Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice

The Centre provides a more integrative perspective on existing scholarship in criminal justice, socio-legal studies, poverty and social exclusion. Our members come from a wide range of disciplines with expertise in a number of policy areas including data analysis and social statistics. The Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research is housed in the Centre.
Staff
Research
Announcements
See the latest news from the Centre including mentions in the press, research findings, publications, project updates and more.
Impact and engagement
Find out about the impact and engagement of our research at the School for Policy Studies.
Key themes
The Centre's key themes are: Poverty, inequality and social exclusion, Citizenship, participation and empowerment, Social harm, criminalisation and justice, Migration, asylum and human rights.
Publications
Find publications from the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice.