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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.

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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

31 Jan

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Waites from Sociology

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Waites from Sociology on being selected as a Sociologist of the Month for January 2024 by Current Sociology.
29 Jan

Liverpool legacy refines Eurovision's politics of place

Our own Dr Michael Howcroft from Urban Studies collaborated on a research project exploring Liverpool’s approach to hosting the competition on behalf of Ukraine.
24 Jan

Dr Karen Bell has received funding from AHRC for the project: Gypsies Forging Su

Congratulations to Dr Karen Bell and Ionut Cioarta from Urban Studies who have received funding from AHRC for the project ‘Gypsies Forging Sustainable Futures: Representing Romani Environmental Knowledge and Practices Through Traditional Metal Artwork and Dance’.