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Overview
Organisation profile
The School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences is home to a diverse collection of researchers working in the social sciences, education, humanities and creative arts.
We’re dedicated to advancing knowledge for public benefit, driving meaningful change in our society and enriching communities (be they near us or an ocean away). In line with research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, our School's research speaks to 5 major themes:
- Place, Community and Creativity
- Heritage, Culture and Digital Innovations
- Health, Communities and Well-Being
- Environment and Sustainability
- UK in A Changing World
The School’s disciplines are grouped into five research units to correlate with the UK REF (Research Excellence Framework). We are especially proud to report that the most recent REF 2021 exercise demonstrated the strength of our research, with the majority of our ‘outputs’ (books, articles, performances), ‘impactful activity’ (for public benefit), and ‘environment’ (including our PhD graduates, and externally-funded grant awards) rated at 3* or 4* (internationally significant or world leading).
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Profiles
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Dr Darren Aoki
- School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences - Associate Professor of World History and Oral History
Person: Academic (Research)
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South West Creative Technology Immersion Fellow
Wood, H. (RF - Research Fellow)
12/10/18 → 11/10/19
Project: Research
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Partnering for choice and change: Education for social equity
Gibson, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Khan, A. (PI - Principal Investigator), Besinis, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Wei, Y. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Belton, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
22/02/24 → 1/09/25
Project: Research
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Embedding Systemic Inclusion for Neurodiverse and Disabled Engineering Students - 'how to resource'
Gibson, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Khan, A. (PI - Principal Investigator)
20/01/25 → 19/07/25
Project: Research
Research output
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Ethical and meaningful research with young children about their care for nature
Paal, K., 2026, Partizipative Forschung mit Kindern in der Grundschule. Hüpping, B. & Velten, K. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn, Germany: Verlag Julius KlinkhardtResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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LandWorks Evaluation 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025: Generating a harm reduction and desistance community
Gray, P. & Parsons, J., 9 Jan 2026, Plymouth, UK: University of Plymouth. 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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The Transformational Potential of Cooking and Growing for People with Custodial and Non-Custodial Sentences at LandWorks: A case study
Parsons, J., 2026, The Role of Food in Rehabilitation and Resettlement: Good Food, Good Lives. Parsons, J. & Wong, K. (eds.). London: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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International support for research development at KODA, Turkey
Gristy, C. (Participant)
2024Activity: Contribution to research, leadership and development, and other activities › Developing others (e.g., through mentoring and support)
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem
Gristy, C. (Visiting researcher) & Kucerova, S. (Visiting researcher)
Dec 2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Founding member of the Observatorio Internacional Educacion en Territorios Rurales at the University of Barcelona.
Gristy, C. (Participant)
2024Activity: Contribution to research, leadership and development, and other activities › Building a research partnership or collaboration
Prizes
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Women in Games Global Award for Best Representation of Women in a Videogame
Wood, H. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize / award
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Press/Media
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Street harassment and everyday sexism tackled in new mobile game made by Plymouth developer
10/06/22
1 item of Media coverage
Media story
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Studies from University of Plymouth Describe New Findings in Applied Sciences (Generative Music with Partitioned Quantum Cellular Automata)
3/03/23
1 item of Media coverage
Media story
Student theses
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1989 revolutions in east-central Europe : a comparative analysis
Rodda, R. (Author), 2000Student thesis: PhD
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A case study of 'internationalisation at home' leading to a proposal for Critical Global Pedagogies
Magne, P. (Author), Kelly, P. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)) & Hohmann, U. (Other Supervisor), 2019Student thesis: Other (e.g. MD, EdD, DBA)
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Accurate Data: Using Young Adult Science Fiction to Explore the Impacts of Compulsory Sexuality on Young Ace Lives
Knight, N. (Author), Smith, A. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)) & Christofides, R. (Other Supervisor), 2022Student thesis: MPhil
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