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SES
11/11/2025
Politics and International Relations (PIR)

ESRC funds Scottish Election Study for another five years

The Scottish Election Study (SES) project has received funding for another five years to continue its work examining the political attitudes and behaviour of voters in Scotland.

jama
06/11/2025
Social Policy

Social Policy expert co-authors report and actions aimed at reducing U.S. gun violence

Dr Nason Maani has joined another 40 international expert authors on a new report outlining how the United States could reduce gun deaths and injuries.
Elke Book
27/10/2025
Social Policy

New Research Handbook on Social Policy and Employment published

A new Research Handbook on Social Policy and Employment co-edited by Social Policy colleague Elke Heins has been published by Edward Elgar.

channel talent
02/10/2025
Social Policy

SPS sparks school students’ curiosity on the future of UK defence

The School of Social and Political Science engaged with the next generation of thinkers and leaders in an online debate for sixth-year students focused on the future of UK defence.

Kate Wright
22/09/2025
Politics and International Relations (PIR)

Professor Kate Wright wins Outstanding Monograph of the Year for book on Trump and Voice of America

Professor Kate Wright and her co-authors have won the Outstanding Monograph of the Year Award from the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA).
Datavis
08/09/2025
 

SPS research data visualisation project shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award

An innovative School of Social and Political Science (SPS) project about using interactive data to improve research impact and engage new audiences was nominated for a Times Higher Education Award.

Nason
08/09/2025
 

University global health policy expert and international colleagues reveal arms trade’s influence on health

Global health policy expert Dr Nason Maani has contributed to a new British Medical Journal editorial series that uncovers the role of the arms trade in health and calls for more scrutiny of its health-harming activities and relationship with governments.

Morgan Currie
31/07/2025
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Automating Universal Credit research cited in major reports criticising effect of welfare digitisation

Two major reports on the UK Department of Work and Pensions’ use of technology and automation in welfare have cited research led by Dr Morgan Currie.

Nason Plos
17/07/2025
Social Policy

U.S. private health industry lobby group uses marketing and publicity strategies similar to Big Tobacco

A major U.S. private health industry lobby group uses marketing and publicity strategies similar to Big Tobacco and other unhealthy commodity industry groups to shape public perception of universal care policies as negative, according to research co-authored by SPS’s Dr Nason Maani.
Philip Rathgeb
17/07/2025
Social Policy

Dr Philip Rathgeb wins Titmuss Award for book on radical right

Dr Philip Rathgeb has received the prestigious 2025 Richard Titmuss Book Award for his work How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare in Europe and the USA.

A banner reads 'The school of Social and Political Science Graduation'. Next to it are 4 balloons in the shape of the number 2025
15/07/2025
 

SPS Graduation 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 School of Social and Political Science (SPS) graduates!

Being Edinburgh
10/07/2025
 

SPS Alumnus Hammed Kayode Alabi wins Being Edinburgh Alumni Award 2025

A graduate of the MSc Africa and International Development programme (2021) and now a staff member at the University, Hammed is an EdTech leader, social entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and author. He has dedicated his life to youth empowerment, education access, and sustainable development – particularly for underserved and displaced communities in Africa.