Birkbeck Institute for Social Research

Birkbeck Research Institute

Supporting interdisciplinary, publicly engaged, methodologically innovative social research.

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About us

Learn more about the history, the mission and the people that contribute to the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Upcoming events

View upcoming events organised or supported by the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Past events

View past events organised or supported by the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Visiting fellowships

Learn more about becoming a Visiting Fellow at the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Experimental Collectives

Read about the BISR's new initiative, Experimental Collective, designed to support emerging research groups.

Funded conferences

Read about the conferences organised by academics and researchers within the College.

Podcasts

Listen to podcasts of previous events organised by the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

BISR and Institute of Psychoanalysis summer school

Read about the 2021 BISR and Institute of Psychoanalysis summer school.

Our internship programme

Learn more about the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities internship programme.

Our Social Research courses

Read more about studying social research at Birkbeck and see what courses we offer.

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Current WORKING GROUPS

These groups are multidisciplinary bodies formed for the purpose of investigating important areas of knowledge within social research.

They organise regular meetings, workshops, lectures, film screenings, and seminars for the purpose of furthering and disseminating of the research of the group. Students and members of the public are invited to participate in the working groups' events.

If you are interested in applying for funding for a new group, take a look at the requirements for setting up a new working group.

Plantations working group

Read about the Plantations Working Group, which explores political ecologies of extraction and resistance.

Urban Intersections Working Group

Read about the Urban Intersections Working Group, which connects diverse constituencies interested in urban issues and research at Birkbeck.

Age, Care and the Caring Crisis Working Group

Read about the Age, Care and the Caring Crisis Working Group, which explores how people at all life stages engage in care ‘systems’.

BISR Early Career Researchers Working Group

Read about the ECR Working Group, which supports members at different stages of the ECR journey.

Past working groups

Take a look at some of the previous working groups supported by Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Home and Exile Working Group

Read about the Home and Exile Working Group, which tries to think about migration in a different way.

Food Working Group

Read about the Food Working Group's research into the production, distribution, and consumption of food and drink, and into the modern food system.

Psychoanalysis Working Group

The Psychoanalysis Working Group acts as a hub for the exploration of psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Guilt Working Group

This working group looks to foster debate around the concept of guilt across several domains.

Population, Environment and Resources Working Group

This interdisciplinary research group looks at the global connections between population, environment and resource dynamics and their links to politics.

Gender Equality, Policy and Practice Working Group

This former working group provided a platform to develop a new international research initiative: the Gender Equality Policy in Practice Project (GEPP).

Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality

A forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange in gender and sexuality studies.

Learn more about Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality