School of Social & Political Sciences

New research shines light on future directions for cities on sustainability and climate action

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:19:00 GMT

Professor Simon Joss and colleagues have carried out an analysis to reveal insights into how urban sustainability approaches have evolved over the past 30 years and are likely to develop in the coming 50 years.

UK Housing Review 2020 recognised as influential

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:56:00 GMT

The publication has been named runner up as the most influential housing report of 2020 by Thinkhouse

Scotland in Lockdown project concludes

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:04:00 GMT

The Chief Scientist Office funded project hosted a webinar with findings and launched their final report in December 2020

Professor Jim Tomlinson awarded Leverhulme Trust Fellowship

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:27:00 GMT

Congratulations to Jim who will take up the Fellowship in October 2021

Social & Public Policy teaching team win top award

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:51:00 GMT

Congratulations to the team who won the Social Policy Association’s Policy Press Outstanding Teaching Award 2020

Professor Mark Stephens appointed as REF 2021 panel member

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:50:00 GMT

Mark will sit as a member on Panel C, Sub-panel 13 Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Dr Mark Wong contributes to Vice article

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:34:32 GMT

Our Social & Public Policy Programme Director discussed Twitter's new feature, Fleets, and why this is concerning for algorithmic justice and racial and gender equality issues

Welcome to our new staff

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:34:00 GMT

We're pleased to welcome new research staff to the School

Re-accreditation of the Housing Studies Programme by the Chartered Institute of Housing

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:09:00 GMT

The CIH has officially accredited our programme for five more years without any conditions or recommendations

SPS team launch recommendations on mental health, welfare conditionality, and employment

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:15:00 GMT

Recommendations will help support people with mental health problems in entering, maintaining, and returning to work.

Independent Review – Impact on Communities of the Policing of the Miners’ Strike, 1985-85

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:52:42 GMT

Professor Jim Philips contributed to the campaign for restorative justice in the coalfields

Student Experience Forum Student Welcome 27 October 2020

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:13:45 GMT

We were pleased to welcome 50 students and staff to our first STEF event

Professor Sharon Wright on BBC Radio 4 Moral Maze Programme

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:37:48 BST

Our Head of Urban Studies was an expert witness talking about her research on Lived Experience

Professors Anja Neundorf and Sergi Pardos-Prado win a BA small grant for 'The economy, COVID-19, and the future of liberal democracy' project

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:45:00 BST

The project will feature two online survey experiments in the US and the UK

Book Launch: 'Analysing Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy'

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:16:38 BST

Dr Luca Anceschi, Senior Lecturer in Central Asian Studies, has just published a new book

The Guardian UK University League Table 2021

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:01:06 BST

SPS subjects rank in the top 20 across the UK

Dr Michael Heaney is Co-PI on 'The Current Mass Mobilisation against Systemic Racism: Effects on Democracy and Politics' project

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:50:00 BST

The project investigates the mass mobilisations sparked by the murder of George Floyd as a pivotal moment in organising against systemic racism in America

Ade Kearns Highly Commended in UofG Research Culture Awards 2020

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:47:00 BST

Congratulations to our Professor of Urban Studies for his commitment to continued development of research culture in urban studies

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee calls for urgent change to universal credit based on SPS research

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:49:00 BST

The report calls on the Government to make substantial changes to universal credit in order to protect the most vulnerable.

Welcome to our new staff

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:19:00 BST

The School is delighted to be joined by Stephanie Chambers and

U21 grant for new research and teaching pathways in the digital age project

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:26:00 BST

The project will organise conferences and workshops for PhD students and ECRs to support them with the new demands arising from the COVID-19 pandemic

Renewed Erasmus Mundus funding for IMCEERES

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:21:00 BST

Our International Master’s degree in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies has received renewed funding of 4.35 million euros

SPS team win SFC grant for Covid-19 project

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:18:28 BST

The team will develop a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a way which learns from the challenges faced by different ethnic communities in the Chocó region

Mo Dabo Obituary

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:11:00 BST

The School is sad to hear of the passing of Mo Dabo, former IMSISS student

Welcome to Rhys Crilley!

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:49:28 BST

The School is pleased to welcome Dr Rhys Crilley who joins our Politics & International Relations team

SCCR Covid-19 project in The Conversation

Tue, 26 May 2020 14:20:19 BST

Professor Jane Duckett and colleagues have written a piece for The Conversation which explains China;s new coronavirus recovery strategy

Welcome to our new staff!

Tue, 19 May 2020 15:30:00 BST

We're pleased to welcome Ewan Gibbs and Angela Romano to the School

Neil Davidson Obituary

Tue, 05 May 2020 12:46:00 BST

The School is sad to hear of the passing of Neil Davidson, Lecturer in Sociology

SPS team win Chief Scientist Office in Scotland Covid-19 Social Research grant

Tue, 05 May 2020 16:51:00 BST

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Armstrong and Dr Lucy Pickering who will lead a team of SPS colleagues exploring how four groups of people are impacted by Covid-19 measures

SPS team lead research into China's Covid19 containment measures

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:24:00 BST

Prof. Jane Duckett, Dr Ana Langer, and Dr Holly Snape plus colleagues win UKRI research grant to understand the Chinese Government's containment measures and their societal impacts

Media's take on lockdown differs greatly from the UK public's view

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:15:00 BST

Lecturer in Sociology, Catherine Happer, writes for The Conversation on how calls from journalists to end the current lockdown do not align with the public's view to stay home and save lives

Professor Nick Bailey elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:12:00 BST

Congratulations to our Professor in Urban Studies on his much deserved award

Hello to our new School staff!

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:02:00 GMT

We're pleased to welcome new staff to our Finance Team, Economic and Social History, and Central and Eastern European subject areas

Research Fellow in the media

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:08:00 GMT

Research Fellow, Dr Michael Heaney, has recently appeared on television in Canada, interviewed by the IndyPram podcast, and featured in the front page story of The National

SPS Professors win grant from the Volkswagen Foundation

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:20:00 GMT

Professor of Comparative Politics, Sergi Pardos-Prado, along with his co-investigator Professor Anja Neundorf, has been awarded a grant of just under a million euros for their project 'Economic Roots of Populism'.

SPS PGR students organise BSA postgraduate event

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:35:08 GMT

PhD students, Molly Gilmour and Jessica Penney, hosted a British Sociological Association Postgraduate event bringing together PGR students, academic staff, and research support staff from across the UK

New Director for the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR)

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:08:55 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Alistair Fraser who has taken over as Centre Director, replacing Professor Sarah Armstrong

SPS PGR student contributes to UK report on the State of Girls Rights

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:58:42 GMT

PhD student, Amanda Ptolomey, was part of a UK wide research team who contributed to the report which launched this week

John Smith Centre launches Leadership Academy in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:23:02 GMT

The collaboration will see 300 young Scots take part in a Future Leaders Programme

New year, new staff

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:14:00 GMT

We are pleased to welcome several new staff to the School to start the new year