Birkbeck Institute for 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

Events

10 December 2018 - 09:30 LAW AND POLITICS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
LAW AND POLITICS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: METHODS, ORIENTATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS
13 December 2018 - 18:30 Food, Politics, and Society - Book Launch
Join us to celebrate the publication of the new book, Food, Politics and Society by Alex Colas, Jason Edwards, Jane Levi and Sami Zubaida.
5 February 2019 - 16:00 Open Evening
For prospective undergraduate, postgraduate, full-time, part-time, certificate and short course students.
28 February 2019 - 09:00 London Student Sustainability Conference 2019
London's first Student Sustainability Conference will be taking place on Thursday 28th February, 2019. A opportunity not to be missed!

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