 

We share a common vision and work together to tackle social inequalities and injustice through publicly-engaged social science.

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UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre

CREATe investigates the future of creative production in the digital age. We look at innovation and the public sphere from the perspectives of intellectual property law, information law and competition law.

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Centre for Disability Research

Research and teaching in social aspects of disability.

Centre for Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Nationalism

Conducting high quality, inter-disciplinary and comparative research on racism, ethnicity and nationalism.

Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network

Conducting interdisciplinary research from across the University,

in collaboration with practitioners, NGOs and policy makers working with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland.

Glasgow Social and Digital Change Group

Involving researchers from across the university,

leading interdisciplinary research into the relationships between digital technology and social, economic, political and cultural change

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Glasgow End of Life Studies Group

Conducting interdisciplinary research on end of life issues, collaborating with communities, policy makers.

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Media Research Group

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

MRC/Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU)

Conducting research

to understand how social, behavioural, economic, political and environmental factors affect the health and wellbeing of people and populations.

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School of Health and Wellbeing

The multi-disciplinary School of Health and Wellbeing spans the Colleges of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and of Social Sciences.

The School of Health and Wellbeing is a global research leader in interdisciplinary work on the wider social and environmental determinants of health inequalities, and solution-focused research developing evidence-based interventions.

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Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

A leading academic group

advancing understandings of crime, punishment and social control through theoretical, empirical and applied research.