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20/12/2024
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Experts call on Scottish Government to set just transition targets, supported by research from SPS academic

New research involving School of Social and Political Science (SPS) academic Dr Kirsten E H Jenkins is calling on the Scottish Government to deliver a world first by setting quantifiable targets for achieving a just transition to a low-carbon economy.

Photo of the outside of the Scottish Parliament building
11/12/2024
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Scottish Parliament TV could become a target for deepfakes, says new research from SPS academics

School of Social and Political Science (SPS) academics Dr Ben Collier and Dr Morgan Currie are involved in new research assessing the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to parliamentary business.

Emily Mann holding up a sign that reads 'exist loudly'
06/12/2024
Sociology

SPS academic included in prominent ‘30 under 30’ list for work in feminist and disability advocacy

School of Social and Political Science (SPS) academic Emily Mann has been included on the Young Women’s Movement’s 30 Under 30 list for her involvement in feminist and disability advocacy.

A photo of 10 graduates wearing gowns and smiling into the camera
03/12/2024

SPS Winter Graduations 2024

Congratulations to our 2024 School of Social and Political Science (SPS) graduates!

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Poster
24 January 2025
13:00 - 15:00
Social Policy

The art of slowing down: Relational approaches to community centred research

This seminar explores the power of slow research in social inquiry, focusing on how local, intentional, relationship-driven approaches can foster deeper connections and more meaningful insights. Drawing on examples of community-led research by the Binks Hub, the presentation will prompt you to think about the importance of time. What possibilities might ripple out if we just slowed down?

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24 January 2025
15:00 - 17:00
Social Anthropology

Weeping with the Addolorata

Popular Catholic devotion at the fringes of Europe
28 January 2025
15:00 - 17:00

Out of time? Intergenerational othering, solidarity, and dispute in Brexity, Covidy Britain

What might we better understand about generations, temporalities, and sociocultural assumptions linking ‘the young’ with the future and ‘the old’ with the past by exploring everyday experiences of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic in England?

poster
28 January 2025
17:00 - 18:30
Politics and International Relations (PIR)

'The Birth of Sensory Power’ by Engin Isin

Is it possible to trace transversal geopolitical shifts in the twenty-first-century to the birth of a new form of power, which governs through human-machine interfaces?