Research

Research by Subject Area
 • Central & East European Studies
 • Economic & Social History
 • Politics
 • Sociology
 • Urban Studies

We are a leading centre of applied and policy-related research addressing key issues such as:

• inequalities, identities and social change
• governance and the state
• crime and criminal justice
• health and well-being, including disability, urban health and the history of medicine
• global security and international relations
• financial and business history

Our researchers make major contributions to national and international research networks, and to knowledge-exchange with the public, private and third sectors in Scotland and throughout the world. Over half the research activity across the School was rated as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' in the Research Assessment Exercise of 2008. New research is fostered through networks of staff within the School, across the University and via wider collaboration, and our researchers regularly attract substantial grants from the ESRC, the AHRC, the Scottish Funding Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust and European programmes.

Research Centres

As well as the activity within the five Subject Areas, the School hosts a range of research centres involving researchers from across the School and the University, including:

New Research Centre
In April 2013 the new ESRC-funded Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) began a four year programme of work focusing on ethnic inequalities and identities in the UK since 1945. The Centre brings together colleagues at the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester.

• Adam Smith Research Foundation
• Centre for Business History in Scotland
• Scottish Centre for China Research
• Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research
• Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research
• Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity
• International Network for Gender and Women's Studies
• Institute of Health and Wellbeing
• Centre for the History of Medicine
• Glasgow Media Group
• Centre for Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Nationalism
• Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies

Postgraduate Research

We provide high-quality training and research supervision for postgraduate students in all areas of staff expertise through the Graduate School. Structured masters courses link to specific vocational areas such as urban planning and real estate, and dedicated training courses to prepare students for doctoral study.

International Links

The international dimension is important for all aspects of our research: we have particularly strong links with Russian and Central Europe through CEES, and developing research engagements with China.