Understanding Society 2025: A Festival of Social Science

The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this month to shine a light on how the city’s world-leading social scientists are tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.

From 23 October to 9 November, the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University will host a family-friendly programme of events and exhibitions at the city’s Millennium Gallery and Winter Garden to explore the ideas and issues that shape our day-to-day lives.

This year’s programme, centred around the flagship ‘Research Arcade’ in the Millennium Gallery, includes the chance to meet Robopeep the robotic sheepdog, a giant board game about inequality, the creation of a ‘quilt of welcome’ and the opportunity to learn more about the healthiness and sustainability of our diet.

Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Festival of Social Science is an annual celebration of the social sciences taking place across the UK.

The following events require booking: Research Conversations Multilingual Comic Making Resisting FASHION-able Greenwashing Feeling with Theory