The Department of Health and Social Organisation has a central focus on organisations - how they work and how people work within them. Healthcare organisations are of central interest but not to the exclusion of other areas and not exclusively formal organisations. The department balances the development of a strong critical analysis of health and other organisations with helping students to work more creatively and productively within them.
Sociology is a key discipline, together with some aspects of health studies.
Members of staff have key teaching and research interests related to aspects of organisational development such as governance, supervision, workforce development, etc. as well as interests around people's experiences of organisations related to issues of class, race, gender, etc.