SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES

School of Social and Cultural Studies

The School of Social and Cultural Studies brings together the respective teaching, research and scholarship strengths of Criminology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Policy and Sociology.

Part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington,  you can expect to learn from us current analyses of how societies and cultures are formed, how they are governed, how they break down and how we might envisage new and viable future social and cultural systems.

Coming Events

SACS Seminars will continue in 2012.

Please check back in February 2012 for more details.

Latest News

Welcome From Head of School - Allison Kirkman

We contribute to a strong and vibrant social science presence here at Victoria University. Read more from Allison.

Crime and Justice Research Centre

Provides research and consultancy services on crime and criminal justice responses. The Centre concentrates on policy-focused research, done under contract to government and public sector agencies.

SAANZ Conference

The Sociology and Social Policy Programme is hosting the annual Sociological Association of Aotearoa conference this year, 7-9 December. The conference theme is 'Looking forward: trends, horizons and utopias'. Read more...

Wayne Goodall - PhD candidate in Criminology

My research explores the degree to which sentences of incarceration for driving with excess alcohol; burglary; and male assaults female conform to this expectation across fifteen geographic groupings of District Courts.. Read more about Wayne's research