School of Social and Political Science News

EUSA Teaching Award Shortlists Announced

18 Mar 2010 7:41pm

School Grabs 5 Nominations

International Workshop in Sydney

16 Mar 2010 4:26pm

Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay (Politics and IR) are off to Australia for an international workshop on feminism and institutionalism in Sydney, March 23-25.

Ingela Naumann on The Politics Show (BBC)

15 Mar 2010 8:23pm

Dr. Ingela Naumann appeared on the BBC1 programme ‘The Politics Show – Scotland’, discussing lessons from Swedish school reforms for Scotland

Munro Lecture

08 Mar 2010 9:45pm

Professor Mark Nichter will deliver the Munro Lecture on 'Towards an Anthropology of Trust in Risk Society'.

Aitchison in Handbook on Crime

02 Mar 2010 10:13am

Andy Aitchison contributes to new Handbook on Crime

Edinburgh Politics & IR Doctoral Student Wins Top Thesis Prize

26 Feb 2010 5:13pm

UK PSA Prize Awarded to Dr Meryl Kenny

Donald MacKenzie in Prospect magazine

22 Feb 2010 1:08pm

Prospect names Donald Mackenzie among the top 25 brains of the financial crisis

New Book

18 Feb 2010 2:55pm

Salla Sariola, S. 2009. Gender and Sexuality in India: selling sex in Chennai. Abingdon: Routledge

The Big Debate - Alcohol: changing people or policy?

15 Feb 2010 4:56pm

CHILDREN 1ST is holding a conference titled ‘The Big Debate – Alcohol: changing people or policy?’ on 22nd March 2010 in Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.

Bomberg and McEwen awarded two-year project.

10 Feb 2010 4:38pm

Grassroots Action and the Politics of Energy Governance in Scotland

Guest Lecture by John Swinney MSP

02 Feb 2010 3:20pm

'Scotland: the Constitution, the Economy and Public Spending'

Charlie Jeffery Heads New ESRC Project with Brazil

22 Jan 2010 12:02pm

"Place Inequality": A UK-Brazilian Collaboration

Kate Orton-Johnson Gains Recognition

20 Jan 2010 11:54pm

BSA Commendation Award for E-learning

Two 'South African Wine' Events - 17 February

19 Jan 2010 11:13pm

CAS will host a seminar and a wine tasting event to raise funds for African Masters students

New! PhD Scholarship FUNDING!

10 Mar 2010 4:05pm

20 new SPS PhD scholarships - don't miss the new deadline.

Science Studies Unit in the press

07 Jan 2010 1:39pm

The Science Studies Unit has been featured in a recent issue of EUSci magazine.

Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State-Building

10 Dec 2009 10:52am

New book edited by Tobias Kelly and Sharika Thiranagama

National Matters: A film by Roger Boire and Jean-Pierre Roy

02 Dec 2009 3:04pm

Venue: Dominion Theatre, Edinburgh, Sunday 6 December at 6.00pm

Mary Simon's Lecture to be Streamed

27 Nov 2009 4:01pm

First for the School from CMB

Donald MacKenzie on the causes of the credit crisis

26 Nov 2009 3:14pm

New article in the Financial Times

ESRC Grant success for Graham Spinardi

25 Nov 2009 2:11pm

"Revolution in the Sky? Commercial Airliner Technology and the Greening of Air Travel"

Sara Dorman's "African Affairs" Tops Journal Rankings

11 Nov 2009 11:18am

NEW Short Courses in International Development, Centre of African

09 Nov 2009 4:27pm

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.

University Celebrates Julius Nyerere

09 Nov 2009 10:43am

On Monday 9 November the University welcomed African dignitaries in celebration of Nyerere's life, legacy and time in Edinburgh

Jan Webb Facing up to Climate Change

30 Oct 2009 9:24am

Royal Society of Edinburgh Committee of Inquiry

Europa Institute Conference & Special Transatlantic Seminar Event

22 Oct 2009 3:51pm

The European Union and Global Financial Turmoil

Postgraduate Open Day - 4th Dec 2009

21 Oct 2009 4:17pm

Visit the School to see the PG degrees on offer next year!

Prof. John Peterson Named to Academy of Social Sciences

12 Oct 2009 11:58am

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."

New Diploma for Indigenous Leaders

12 Oct 2009 10:29am

Dr Magnus Course flies to Chile to help launch a unique new diploma for indigenous leaders in Latin America

Bruce Kent Seminar - 12th October

09 Oct 2009 9:54am

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.

ESRC Quota Awards Available

05 Oct 2009 10:42pm

Politics and IR have been awarded two ESRC studentships for entry in September 2010

Changes at Institute of Governance

01 Oct 2009 12:03pm

Nicola McEwen has been appointed as Co-Director of the Institute of Governance, working alongside fellow Co-Director David McCrone.

Social Anthropology Announces Autumn Seminars

30 Sep 2009 4:32pm

This autumn's seminars in social anthropology range in topic from gambling in London to pornography in Bangladesh.

AID EFFECTIVENESS IN RWANDA

24 Sep 2009 10:52am

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.