Recent research projects

Explore the diverse range of research projects taking place across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and how they are delivering tangible changes around the world.

NHS R&D NW Provocations seminar series

This innovative collaboration seeks to bring HSS research to bear on the delivery of NHS healthcare.

A woman walking past a wall with 'Always remember that this university belongs to us' written on it.

Anticolonial Education Working Group Policy Paper

The Working Group is dedicated to a collective interest in research on anti-colonial pedagogy in higher education.

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Sisters of Mersey

Meet the extraordinary women who shaped Liverpool and beyond in this mobile app project.

The Human Remains: Digital Library of British Mortuary Science and Investigation

Examining the history of exhumation, investigation, reburial, and recording of human remains buried in Christian contexts from the 7th-19th centuries.

Libraries, Reading Communities & Cultural Formation in the 18th Century Atlantic

Investigating the contribution of books to social, cultural and political change in the 18th century.

Analysis of Roman Silver Coins, Augustus to Gallienus (27 BC - AD 260)

Exploring Imperial fiscal policies, financial problems and the responses to them through metallurgical analysis of silver coinages,

Frank Sidebottom's mask being photographed

Photogrammetry

The photogrammetry team is a student-centred research group based at the Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology Department.

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Centre of Architecture and the Visual Arts (CAVA): immersive technologies in historical buildings

Liverpool, and CAVA, are leading the development of engaging architectural heritage visitor experiences.

Led by Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology's Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, this project explores the factors shaping inequalities in ageing, as well as the meaning and lived experience of health and well-being in later life.

#Lads on Social Media: investigating young networked masculinities

Exploring how young men use social media to form and develop their masculinised identifications, connections and networks, particularly those that centre around ‘laddish’ identities

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Agreement: A People’s Process

A physical and digital exhibition hosted by the Institute of Irish Studies to mark the 20th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

Institute of Irish Studies survey: voting, identity, trust and media

A survey, undertaken in 2023, examining the attitudes towards voting, national identity, trust and the media in Northern Ireland.

Tackling Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Combating slavery in Sub-Saharan Africa by exploring how arts & humanities can shift antislavery efforts towards a more community-engaged focus.

The Digital Panopticon: The Global Impact of London Punishments (1780-1925)

The Digital Panopticon project traces the lives of 90,000 people sentenced to transportation to Australia from Britain between 1841 and 1911, with the information freely available on a public website.

Researchers in an old church photographing the ceiling

Tracing the Past

Drs Nick Webb and Alex Buchanan use the latest digital scanning technologies to unlock the secrets of medieval architecture.

Discover more with our research themes

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences research themes bring together projects from across the Faculty and beyond. Take a closer look here.