Research is at the heart of the School of Global Studies
We are committed to inspiring and curiosity-driven research that strives to find creative solutions for some of the key social, economic, political and cultural challenges facing the world today.
In the UK's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Anthropology and International Relations both ranked 7th, and Geography ranked 13th in their respective units of assessment. With a high proportion of our work ranked as 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent', the School of Global Studies continues Sussex University's reputation for promoting international research excellence and fostering exceptionally successful scholars - some of whom have gone on to win Nobel prizes.
In recent years researchers in the School of Global Studies have also been awarded more than £10 million of external research income from a wide range of research councils and government bodies including: the Rockefeller Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Natural Environment Research Council, the Department for International Development, the Department for Innovation, Universities, and Skills, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the European Union, and the United Nations.
The research agendas of the 60+ faculty in our School are at once diverse, continuously evolving, and encompass a wide range of regional and thematic expertise. They currently include - but are in no sense restricted to - the systematic study of:
- global transformations - such as those occurring in the world economy, and in the fields of international development and migration;
- identity - including the deeper examination of the roles of culture, religion, gender, race, history, and the body;
- ecological transformations - such as climate and environmental change, evolving earth systems, and global health challenges;
- security and insecurity - including patterns of conflict, violence, the rise of new security challenges, and the management of humanitarian emergencies and peace processes;
- attaining justice - including the study and pursuit of rights, ethics and equality.
The School's reputation for transcending disciplinary boundaries and for setting pioneering research agendas is also fostered through a number of centres of excellence, including the:
- Sussex Centre for Migration Studies
- The Justice and Violence Research Centre
- The Centre for Global Political Economy
- Centre for Advanced International Theory
- Centre for Global Health Policy
- Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research
These research centres provide an unrivalled and dynamic context for the study of the contemporary world, encouraging the exchange of ideas across disciplinary boundaries amongst our community of scholars, visiting fellows, early career researchers, as well as our 150+ doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.
The School of Global Studies welcomes academics, researchers, students and practitioners as academic visitors to share their expertise, engage in intellectual exchange and build international cooperation and partnerships
Researchers in the School of Global Studies are also very enthusiastic about sharing their research findings and expertise with others - whether you are viewing these pages from the other side of the globe, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, or from within the Sussex region.
We highly value collaboration with strategic partners in other universities, governmental institutions, non-governmental bodies, the private sector, and the media.
If you wish to learn more about our research, please visit our 'Showcase' section for a selection of ongoing and recently completed research projects.
A new series from the School of Global Studies - Global Insights - provides overviews of the findings from research projects in the School, in an accessible and easy to read format.
You are also welcome to visit our Departmental research pages, or to contact us directly.
Cynthia Weber
Director of Research
See also:
Departmental Research Pages