School of Social and Political Science

Class, culture, and barriers to mobility

Drawing on a variety of data sources, much of it unpublished, Annette Lareau presents qualitative research revealing the nuanced ways that cultural knowledge can be consequential in mobility journeys.

Reconceptualising Resilience - An International Perspective

Join Professor Lisa McDaid, Dr Laurel Johnson and Dr Stephanie Wyeth from The University of Queensland as they present their emerging research on operationalising and implementing resilience science.

Social Work Staff-Student Research Conference 2024

The annual research conference for Social Work students, staff and external colleagues at the University of Edinburgh will be held this year on the 11th June.

REfrACTING I: Policy, Publics and Action Research Group Conference

Bringing together doctoral research and staff, this is the first Policy, Publics and Action Research Group conference, which will focus on presenting and discussing work in progress by members of the group.

‘Warheads to Windmills’ Dr Timmon Wallis

Dr Timmon Wallis, will introduce his book and take questions. He will argue that if this isn’t an election issue, it should be.

Parable and Politics: Martin Luther King, Jr’s Critique of Idolatry - Alexander Livingston (Cornell University)

Decoding the 2024 General Elections in India

Decoding the 2024 General Elections in India and what they mean for the future of Indian democracy

“Extreme” Citizen Science in the Classroom: Pitfalls and Affordances

SKAPE and the Participatory Research Network are delighted to welcome Bryan Yazell who, based on his “Climate Future Fiction” project, will lead a workshop on the pitfalls and affordances of co-developing citizen science projects in the ‘classroom’.

Food Researchers In Edinburgh (FRIED) Annual Public Lecture: Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain since the 1950s, by Prof Alan Warde

In this public lecture, Professor Alan Warde will share some highlights from his latest book.

Change the system not the women: Women’s academic leadership in STEMM

Join Prof Janet Hering and Dr Kelly Blacklock for a conversation on the representation of women in STEMM subjects.

Integration matters! The role(s) of integration experts and expertise in inter- and transdisciplinary research

Meeting the pressing environmental and societal challenges of our time requires inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) research. This talk, building on conceptual and empirical insights on integration, will call for establishing a new type of academic career: integration experts.

Impact Festival - Social Science On Screen

UoE staff and PhD students!
Join us for an afternoon celebrating social science filmmaking and the contribution filmmaking can make to creating research impact.