School of Social and Political Science

Are We Really in a Post-Truth Era? COVID Conspiracies, Science, and Colonial Imaginaries

Join us for a special seminar with Professor Amit Prasad (Georgia Tech, USA) on 'Are We Really in a Post-Truth Era? COVID Conspiracies, Science, and Colonial Imaginaries'.

Discussant: Professor Anne-Maree Farrell (U. Edinburgh)

Chair: Professor Martyn Pickersgill (U. Edinburgh)

Hope and Compassion in Action - World Refugee Day

Webinar on Hope and Compassion in Action: Celebrating World Refugee Day with the theme of "Hope away from Home"

Gambling on Unknown Unknowns: Risk Ethics for a Climate Change Technofix

Large Language Muddles? How Social Data Scientists can make the Generative AI Revolution work for everyone

In this Keynote, Arthur Spirling will be providing an expert perspective on what Large Language Models LLMs are and what they could do for social science.

Social Data Science (SDS) Hub Launch

This is an event that will bring together early-career researchers alongside other scholars working in the rapidly growing field of social data science across Scotland. The launch aims to provide: 1) networking opportunities ; 2) promote collaboration; and 3) encourage future participation in the activities of the SDS Hub.

Workshop: Creativity in Social Work Practice Learning

Drawing on practical tools from the book “Creative Approaches to Social Work Practice Learning”, Aisha will deliver a one-hour workshop demonstrating how creativity can enrich learning within a social worker-student relationship.

Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group Seminar 29

Negotiating diasporic identities in glocal heritage discourses: The case of Chinese New Year Celebrations

Internal Educational Migrants: How the Dual-track School System Shaped Rural-urban Migration in Contemporary China?

Joint Graduate Conference in Political Theory

Join us for this Joint Graduate Conference in Political Theory organised by PhD researchers from University of Edinburgh and St. Andrews!

Public screening: Living Histories of Sugar

Public Screening of Living Histories of Sugar, followed by a Q&A with director and cast.

The Plastic Pandemic

This joint University of Edinburgh and Heriot Watt University event brings together researchers from the history of medicine, medical anthropology, engineering, advocacy and NHS Scotland to explore the contingent histories and possible futures of single-use medical devices.

Transnational Social Protection: Social Welfare Across National Borders

Professor Peggy Levitt (Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College) will speak about her recent book Transnational Social Protection: Social Welfare Across National Borders.

Insubmissive Dialogues of Black Women

This seminar presents an analysis of the experience of Diálogos Insubmissos de Mulheres Negras (DIMN, Insubmissive Dialogues of Black Women), a platform promoting artistic and literary activities in Salvador, Brazil.