Young voters should be required to vote first time round

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:14:00 BST

A report co-authored by Sarah Birch, Professor of Politics, suggests that compulsory first-time voting could tackle political inequality and empower young voters.

New staff member: Ty Solomon

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:44:00 BST

Lecturer in International Relations from September 2013

New staff member: Luca Anceschi

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:44:00 BST

Lecturer in Central Asian Studies from September 2013

Professor Jane Duckett awarded Guest Professorship at Nankai University, China

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:39:00 BST

Professor Jane Duckett, Edward Caird Chair of Politics, is Director of the Scottish Centre for China research and the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow. The Institute is a partnership with Nankai University and the Chinese Ministry of Education’s Office for Chinese (Hanban).

Success in Europe: EuroFIT

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:26:00 BST

Sally Wyke and Cindy Gray have been awarded over €5m to develop a programme to help men become more active and less sedentary in their lives.

Politics student to speak on England vs. Germany in international football

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:02:00 BST

2013 graduate David Childs has been invited to speak at a conference celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Football Association.

New staff member: Sarah Birch

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:44:00 BST

Professor of Comparative Politics from July 2013

Glasgow’s Suzie Thomas heading up a new journal

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:02:00 BST

School researcher Dr Suzie Thomas is one of the founding editors of a brand new peer review journal: the Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage.

Sociology success in Guardian University Guide

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:07:00 BST

Glasgow's Sociology teaching was ranked first in Scotland and second in the UK out of 88 sociology programmes.

New staff member: Jim Tomlinson

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:39:00 BST

Professor of Economic and Social History from 1 July 2013

New staff member: Lauren McLaren

Fri, 31 May 2013 10:45:00 BST

Professor of Comparative Politics from July 2013

New staff member: Neil Davidson

Fri, 31 May 2013 09:39:00 BST

Lecturer in Sociology from 8 July 2013

Andrea Thomson wins Teaching Excellence Award

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:00 BST

Economic & Social History graduate and Graduate Teaching Assistant recognised by the University Teaching Excellence Awards Panel.

Grant Success: The Redress of the Past

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:05:00 BST

Mark Freeman and collaborators have been awarded Arts and Humanities Research Council funding of over £project examining historical pageants in modern Britain.

Grant success: A Sociology of the Transnational Constitution

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:18:00 BST

Chris Thornhill has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Research Grant for over 1,200,000 EUROS for a project examining the societal pressures that shape the changing patterns of contemporary constitutionalism.

Grant success: exploring the place of sedentary behaviour

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:48:00 BST

Older adults who are more physically active and less sedentary generally live longer and have higher quality of life. Cindy Gray and Sally Wyke have been awarded £78,210 to explore the place of sedentary behaviour in older people's lives and identify potential opportunities for improvement.

New Book: Imaging and Imagining the Fetus: The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:01:00 GMT

The story of the development of obstetric ultrasound in Glasgow, from the earliest experiments with industrial flaw detectors to the diffusion of the technology throughout the British hospital system and beyond, and the impact that ultrasound imaging had on the concepts of the fetus, both clinically and culturally.

View of the tower from Dumbarton Road
View of the tower from Dumbarton Road

EMJMD International Master in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CEERES)

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:32:00 BST

EMJMD CEERES Scholarships

Ralph Gomory prize for Business History

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:45:00 BST

Congratulations to Mark Freeman and co-authors on winning the 2013 prize for their book 'Shareholder Democracies: corporate governance in Britain and Ireland before 1850'.

New staff member: Professor Jeffrey Fear

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:58:00 BST

Professor of International Business History from mid-April 2013

SRC Teaching Awards 2012-13

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:17:00 BST

Congratulations to School staff recognised by the Student Representative Council for their teaching excellence.

New staff member: Dr Gareth Mulvey

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:46:00 BST

Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow (Sociology), from 1 April 2013

Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey 2012: first UK and Scottish results

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:38:00 BST

Survey results featured in ITV documentary "Tonight: Breadline Britain".

Political Song Online Database

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:54:00 GMT

From 8 March 2013 the Janey Buchan Political Song Collection will be available online through the University of Glasgow.

Public Policy Secondment Competition 2013-14

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:02:00 GMT

Applications are invited from academic staff wishing to play a part in driving the University’s public policy research and knowledge exchange agenda forward.

The David Frisby Memorial Lecture 2013

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:42:00 BST

We are glad to welcome Professor Erik Olin Wright, one of the world's leading analysts of contemporary class formation, to reflect on his work in his address: 'Transforming Capitalism through Real Utopias'. Friday 1 March.

New staff member: Maliti Musole

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:48:00 BST

University Teacher in Real Estate from September 2013

New staff member: Teresa Piacentini

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:05:00 GMT

University Teacher in Sociology from February 2014

New staff member: Jon Minton

Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:25:00 BST

Quantitative Research Associate in Urban Studies from September 2013

Serving Deprived Communities in a Recession - project report published

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:01:00 GMT

The latest report has been published from this JRF-funded research project which examines how local authorities are managing the cuts to their budgets as a result of the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review and subsequent local government financial settlements.

Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, the Body, Law and the State

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:44:00 BST

Dr Robert Gibb from the School of Social and Political Sciences (Sociology) is among a group of academics from the University who have received a Large Grant award of £1,968,749 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its ‘Translating Cultures’ programme.

Oona Brooks wins Corinna Seith Prize

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:47:00 BST

Oona Brooks has been awarded the Corinna Seith Prize for a paper she published in the British Journal of Criminology. Oona will present her paper and receive her award at the Women Against Violence Europe annual conference in Sofia, Bulgaria in October 2013.

New staff member: Marguerite Schinkel

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:43:00 BST

ESRC Future Leader Research Fellow from October 2013.

Book cover: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth
Book cover: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth

New book: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:41:00 BST

Co-edited by Matthew Waites, this is the first book to focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people's human rights in the Commonwealth.

GoWell Logo
GoWell Logo

Media coverage of latest GoWell report

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:01:00 BST

The Herald and BBC Radio Scotland have covered GoWell's latest report on the changing experience of financial stress, and the mental health and wellbeing effects on those facing difficulties paying for everyday costs.

New staff member: Jinhyun Hong

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:10:00 BST

Lecturer in Transportation Planning from August 2013

New staff member: Linda Fleming

Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:25:00 BST

Research Associate in Economic and Social History from October 2013

David Tobin
David Tobin

New staff member: David Tobin

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:39:00 BST

Lecturer in Politics from September 2013

New staff member: Rebecca Madgin

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:17:00 GMT

Senior lecturer in Urban Development & Management from January 2014

New staff member: Glen Gourlay

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:10:00 BST

University Teacher in Public Policy from August 2013

Sociology student on Global Leadership Program 

Although only in her 2nd year at university, Tsveta has already attended several international training camps and forums. This summer, she had the opportunity to take part in the Global Leadership Program (GLP) in Prague, organized by Leadership exCHANGE.
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