School of Social and Political Science

"Making Family" in Rural Mongolia : Insights from a failed marriage

An exploration of the failed integration of a prospective wife into a herding family in rural Mongolia.

Workshop on first generation and working class academics

This project seeks to strengthen dialogues and policies on widening participation by addressing first generation / working class students who became academics – an aspect of research culture which is often overlooked when talking about diversity in academia.

Addicted to plastics: How Big Food evades responsibility for pollution

The global ultra-processed food (UPF) industry is a leading driver of current and projected demand for plastics, contributing to a global pollution crisis.

Building the distributed economy: Sociotechnical shaping of DiFi and DOA by developers and regulators

Blockchain and distributed information systems where trust is ensured by mathematics and not human institutions is one of the more radical ways that computers could be used to support changes in fundamental social processes and institutions

Inaugural lecture: Professor Shaun Bevan

Join us to celebrate Shaun Bevan's professorship at his inaugural lecture.

The Disunited States

Join Ryan Griffiths to discuss his book 'The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work'

Military Chaplains

Annika Bergman-Rosamond will talk on 'Military Chaplains'. This is a pre-read seminar – email rburles@ed.ac.uk if you wish to attend.

CSAS Seminar: Making and Unmaking the Manual Scavenger in 21st Century India

Rahul Ranjan and Lotte Hoek as Co-Directors of CSAS invite all CSAS affiliated students and faculty to join us for Making and Unmaking the Manual Scavenger in 21st Century India with Dr Shreyas Sreenath, Bowdoin College, USA.

Between Law and Technology: Explainable AI and AI Assurance

Brokering care through housing activism

Brokering care through housing activism

Affordances of anthropomorphism: Plant companions and migrant world-making