About the department
Our academic staff have backgrounds in sociology, economics, anthropology, psychology and demography, as well as social policy. We have diverse methodological expertise, from ethnography to advanced quantitative work. This mix of disciplines and methods gives us a unique capacity to generate new insights on social problems and to provide innovative taught programmes.

Research
Research is a major focus of the Institute with an annual research income of over £15 million. Our research work is organised within seven renowned centres.

Courses
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes specialising in a range of social and social policy issues and social research methods.

People
Our staff includes psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and economists. We have specialist, research-active staff able to supervise postgraduate research.
Centres in the department

Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS)
The home to four of Britain's internationally-renowned cohort studies, charting social change and the reasons behind it.

Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR)
We work with time use data to investigate issues of social life, paid work patterns, work-life balance, family, gender, and socio-economic structure.

Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER)
CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research, brings together world-leading longitudinal studies with participants born throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre (EPPI Centre)
Better evidence for better decision-making: robust and responsive reviews informing policy and practice.

Quantitative Social Science (QSS)
QSS is a group of economists, sociologists, data scientists and social policy researchers within the UCL Social Research Institute.

Social Science Research Unit (SSRU)
Promoting evidence-informed policy and practice in education, health and welfare through ethical and participative social research.

Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)
Leaders of research into children, parenting and families since 1973.
What's on
View all department events13 Feb
in person
NIHR CPRU: Reflections on working with policy colleagues in Department of Health and Social Care12:00 - 13:00

26 Feb

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UCL Social Research Institute, 55-59 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0NU