Welcome to Understanding Society a Festival of Social Science

This free, online festival showcases the University of Sheffield’s world-leading social science researchers and their work on tackling some of the greatest problems facing society today.

Understanding Society 2021

To view the talks, debates, films, podcasts and interactive exhibitions that will be taking place as part of this year’s national ESRC Festival of Social Science please click the link below to be redirected to The University of Sheffield Player.

Last Year’s Festival

You can still browse the 2020 programme of events and exhibitions below.