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The Centre for Social Innovation collaboratively seeks new pipelines for public innovation surrounding contemporary national and international challenges which threaten the physical and emotional security of individuals, communities and societies.
Drawing on multi-disciplinary approaches from across the social sciences and humanities, the centre team collectively explores the complex interplay between social cohesion, public policy and societal change, working collaboratively with a range of research partners. These include Children North East, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, Public Health England, the College of Policing, NHS Digital, the National Crime Agency, the Ministry of Justice, and the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Our work spans five research themes, closely aligned to the School of Social Sciences Humanities and Law’s strategy to develop a Social Science Park to be launched in 2023, and connected by an overarching ambition to deliver demonstrable and sustainable social impact:
- Technology, Innovation and Civics
- Communities, Education and Work
- Place, Change and Harm
- Crime, Social Exclusion and Extremism
- Co-producing Alcohol and Public Health Research.
Underpinning these themes lies a methodological commitment to bringing together diverse participants from different sectors of society, with a view to co-producing possible solutions to the root causes of contemporary social problems, including the barriers to change which may influence their successful implementation.
To support this work the centre is led by internationally recognised academics who in addition to more traditional social research methods, possess a diverse range of expertise in policy briefing; workshop design and delivery; education and skills training; document archiving; as well as social media and network analysis.
Funding
Our research has been and is supported by many funding agencies, including the British Academy, National Institute for Health Research, Wellcome, Public Health England, UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council, Innovate UK and Horizon 2020.
Doctoral training
A multi-disciplinary approach to addressing social change is strengthened by existing doctoral training initiatives.
The Centre for Social Innovation is a member of a number of externally funded consortia that recruit postgraduate research students in collaboration with several other UK Universities. These include ESRC NINE DTP and AHRC Northern Bridge DPT2, which exemplify the collaborative model of working we pursue. These two consortia are located in Northern Ireland and North East England and work in partnership with a number of internationally excellent research organisations including the British Schools in Rome and Ankara offering international and industry placement schemes.
The Centre also hosts a cohort of Marie Cure PhD Fellows, funded via the University Alliance Social Policy Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) and Cofund projects. DTA fellows are all working with interdisciplinary research approaches combining criminology, sociology, social care and social policy. The University Alliance DTA programme seeks to equip doctoral students with the necessary skills and experience to contribute effectively to the social policy challenges facing communities and societies in increasingly complex global contexts.
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Profiles
Bethany A'Court
- Centre for Social Innovation
- SSSHL Department of Humanities and Social Sciences - Lecturer in Legal Practice
Person: Academic
Gareth Addidle
- SSSHL Department of Humanities and Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Policing
- Centre for Social Innovation
Person: Academic
Craig Ancrum
- Centre for Social Innovation
- SSSHL Department of Humanities and Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Person: Academic
Projects
PC19: Policing the Covid Crisis: Exploring Public Views and Experiences of Social Distancing
2/03/20 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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EPH: A Social Ecology Model of Regulatory Fitness to Practice and NHS Workplaces Datasets
2/03/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Research Output
Adoption or fostering as parenting options for trans and non-binary people
Brown, C., 14 Jan 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
A practice which wounds only the living: publicly punishing the criminal body in nineteenth century Scotland
Bennett, R., 2020, (In preparation) Execution culture and penal practice in the nineteenth century. Low, P., Sandford- Couch, C. & Rutherford, H. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Bad for the health of the body, worse for the health of the mind: Female responses to imprisonment of in England 1853-1869
Bennett, R., 18 Jan 2020, In : Social History of Medicine. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Press / Media
An hands-on animation event was hosted at Teesside University on Wednesday 9 November as part of the ESRC's (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science.
12/12/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Student theses
Public Ownership and the Labour Governments of 1945-1951: The Case of Steel Nationalisation
Author: Massey, C., 2012Supervisor: Copsey, N. (Supervisor) & Howell, D. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Exploring the factors affecting the implementation of tobacco and substance use interventions within the secondary school setting
Author: Waller, G., 15 Feb 2019Supervisor: Newbury-Birch, D. (Supervisor), Finch, T. (External person) (Supervisor) & Giles, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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A case study exploring the factors that influence academics and their use of technology enhanced learning (TEL) to support pedagogical practice in a post 1992 Higher Education Institute in the North of England.
Author: Wilford, B., 2019Supervisor: Hedges, C. (Supervisor) & Ingleby, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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