ASRF Events

On this page are details of events supported or hosted by the Adam Smith Research Foundation, along with other research-related events around the College of Social Sciences.


Research Events Around the College


Neoclassical Economics as a Pseudo-science

Sociology Seminar Series

Prof Terry Barker, University of Cambridge

Date and time: Tuesday 23 April 2013, 4.00-6.00pm

Venue: Room 916, Adam Smith Building


Probation and the sociology of punishment

Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research / Sociology Joint Seminar

Probation and the penal field

Joshua Page, University of Minnesota

The Paradox of Probation: Understanding the expansion of an alternative to incarceration during the prison boom

Michelle Phelps, Department of Sociology, Princeton University

Date and time: Tuesday 23 April 2013, 3.30-5.00pm

Venue: Melville Room, Gilbert Scott Building

Places are strictly limited. Please register by contacting <emma.smith.2@glasgow.ac.uk>


An exploration of new relationships between Research, Policy and Practice in Scottish Education

School of Education Theory and Methods Seminar

Dr. Bill Maxwell, CEO, Education Scotland and Prof. Louise Hayward, University of Glasgow

Date and time: Wednesday 24 April 2013, 1.30-4.00pm

Venue: Room 433, St. Andrew's Building


Are 'cultures of worklessness' passed down the generations?

Urban Studies Seminar Series

Andy Furlong (Professor, School of Education, University of Glasgow)

Date and time: Friday 26 April 2013, 3.00-4.30pm

Venue: Room 916, Adam Smith Building


Public participation in China's environmental policy agenda

Scottish Centre for China Research Seminar Programme

Dr Lei Xie, University of Exeter

Date and time: Thursday 2 May 2013, 4.00-5.30pm

Venue: Room 915, Adam Smith Building


The politics of housing: the role of interests groups and lobbyists in shaping policy agendas

Urban Studies Seminar Series

Keith Jacobs (Professor, Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania)

Date and time: Friday 10 May 2013, 3.00-4.30pm

Venue: Room 916, Adam Smith Building


What is the Welfare State?

School of Law Public Lecture

David Garland, Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, New York University

Date and time: Thursday 03 October 2013, 6.00pm

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre