Welcome to the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS). The School is Australia’s major institution for theoretical and empirical research in the social sciences and has an international reputation for exceptional social science research and training. 

RSSS has both undergraduate and graduate teaching programs. As well as the disciplinary Schools of Demography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology, we have several centres, all of which have a multidisciplinary quality that encourage collaboration among social scientists across disciplinary boundaries. These include the Centre for Indigenous Policy Research, Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research, Centre for European Studies, and the Australian National Centre for Latin and American Studies.

We contribute to public debates in Australia and internationally across the whole social sciences spectrum.  We convene workshops, public lectures, debates and roundtables that address issues of public and community importance, and these can be found in the websites of the individual schools and centres.

Research School of Social Sciences

ANU Centre for European Studies

Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies

Centre for Indigenous Policy Research

POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research

School of Demography

School of History

School of Philosophy

School of Politics & International Relations

School of Sociology