Research
"HaSS Cornwall is a hub of outstanding interdisciplinary research and impact across the humanities and social sciences. Rooted in disciplinary excellence and driven by real-world challenges, our work contributes to shaping the world we live in."
We build on the strengths of our home disciplines as platforms for curiosity-driven inquiry, while actively engaging with the most pressing issues of our time. From climate change and environmental justice to questions of identity, conflict, democracy, and the role of science and technology, we address global challenges through collaboration and partnership – working across disciplines and beyond the University to contribute to knowledge and to generate meaningful, lasting impact.
Read more from Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
Director of Research and Impact, HaSS Cornwall
100% of research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent for impact (History and Law)
88%/86% of research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent (English and Politics)
Colleagues in HaSS Cornwall led on a significant proportion of the university's world-leading (4*) Impact Case Studies
Between 18 - 24% increase in world-leading (4*) research across English, History, Law, and Politics*
*REF 2021 compared to REF 2014
Research Themes and Networks
Researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall are active in their interdisciplinary work via the various Institutes, Centres, and Networks that they lead and contribute to.
Research Shorts
Click on the videos below to find out more about the exciting interdisciplinary research undertaken by experts in Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall.
Nature
Rock Art
Forgetting
Gender
Biospheres
Volunteering
Stories
Oil
Tradition
Reindustrialisation
Oceans
Parliament