Section: News
New book edited by Tobias Kelly and Sharika Thiranagama . Read More
Venue: Dominion Theatre, Edinburgh, Sunday 6 December at 6.00pm . Read More
First for the School from CMB . Read More
New article in the Financial Times . Read More
"Revolution in the Sky? Commercial Airliner Technology and the Greening of Air Travel" . Read More
Building on its successful MSc programmes, the Centre of African Studies is now providing short courses and tailor-made training packages aimed at professionals working in international development. . Read More
On Monday 9 November the University welcomed African dignitaries in celebration of Nyerere's life, legacy and time in Edinburgh . Read More
Royal Society of Edinburgh Committee of Inquiry . Read More
The European Union and Global Financial Turmoil . Read More
Visit the School to see the PG degrees on offer next year! . Read More
The Academy of Social Sciences has awarded Academician status to Prof. John Peterson, along with other distinguished senior social scientists, for his "significant contribution to the social sciences." . Read More
Dr Magnus Course flies to Chile to help launch a unique new diploma for indigenous leaders in Latin America . Read More
Bruce Kent, Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), will be giving a seminar on 12th October at 19.00 hrs in Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building. to which all staff and students in the School are welcome to attend. . Read More
Politics and IR have been awarded two ESRC studentships for entry in September 2010 . Read More
Nicola McEwen has been appointed as Co-Director of the Institute of Governance, working alongside fellow Co-Director David McCrone. . Read More
This autumn's seminars in social anthropology range in topic from gambling in London to pornography in Bangladesh. . Read More
Rachel Hayman and CAS PhD student Emma Taylor head to Rwanda this month to carry out research for Oxfam America on American assistance to Rwanda. . Read More
GPRG Members Fiona Mackay and Meryl Kenny have contributed to an agenda setting collection of essays entitled Critical Perspectives on Feminist Institutionalism, published in 2009 in the APSA journal Politics & Gender. . Read More
SSPS is delighted to welcome new and returning students. . Read More
Reception hosted by Ms Roser Clavell, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Government of Catalonia . Read More
Congratulations to doctoral student Darcy Leigh who today will be jointly awarded the 2009 Sir William Darling Memorial Prize. . Read More
Social Anthropology will be welcoming five new permanent members of staff in September . Read More
National Identity, Nationalism and Constitutional Change. . Read More
As of 1st August 2009, Professor Charlie Jeffery succeeds Professor Anthony Good as Head of the School of Social and Political Science. . Read More
Edinburgh politics student Naomi Ralph has been awarded the 2008 UK Political Studies Association prize for best undergraduate essay on women and politics.. Read More
The 2009 Sir William Darling Memorial Prize has been jointly awarded to three Edinburgh students, two of whom - Darcy Leigh and Rachel Wookey - are newly minted graduates of Edinburgh PIR. Read More
Alan Barnard has been awarded an ESRC grant, EuroBABEL Kinship systems in southern African non-Bantu languages: documentation, comparison and historical analysis. January 2010 to December 2012. The grant is for £263,457.13, and it includes three researchers: Professor Alan Barnard, Dr Gertrud Boden (presently attached to the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig), and a PhD student.. Read More
Warm congratulations are due to Ann Bruce, Innogen research fellow, who has just been successful with two ESRC awards.. Read More
Current issue of London Review of Books. Read More
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have recently announced the award of a new seminar series, titled "Exploring Children's Relationships across Majority and Minority Worlds". Dr Kay Tisdall (Reader in Social Policy) will hold this research grant, as Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships.. Read More
We are very pleased to announce that Critical African Studies, a new peer-reviewed online publication based in the Centre of African Studies, was launched with great enthusiasm at the recent AEGIS conference in Leipzig (5th June 2009). The launch was introduced with a few words from Paul Nugent and James Smith, and was attended by over 200 delegates to the ECAS conference. Many thanks to the editors, Laura jeffrey, Alex Beresford, Tom Molony and Joost Fontein for all their hard work leading up to the event, as well as to Keith Brown for his dedicated work on the new website, and to Caryn Abrams for her excellent provsions of wine and snacks for the launch.. Read More
Alan Barnard has been awarded an ESRC grant, EuroBABEL Kinship systems in southern African non-Bantu languages: documentation, comparison and historical analysis. January 2010 to December 2012. The grant is for £263,457.13, and it includes three researchers: Professor Alan Barnard, Dr Gertrud Boden (presently attached to the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig), and a PhD student.. Read More
Dr Elizabeth Cripps has been awarded a three-year British Academy Postdoctoral Award for her research project, Collective Action, Collective Responsibility and a New Environmental Ethics.. Read More
First Nations, First Thoughts: The Impact of Indigenous Thought in Canada. Read More
"Welfare markets and personal risk management in England and Scotland". Read More
A project carried out in partnership between Social Work at The University of Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Workforce Planning Section has been announced as one of the finalists at this year's Scottish Social Services Council 'Care Accolades' awards.
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Friends and colleagues of Sir Bernard Crick will gather for a public tribute event on Friday 29 May.
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Bomberg (Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations) for being voted by students 'Best Overall Performer' in the EUSA Teaching Awards. . Read More
Students and colleagues in P&IR salute Elizabeth Bomberg, who has taken the premier award at EUSA's first annual Teaching Awards Dinner.. Read More
Professer Patricia Jeffery has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship for the academic year 2009-2010. She will be spending the time writing a book entitled "Improvising Lives" consolidating her research in rural western Uttar Pradesh (North India) since 1982.. Read More
There are 3 new partial scholarships of £2,000 each for excellent candidates who apply by 15 May to the new MSc programme in Africa and International Development.. Read More
SSPS is proud to announce that the following members of staff have been nominated for EUSA Teaching Awards:. Read More
Dr Lynn Dobson will spend autumn semester 2009-10 in Oslo as a Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Study of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Read More
The Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovatiion (ISSTI) is offering two studentships for 2009/10 for its MSc programmes.. Read More
Dr Chad Damro (Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations) has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.. Read More
We are seeking an outstanding researcher/teacher to join the Social Work subject area, of the School of Social and Political Science, in the College of Humanities and Social Science.. Read More
A ONE DAY CONFERENCE. Read More
The University of Edinburgh will be hosting the next annual BASAS Conference on 30th March-1st April 2009.. Read More
Vacancy for SENIOR LECTURER/LECTURER IN SOCIAL POLICY
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The ESRC Innogen Centre at the University of Edinburgh announces a new masters studentship for the academic year 2009/10.. Read More
The First Decade of the Scottish Parliament: achievements and futures. A one day conference on 12 May 2009, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. Read More
Paul Nugent gave the keynote address to a seminar on African militaries that was opened by General Ward, the head of the US Africa Command, and was co-hosted by the State Department and AFRICOM.
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Our new column tackling current issues in social work launches this month.. Read More
Two scholarships are available for students undertaking the MSc Nationalism Studies this September, 2009-10.. Read More
MSc & PhD funding options available for a September 2009 start. Read More
The Centre of African Studies has launched a new MSc in Africa & International Development to begin academic year 2009-10. Read More
The University of Edinburgh has announced a new Scholarship to commemorate Julius Nyerere. Read More
10 ESRC PhD Quota Awards, 10 ESRC Competition places, plus College and School Studentships and Scholarships
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