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Text reads: Constitutionally Sound, Episode 7: Northern Ireland, Conflict and Complexity

15/06/2021

Politics and International Relations (PIR)

Experts discuss Northern Ireland in new episode of Constitutionally Sound

In the latest episode of the Centre on Constitutional Change’s podcast Constitutionally Sound, host Allan Little discusses Northern Ireland with political sociology expert Katy Hayward and former Chief British Government Negotiator on Northern Ireland, Jonathan Powell.

15/06/2021

Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

New toolkit to transform collaborative research approaches across disciplines

Edinburgh researchers and partners have created a new toolkit to support collaboration between arts, humanities, and social science disciplines and STEM areas to solve society’s most complex challenges.

28/05/2021

Social Work

SPS honoured at CAHSS Recognition Awards 2021

Colleagues at the School of Social and Political Science have won a number of awards at the College’s Colleague Recognition Awards this afternoon, including the Adaptation to Change Award, the Excellent Newcomer Award, the Outstanding Team Award, and a highly commended in the Community Engagement Champion Award.

25/05/2021

Social Anthropology

Newsletter showcases new work from Social Anthropology staff and students

The fifth edition of the Edinburgh Anthropology Showcase is out now, celebrating new and recent work from the School of Social and Political Science’s (SPS) Social Anthropology department.

This event is only open to students within the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Sociology

Qualitative Analysis and Coding with Quirkos

Once you have your qualitative data, there are a vast array of options to analyse and explore it, helping you create structures, and identify trends and themes, while still preserving the richness of the data.

23 - 24 June 2021

15:00 - 17:00

Politics and International Relations (PIR)

Annual conference: Parliaments and Security: Workshop on Parliaments and Security

Join SPS' Centre for Security Research for an online conference, taking stock of the current understanding of parliaments and security, showcase cutting-edge work in this area, and setting an agenda for future research.

01 July 2021

12:30 - 13:15

Sociology