Sheffield Methods Institute research

Our mission is to harness rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods, to enable our researchers and external partners to find the answers to the big challenges facing society.

Meet our researchers

Get to know our academic team here at the SMI.

Find out who has a love of RuPaul's Drag Race, who is a fan of a Disney bear and who hasn't been still because of all the UK's political data.

Doctoral study

Discover what it means to be multidisciplinary.

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Doctoral scholarships

The funding opportunities available to you as a student in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Doctoral scholarships