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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.

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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.
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NHS R&D NW Provocations Seminar Series

This innovative collaboration seeks to bring HSS research to bear on the delivery of NHS healthcare.
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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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Clothes, Chocolate and Children

Realising the Transparency Dividend (Nov 2017- May 2019). This project examines how the new political economy of transparency enhances the well-being of workers and children in the developing world.

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.
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Tracing the Past

Drs Alex Buchanan and Nick Webb use the latest digital scanning technologies to unlock the secrets of medieval architecture.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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Research Focus: Coronavirus

Colleagues from across the Faculty have been responding to the Coronavirus pandemic with a range of research projects.
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Research Focus: Climate and Environment

A range of projects are confronting the climate emergency, how it is affecting us all and how we can rise to the challenge it poses.
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The Contagion of Uncertainty: The Protocol on Ireland & Northern Ireland and the EU Withdrawal Agreement

This report evidences business sectors' growing unease with Brexit across Ireland and the UK.
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#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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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.
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The Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Consensus or Conflict?

This Institute of Irish Studies-commissioned survey has found that the Protocol is not a top priority for most people across Northern Ireland.
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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.
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Institute of Irish Studies Tracker & Attitudes Survey

The 3rd of 4 tracker and attitudes surveys has been delivered by the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool in association with the Irish News.
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Sisters of Mersey

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