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We bring together research and education to address the key social and political challenges of our time

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REF2021 Results for SPS

The School of Social and Political Sciences is delighted that 90% or more of its research in REF2021 has been assessed as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in terms of its originality, significance and rigour.

Read our full statement.

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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship

Leverhulme Trust is offering three year (36 month) full-time fellowships, open to candidates within four years of their PhD submission by 22 February 2024, and who have not previously held a full-time academic post at a UK university.

Find out more and how to apply.

John Smith Centre

The Mission of our John Smith Centre is to promote the positive case for politics and public service. They exist to:

Make the positive case for politics and public service
Promote civilised debate and defend representative democracy, rooted in high quality research
Support people with talent, but not the means, to access politics and public life

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SPS Visiting Fellows Scheme

The SPS Visiting Fellows Scheme allows scholars to come to Glasgow and collaborate with colleagues here to help develop intellectual ideas and research agendas for the future. Find out more about our Visiting Fellows this year

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School news

06 Dec

Congratulations to Dr Rhys Crilley who been awarded UKRI future leaders fellowsh

The project will investigate how the legitimacy of nuclear weapons is communicated and contested, and explore ways that the risk of nuclear war can be mitigated
01 Dec

Professor Stephen White Obituary

It was with great sadness that colleagues across the University of Glasgow learned of the passing of Professor Stephen White.
17 Nov

Innovative flood resilience project wins ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize

A project led by our Professor João Porto de Albuquerque (Urban Studies) has won an Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC) Celebrating Impact Prize, in the Outstanding Societal Impact Category.