School of Social Science & Public Policy
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Established at the start of this decade, the School is one of the largest groups in any UK university to focus on policy-oriented, multidisciplinary research. The strength of the School is based on work developed by individual scholars and on multi-disciplinary collaboration (both within its departments and within its interdisciplinary research centres) that is helping to set the research agenda in the UK and internationally.
The strong research base of the School has allowed it to establish influential links with the policy community in the UK and abroad as well as with a wide range of other external partners, ranging from multinational corporations in the City of London to local arts organizations.
The strong research base of the School has allowed it to establish influential links with the policy community in the UK and abroad as well as with a wide range of other external partners, ranging from multinational corporations in the City of London to local arts organizations.
Latest news
Professor Ewan Ferlie is leading a new nine month research project commissioned by the National Institute of Health Research. ‘Getting research into practice’ is a key area for both clinicians and health care managers and important for improving the quality of health services. More information on the Management Department's website.
Professor Martin Wooster, along with colleagues Gareth Roberts, Weidong Xu and Patrick Freeborn, together with Scientific Computing Specialist Jiang-Ping He have been awarded the Environmental Science Award in the first London Knowledge Transfer Awards, sponsored by the London Development Agency. More information about the group's work is available on the Geography website.
Professor Grimmond has been awarded one of the top awards of the American Meteorological Society. The citation reads: ‘for numerous important contributions that have greatly advanced urban meteorology and urban climate sciences and for sustained and effective leadership that has energised the urban climate research community’. The award is a real tribute to Professor Grimmond's work on both sides of the Atlantic.