School of Social and Political Science

RTC Talking Methods Seminar - Critical and quantitative?

While qualitative research presents obvious strengths for critical & feminist population research, quantification is also essential to critical social science’s emancipatory aim.

What is happening in Yemen?

Join the Middle East Research Group at Edinburgh University for a lunchtime discussion with Helen Lackner, author of many books about Yemen and of a regular insight newsletter. How far have the Houthi attacks on maritime shipping enhanced or undermined their popularity in Yemen? What is the situation for millions dependent on international humanitarian support; has access improved or deteriorated; what are future prospects for peace and much more.

Methods of Carceral War: Prison Rebellions, Black Radical Consciousness, and Counterinsurgency Lessons from Attica

Grounded in a criminalised tradition of Black radical analysis, this lecture reframes 'mass incarceration' as carceral war. In doing so, it demystifies the U.S. prison system as a modality of counter-insurgency

Where is the anthropology of kinship? Its critical potential for the science of parenting interventions

What might the anthropology of kinship have to say about global child development?

Funding sustainable welfare: A critical review of the options - Milena Büchs

Science Advice and Policy Influence: The Case of the Swedish Climate Policy Council

Since 2008, more than 40 countries have established climate councils. For these to be successful they should be science-based and politically independent, while maintaining close contact with the governments they review and advise. Göran Sundqvist (in-person) and Linnéa Aarthun (online) will examine how the Swedish Climate Policy Council meets these “success criteria”; uses their autonomy to present consensus science-based advice that the government needs to listen to; and, their reflections on the political results.

Inaugural lecture: Professor Meryl Kenny

How do gendered institutions change (and stay the same)

The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers our Future

Across the world, attacks on the modern state and its workforce are intensifying. What if the state as we know it didn’t exist?

“We Never Thought They Would Steal Our Gods. In One Day, Everything Was Gone”: Cultural & Natural Resources Trafficked from, through and to South Asia

“We Never Thought They Would Steal Our Gods. In One Day, Everything Was Gone”: Cultural & Natural Resources Trafficked from, through and to South Asia

Experimental times: startup capitalism and feminist futures in India.

Hemangini Gupta is a Lecturer in Gender and Global Politics at Edinburgh and will be talking about her recent book in a paper on ‘Experimental times: startup capitalism and feminist futures in India.’

16 Days of Activism: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Scotland

Scotland is often praised for its “world-leading” approaches to addressing gender-based violence, but how effective are these policies in practice? What are the latest debates, developments, and future goals in this area? And how does Scotland measure up internationally?

Using and designing surveys with, for, and on children and young people

Join Marie Kvalo and Dalia Avello Vega as they present on using and designing surveys in relation to young people.