School Leadership
Head of School
Professor Simon Joss is a Professor of Urban Futures with research interests in urban sustainability, smart cities and digital urbanism. As Head of the School of Social & Political Sciences, Simon is responsible, together with the leadership team, for the strategic direction, implementation and monitoring of school business. Simon has over 20 years of academic leadership experience, including as head of department, research director and graduate school director.
You can contact Simon via simon.joss@glasgow.ac.uk or alternatively contact Jeane Bonner, personal assistant, via jeane.bonner@glasgow.ac.uk
Deputy Head of School, Learning and Teaching
You can contact Clare via Clare.McManus@glasgow.ac.uk
Head of Professional Services
As Head of Professional Services within the School of Social & Political Sciences, Jon Hollands is responsible for professional service delivery and management across Learning & Teaching; Student Recruitment; Teaching, Planning & Resources; Operations; and Student Experience.
You can contact Jon via jon.hollands@glasgow.ac.uk
Deputy Head of School, Research and Knowledge Exchange
Professor Jude Robinson is a Professor of Health & Wellbeing in the School of Social & Political Sciences and an Associate in the School of Health & Wellbeing.
As Deputy Head of School, Research and Knowledge Exchange, Jude is responsible for the School's wide-ranging research activities.
You can contact Jude via jude.robinson@glasgow.ac.uk
Head of Political & International Studies Division
Professor Ariadne Vromen is a political sociologist with long-term research interests in citizen engagement, policy advocacy, digital politics, gender and the future of work, and young people and politics. She has a current focus on brokering the relationships between universities and policymakers, as well as the use of storytelling and listening for social change.
As Head of Division for Political & International Studies she leads five teaching and research subject areas: Politics, International Relations, International Political Economy & Development, Economic & Social History and Central & East European Studies.
You can contact Ariadne via ariadne.vromen@glasgow.ac.uk
Head of Sociological & Cultural Studies Division
Professor Ian Greener is Head of Division for Sociological & Cultural Studies. Ian has worked and managed across a number of social science schools in other universities including Aberdeen, Strathclyde and Durham. Ian's research is about health and welfare, especially in terms of how to compare systems and how they develop. He likes to teach and write about research methods, and has a strong interest in how games can be used in the classroom as well as in research.
You can contact Ian via ian.greener@glasgow.ac.uk
Head of Urban Studies & Social Policy Division
Professor Annette Hastings is Head of Division for Urban Studies and Social Policy, a Division that encompasses three academic Subjects: Place and the Built Environment, Social and Urban Policy and Urban Analytics. Her research and teaching interests centre on inequality between neighbourhoods within cities, particularly on understanding the role of policy and public services in creating and sustaining inequality, as well as addressing it.
You contact Annette via annette.hastings@glasgow.ac.uk
School PGR Director
You can contact Ana via Ana.Langer@glasgow.ac.uk
School Director for Internationalisation
Dr Emiline Smith is the Director of Internationalisation and a Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social and Political Sciences. Her work focuses on protecting cultural and natural resources, such as heritage and wildlife, and understanding crimes that affect communities and ecosystems.
She has carried out research in several countries across Asia and the UK and works closely with local communities to ensure her research is fair and sustainable. Emiline also advises a range of governmental and non‑governmental organisations, is involved in international research networks, and has published widely about these topics.
You can contact Emiline via Emiline.Smith@glasgow.ac.uk
- Contact Professor Simon Joss, Head of School
- Contact Professor Clare McManus, Deputy Head of School, Learning and Teaching
- Contact Jon Hollands, Head of Professional Services
- Contact Professor Jude Robinson, Deputy Head of School, Research and Knowledge Exchange
- Contact Professor Ariadne Vromen, Head of Political & International Studies Division
- Contact Professor Ian Greener, Head of Sociological & Cultural Studies Division
- Contact Professor Annette Hastings, Head of Urban Studies & Social Policy Division
- Contact Professor Ana Langer, School PGR Director
- Contact Dr Emiline Smith, School Director for Internationalisation