About

Social Statistics is an interdisciplinary department in the School of Social Sciences where we investigate important social challenges by developing and applying cutting-edge quantitative methods.

Our staff publish in top journals across fields as diverse as Statistics, Demography, Social Networks, Data Science, Economics, Politics, Criminology, Health, and Sociology.

Our courses focus on statistics, data analytics, and research skills, and how these methods can be applied to understand the world around us.

Our students students learn how to ask important research questions, evaluate the quality of available evidence, select appropriate methods, and use their analytical skills to visualise, interpret, and provide strategic advice and insight.

Our graduates have developed hands-on research skills that have helped them pursue a wide range of careers making sense of data in research, policy, and other areas. They work as data scientists, civil servants, consultants, market researchers, entrepreneurs, as well as working in artificial intelligence.