Our Research
Contact
Faculty of Social Science
Social Science Centre
Room 9438
Western University
T. 519-661-2053
F. 519-661-3868
E. social-science@uwo.ca
Research Centres and Groups
Faculty of Social Science members are active in many research institutes, centres, and groups, and these organizations reflect our diverse research expertise. Some of these include the following:
Network for Economic and Social Trends
NEST is the umbrella organization for seven Western Research Centres in the Faculty of Social Science which set its agenda and provide its governance.
Research Centres housed in the Faculty of Social Science
- Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health
- Centre for Computational and Quantitative Social Science
- Centre for Human Capital and Productivity
- Centre for Research in Social Inequality
- Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations
- Centre for the Study of Political Behaviour
- Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
- Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance
- Statistics Canada Research Data Centre
Research Institutes affiliated with the Faculty of Social Science
- Advanced Facilities for Avian Research (AFAR)
- Bone and Joint Institute
- Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
- The Africa Institute
- The Brain and Mind Institute