Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences

School of Human and Health Sciences

Research and enterprise activities in the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences focus on the applied study of human behaviour, and the Department is home to the Centre for Applied Childhood Youth and Family Research and the Centre for Citizenship, Conflict, Identity & Diversity.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Rachel Armitage
- R.A.Armitagehud.acuk
Person: Academic
19992023
Laura Ashton-Goldthorpe
- L.Ashton-Goldthorpe2hud.acuk
- Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care
- School of Human and Health Sciences
- Just Futures Centre - Member
Person: Academic
Howard Atkin
- H.Atkin2hud.acuk
- Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Policing
- School of Human and Health Sciences
- Secure Societies Institute - Member
Person: Academic
19992021

A Collaborative Approach to Developing Social Entrepreneurial Skills
Snowden, M., Alderson, M., Halsall, J. & Hyams-Ssekasi, D., 1 Jan 2023, (Unpublished) 13 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Conversations for Transformational Change
Percy-Smith, B. (ed.), Thomas, N. P. (ed.), O'Kane, C. (ed.) & Twum-Danso Imoh, A. (ed.), 21 Apr 2023, 2nd ed. Routledge. 356 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Applied Research, Diffractive Methodology, and the Research-Assemblage: Challenges and Opportunities
Fox, N. J. & Alldred, P., 1 Mar 2023, In: Sociological Research Online. 28, 1, p. 93-109 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
5 Citations (Scopus)

2 Active
31 Finished

Child Participation and action research workshop Linnaeus
Percy-Smith, B.
13/06/19 → 20/06/19
Project: Research
Children and Parental Alcohol Misuse Service Improvement project
Percy-Smith, B.
1/08/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
COPING: Children of Prisoners, Interventions & Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health
Jones, A.
1/01/10 → 31/12/12
Project: Research

International Workshop ‘Reimagining victims' reparation: building new perspectives on empathy, dignity, and justice for victims of serious human rights violations in the Global South’
Camilo Tamayo Gomez (Chair)
16 May 2023 → 17 May 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
International Workshop ‘Reimagining victims' reparation: building new perspectives on empathy, dignity, and justice for victims of serious human rights violations in the Global South’
Camilo Tamayo Gomez (Participant)
16 May 2023 → 17 May 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
International Workshop ‘Reimagining victims' reparation: building new perspectives on empathy, dignity, and justice for victims of serious human rights violations in the Global South’
Camilo Tamayo Gomez (Chair)
16 May 2023 → 17 May 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

Research and new charity helping families cope with trauma of ‘the knock’
Rachel Armitage
25/05/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Coping with trauma of ‘the knock’
Rachel Armitage
23/05/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
It’s called scapegoating and it’s as old as divide and rule
Rhetta Moran & Grainne McMahon
19/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment

CHEER digital resources
Lomax, H. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator) & Walsh, B. (Contributor), UK Data Service, 1 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-855013
Dataset
None in Three Centre: Global Challenges Research Fund qualitative interviews and focus group transcriptions - United Kingdom
Jones, A. (Owner), Gomersall, T. (Creator), Wager, N. (Creator) & Gibbs, G. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34696/x1hq-d175
Dataset
None in Three Centre: Global Challenges Research Fund qualitative interviews and focus group transcriptions - India
Jones, A. (Creator), Gibbs, G. (Creator), Gomersall, T. (Creator), Wager, N. (Creator), Varma, B. (Creator) & Patil, P. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2999
DOI: 10.34696/kxmj-fv19
Dataset