We are the largest grouping of academic social scientists in Aotearoa and provide a focus for social scientists working at the University of Auckland.
About the schoolContact advisers and discipline convenors, and find people in the School of Social Sciences.
Our peopleFrom archaeologists to filmmakers to policymakers, our researchers explore power, inequality, conflict, gender, class, technologies and creative expression.
Discover our researchA selection of forms and guides available for students in the School of Social Sciences.
Forms and guidesConflict and Terrorism Studies looks at both the causes of terrorism and conflict, and ways to resolve them.
Study conflictCriminology focuses on both the causes of crime and the different ways societies respond to deviance.
Study crimeDevelopment Studies engages with the critical issues of social change that are transforming global society.
Study developmentExplore human interaction and management within organisations and ask questions about the nature of business, employment and society.
Study employment relations and organisationGender Studies is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field of critical inquiry into how gender shapes our lives.
Study genderStudy the political structures, processes and relationships that govern our everyday lives, both here in New Zealand and across the globe.
Study politicsStudying Public Policy can develop your potential for leadership in the public sector.
Study Public PolicySociology explores topical social issues and seeks to understand the modern world.
Study SociologyGet a preview of what it's like studying Social Sciences as our lecturers tackle a range of issues from different academic perspectives.
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