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 school
Contact advisers and discipline convenors, and find people in the School of Social Sciences.
Our people
From archaeologists to filmmakers to policymakers, our researchers explore power, inequality, conflict, gender, class, technologies and creative expression.
Discover our research
A selection of forms and guides available for students in the School of Social Sciences.
Forms and guides
Conflict and Terrorism Studies looks at both the causes of terrorism and conflict, and ways to resolve them.
Study conflict
Criminology focuses on both the causes of crime and the different ways societies respond to deviance.
Study crime
Explore human interaction and management within organisations and ask questions about the nature of business, employment and society.
Study employment relations and organisation
Gender Studies is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field of critical inquiry into how gender shapes our lives.
Study gender
Study the political structures, processes and relationships that govern our everyday lives, both here in New Zealand and across the globe.
Study politics
Studying Public Policy can develop your potential for leadership in the public sector.
Study Public Policy
Sociology explores topical social issues and seeks to understand the modern world.
Study Sociology