The Bauman Institute

People

The Bauman Institute is part of a wider international network with a shared commitment to tackling the grand societal, economic and environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

Research

Our research is organised around four interrelated and complementary themes.

About our research

Teaching

The team at the Bauman Institute are responsible for the MA Social and Political Thought programme for postgraduates within the School of Sociology & Social Policy.

Thinking in Dark Times: Asssessing the Legacies of Zymunt Bauman’s Work

A transdisciplinary symposium at the University of Leeds, 16 - 17 January, 2019

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Symposium

About us

The Bauman Institute is an international research and teaching centre, founded in the School of Sociology and Social Policy by Dr Mark Davis as a home the study of economic, historical and political sociology.

We are motivated to develop new insights and new directions of interdisciplinary social science research with a particular focus analysing social processes of power and inequality, with a view to making the world fairer, more equitable, and more sustainable for all citizens.

Highlights

PROSEU

PROSEU is an EU-funded research project, bringing together 11 project partners from 7 European countries. It aims to enable the mainstreaming of the renewable energy Prosumer phenomenon into the European Energy Union.

Financing for Society: Crowdfunding Public Infrastructure (Pilot Fund)

The purpose of Financing for Society is to assess the barriers and opportunities of crowdfunding as an option for public sector bodies to finance new, socially-beneficial infrastructure projects and to understand better the benefits of using this method of alternative financing.

Janina Bauman Prize

Following a donation by the Bauman family, we established an award for the best Dissertation submitted by a postgraduate student in the Institute in the form of a single payment of £1000.00.