Research groups within the School of Social Science and Social Work include:
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This is an interdisciplinary research centre concerned with exploring and addressing key challenges facing culture and community in the 21st century. Within the group research clusters are organized around: sustainability learning communities difference and diversity travel and tourism the cultural economy and globalization This cross-faculty network brings together researchers from the fields of: education; arts and media; sociology; social policy; human geography; business; and science and technology. Postgraduate students who are at the early stages of their career are encouraged to become fully involved in the activities of the research centre. Collaborations include those with the Faculties of Business, Arts and Science and Technology. There are also longstanding coll... (more >>)
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This multi-professional research centre is driven by the challenges that face health and social care. Members are engaged in local, national and international research from clinically based studies to theoretical work. In order to generate innovation in specific areas, the Centre supports a number of research clusters in areas of: Ageing and Rurality, Applied Health Genetics, Clinical Skills Innovation, Dietetics and Health, Drug and Alcohol Use (Drug and Alcohol Research Unit DARU), e-Health, Rehabilitation, Social Science and Health, Sustainability and Society and Health. The members of CHeSCI are involved in a range of nationally and internationally significant research across the health and social care spectrum from clinically based studies to theoretical work. The Centr... (more >>)
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The Cultural Industries Research Group features members of the sociology subject group and others, including geographers, media arts and tourism academics. This small but rapidly developing research cluster represents work at the cutting edge of the discipline. Members of the group co-ordinate the new British Sociological Association (BSA) Study Group 'Culture and the Arts,' and are editorial board members of the new journals Cultural Sociology and Tourism Consumption and Practice. We have interests in culture, globalisation, social theory and interconnections between art and science. Our particular strengths include global tourism and consumption; art markets and globalisation; and media representations of environmental risks, rural conflicts and emerging technologies. The Cultural I... (more >>)
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The Developmental Disability Research and Education Group (DDREG), formed in 1998, has established a large network of health service clinicians, University researchers, and practitioners from social services and education across Devon and Cornwall with a focus on research and education pertinent to the lives of adults and children with developmental disabilities. Its purposes are to seek research funding, conduct and encourage research and disseminate research findings to practitioners in the field. DDREG is co-ordinated through a Steering Group, which oversees a number of task groups concerned with particular research interests.... (more >>)
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The Drug and Alcohol Research Unit (DARU) undertakes high quality research on substance use issues (including alcohol and over the counter substances) regionally, nationally and internationally. Building on a strong research record in the areas of drug markets, public injecting and local risk environments, service evaluation and innovative service development the DARU aims to help improve both policy formation and understanding around substance use in contemporary society. For further information visit the Drug and Alcohol Research Unit (DARU) website.... (more >>)
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The Sociology of health and illness and health policy are significant areas of research strength at University of Plymouth. Members of this group undertake theoretically-informed empirically oriented research, encompassing international, national, regional and local contexts. Critical investigations of public health, medicine and discourses of illness figure prominently. Members have strong international links, with colleagues in Europe, USA, Canada, and Australia, as well as with scholars in other universities in the UK. The group is interdisciplinary, comprising members from Sociology, the Faculty of Health and Social Work, and Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. It also includes some members from various fields outside University of Plymouth.... (more >>)
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The Mental Health Research Group meets monthly. Its foci include: mental health, wellbeing, illness and 'recovery' psychological therapies with a particular interest in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) other treatment interventions primary care and community care service user involvement substance misuse the psychological processes and consequences arising from ill health mental health education and training Many of these themes are strategically linked to NHS priorities. The strong interdisciplinary focus is apparent from varied professional backgrounds, including mental health nursing, psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychology, occupational therapy, social work and sociology. While the group seeks to develop understanding of issues within its main ... (more >>)
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The focus of the Parenting and Child Welfare Research Group is on the relationship between social interventions, parenting and child well being, particularly the interconnections between women and their children. This interdisciplinary group has interests which span the theoretical, empirical and practical issues of parenting and child development. The group provides the basis for formal and informal discussions of these issues in a rigorous manner and in a supportive environment.... (more >>)
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This research doctorate programme offers BPS accredited professional training leading to Chartered Clinical Psychologist status. The Doctorate is a funded full-time three year programme of study. Programme highlights The programme has been running since 1982 and has the distinction of being one of the first to award the Doctorate in clinical psychology. Its high quality is evident from its success in achieving recognition at the last Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Recognition Exercise. Each location specialises in the following areas: Life-cycle perspective within a social constructionist and community psychology context Psychotherapies Integrative Practice Health psychology emphasis... (more >>)
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The Social Exclusion, Diversity and Disadvantage Research Group focuses on the social processes generating and maintaining social exclusion and interventions promoting inclusion. Group members focus on different social 'levels' in carrying out their work. The macro/policy level includes social security provision, the underclass and social regeneration. An interest in particular groups is manifested in work on older people and asylum seekers. A third element focuses on service provision including health inequalities and ethnic diversity in the public services. At the level of practice, group members' interests include anti discriminatory practice and user involvement in service development. Members adopt a wide range of theoretical methodological and practical approaches to social exclusi... (more >>)
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This is a cross-Faculty multi-disciplinary group that explores issues and seeks solutions to the challenges that climate change, fossil fuel dependency, food security and other threats to sustainability present to society and health. We view our colleagues and students as agents of change, and, drawing on our diverse experiences and disciplines we approach these challenges through research, education, information and action. Some of this work has been supported through Fellowships with the Centre for Sustainable Futures and links with the University Institute for Sustainable Solutions Research. Follow us on Twitter @SSHRPlymUni or tweet about us using the #hash tag #SSHR... (more >>)
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