Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Innovative research is at the heart of everything we do in Humanities and Social Sciences

Each of our six subject areas has a dynamic research environment, and the Faculty has a large and vibrant community of postgraduate research students.

We aim to deliver and disseminate research of international renown and the Faculty can boast an excellent track record of obtaining research funding. We are fully committed to working closely with the community, from locally to internationally and from collaborative research to consultancy, and to communicating our research findings and harnessing the maximum impact of our expertise.

Photo: students working at the Archaeology Department's training excavation on Magdalen Hill on the outskirts of Winchester, site of the oldest hospital in the country.

For further information, explore the links below. 

Research in Archaeology

Research in Criminology and Sociology

Research in History

Research in Psychology

Research in Theology and Religious Studies  

HSS academics also play leading roles in two interdisciplinary, interfaculty research centres: the Centre for Research into Language and  the Centre for Gender Studies.

Latest Faculty Research News

29 March 2012

Postgraduate research supervision