What are the social sciences good for?

Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 09:30 am to Fri, 15 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm UTC+01:00

Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths | London

School of Global Change Post-Graduate Researchers
Publisher/HostSchool of Global Change Post-Graduate Researchers
What are the social sciences good for?
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PGR Festival 2026
About this Event

What is sociology good for? Should we bother studying anthropology? Who cares about political science? We believe social research can help us make sense of an increasingly bleak world; it can also be a tool in building resistance and solidarity movements. We believe that we need to highlight and showcase researchers in training conducting socially-relevant research, as well as those using innovative and unusual methods that go beyond the narrowly-constructed mainstream.


This 2-day festival, organised by Post Graduate Research students from across the School of Global Change, is made up of roundtable sessions addressing aspects of socially-engaged research, methodological workshops and an exhibition of archival and practice-based research.


This event is open to anyone interested in social science - whether you’re studying for A levels, are at undergraduate or postgraduate level, or are an established researcher


Roundtable sessions:

  • Authoritarianism, far right and resistance / chaired by Dr Akanksha Mehta (Goldsmiths, University of London)
  • Social reproduction, care work and the welfare state / chaired by Prof Rachel Rosen (UCL)
  • Climate catastrophe / chaired by Dr Francisco Calafate-Faria (Goldsmiths, University of London & ??)
  • The Spectre of Gender / chaired by []
  • Migration and belonging / chaired by Dr Ala Sirriyeh (Lancaster University)



Methodological workshops:

  • Researching with… crafty approaches / led by Prof Kat Jungnickel (Goldsmiths, University of London)
  • Researching creatively with, against, and beyond archives / led by Nydia A. Swaby ()
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, Lewisham Way, London, United Kingdom

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