Birkbeck Institute for Social Research

The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research (BISR) is the focal point for social research at Birkbeck, and a hub for the dissemination and discussion of social research in London and beyond. BISR brings together academic staff and research students from across the College, and has a distinctively critical and socially-engaged approach to social research.

A great place for research

The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research is the hub for Sociology at Birkbeck, which has risen 15 places in the REF2014 rankings, and is now 13th in the UK

Social science hub

We are a focal point for the support, dissemination and discussion of critical and publicly engaged social science in London and beyond

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Events

15 August 2020 - 10:00 Virtual Clearing Open Day
Birkbeck Virtual Clearing Open Day
17 August 2020 - 18:00 Criminology Virtual Taster Evening - Criminology and Criminal Justice (BSc) and Criminology Certificate of Higher Education
Find out more about what it's like to study an undergraduate degree or certificate of higher education at the Department of Criminology
18 August 2020 - 19:00 Birkbeck Inspires: Food policy and consumer behaviour
Providing society with healthy diets from sustainable food systems is an immediate challenge.
20 August 2020 - 18:30 Summer Research Series: Decision-making in the Court of Protection 'needs a human element': Provisional empirical findings from the Judging Values Project
Part of the School of Law's Summer Research Series, a series of online, public events.