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Research Themes

Durham Sociology Department's research activity is organised around five overarching research themes.   Academic staff who teach all our degree programmes are typically aligned to at least one of these areas.

Research Areas

Communities and Social Justice

Read more about our Communities and Social Justice research area
Students reading and discussing a book with their tutor

Higher Education and Social Inequality

Read more about our Higher Education and Social Inequality research area
Five hands of different ethnicities next to each other on a table

Health and Social Theory

Read more about our Health and Social Theory research area
Health and Wellbeing wordle

Violence and Abuse

Read more about our Violence and Abuse research area
A wordle about Violence and Abuse

Criminal Justice, Social Harm and Inequalities

Read more about our new research area Criminal Justice, Social Harm and Inequalities
Metal weighing scales