Research
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We create new knowledge that enriches the social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being of people and places.
We are passionate about research. Our skills, curiosity and creativity are used to deliver novel, rigorous, transformative understanding that makes a difference in the world. We pursue answers and solutions to challenging questions and problems across the Social Sciences and Humanities, extending into Environmental Science. We provide an inclusive research environment where postgraduate, postdoctoral and academic researchers work closely together to develop their research careers.
Research challenges
[### Challenges to democracy and the public sphere
Our interdisciplinary research develops a deeper understanding of and solutions to the challenges facing democracy in local and global public spaces.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/social-sciences-humanities/research/challenges-to-democracy-and-the-public-sphere/)
[### Dimensions of inequality
Understanding and challenging inequality, discrimination and exclusion in an unequal world.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/social-sciences-humanities/research/dimensions-of-inequality/)
[### Hidden voices, contested pasts
Our world leading research recovers and amplifies the voices of those who have been marginalised and interrogates the legacies of the past in the present.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/social-sciences-humanities/research/hidden-voices-contested-pasts/)
[### Successful transitions under environmental change
Achieving sustainable transitions in an era of unprecedented change and transformation is one of the most significant challenges facing humanity.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/social-sciences-humanities/research/successful-transitions-under-environmental-change/)
Research in the School
## Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy
## International Relations, Politics and History
Research Centres
[### The Loughborough Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment and Resilience (STEER)
STEER’s aim is to develop world-class, agenda-setting research to support delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular focus on SDG 7 on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all and inter-connected SDGs.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/steer/)
[### Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC)
The CRCC is an interdisciplinary centre, crossing over social science and humanities disciplines to draw on theories and methods in social psychology, sociology, politics, history and geography.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/)
[### Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP)
The CRSP is an independent research centre based in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Over the past 30 years, it has built a national and international reputation for high quality applied policy research.](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crsp/)
Postgraduate Research
Doctoral researchers are integral partners in our research, working on exciting projects across the social, political and environmental sciences and humanities.
Research spotlights
We are shining a light on the impact of a variety of recent research projects from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.