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Private-foundation funding is inadvertently changing the international journalism it supports
Journalists change the ways they understand, value and carry out their work when supported by organisations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation. This is according to new research by the University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science and partners. [17 Jan 2019]
PhD student’s essay the year’s best in ethics and social welfare
School of Social and Political Science (SPS) Social Policy PhD student Ashlee Christoffersen has started 2019 in style by winning a national award for the best postgraduate student essay related to ethics and social welfare. [17 Jan 2019]
New study on law enforcement against high-level corruption in Africa
Researchers from the School of Social and Political Science (SPS) will carry out the first systematic and comparative study of law enforcement efforts to tackle high-level corruption in Africa. [03 Jan 2019]
Professor Frank Bechhofer (1935-2018)
We have received very sad news of the death of Professor Frank Bechhofer, after a brief period of illness. [21 Dec 2018]
University of Edinburgh launches a solar-powered lighting system to reduce electronic and plastic waste in low income countries
Efforts to secure access to clean, efficient lighting in places without mains electricity could be helped by a new technology designed by researchers at the University of Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Science. [03 Dec 2018]
Young Everyday Heroes and MSPs form super team to tackle gender-based violence
Young heroes swooped into the Scottish Parliament to deliver a superpowered message to politicians and ask for better support for children and young people with experience of gender-based violence. [03 Dec 2018]
SPS professor to advise Government on migration
Professor Christina Boswell has been appointed to lead a panel advising the Scottish Government on migration. [30 Nov 2018]
Prof Joyce Tait named as one of UK's leading figures in Biobusiness
The School of Social and Political Science’s Professor Joyce Tait – the co-director of the Innogen Institute - has been named as one of the UK’s 50 leading women in biobusiness in recognition of her contribution to healthcare innovation. [14 Nov 2018]
