SoSS Research Heriot Watt University

Research in social sciences at Heriot-Watt University spans a broad range of areas of culture, communities, social interactions and learning, health and wellbeing, the urban environments, business and management, and economics and finance. We adopt an interdisciplinary approach and engage regularly with policy makers to provide advice. Heriot-Watt University is a partner in the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) and Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) research pools.

Heriot-Watt University has also built a very distinctive profile in research and teaching over the last 40 years through its expertise in translating and interpreting. Other areas of focus include sign language, specific areas of society and culture, and second language acquisition. Languages included in the university's teaching and research portfolio include Arabic, British Sign Language (BSL), Chinese, English for Academic Purposes, French, German, and Spanish.