Section: Research Groups
In Social Policy we enjoy close research links across the University, particularly with the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, the Centre for Integrated Healthcare Research, Nursing Studies, and with Community Health Sciences.
Within our subject area, the following groups are active.
The research group on work, economy and welfare explores the relationship between trends in modern welfare states, resource allocation and changing labour markets. Much of the work conducted is cross-national and/or comparative in nature. The group is strongly involved in the EU (FP VI) Network of Excellence in Reconciling work and welfare (RECWOWE).
The Global Public Health Unit provides a broad focus on population health and the factors that influence it at a national, regional and global level. The Unit is a leading centre for research examining health systems and global governance, the commercial sector and public health, social determinants of health and public policy, and science, advocacy and health policy. GPHU draws together expertise from diverse disciplines including public health, political science, economics and public financing, social policy, medicine, epidemiology, geography and anthropology.
The research group on Policy and Governance provides a social policy perspective to the University's work on socio-legal studies, governance, devolution studies and public sector management, working in collaboration with colleagues in Politics and Sociology and also with the Law School, the Business School and the Institute of Governance.
The research group 'Families, Children and Welfare' explores aspects of family relationships, childhood and youth studies that can be applied to policy research and practice. The research conducted within this group encompasses a wide range of perspectives on childhood and family related issues both within the UK and internationally. This group has strong ties with CRFR (Centre for Research on Families and Relationships) and the Child & Youth Studies Network at Edinburgh University.
This page was published on 4 November 2010