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29/09/2021
Social Anthropology

Social context is key to Covid testing success

Clearer understanding is needed of the social factors that influence participation rates in Covid-19 testing programmes, research suggests.
20/08/2021
Social Anthropology

News from Edinburgh’s Medicine Anthropology Journal

The team at the Medicine Anthropology Theory (MAT) journal, based at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science (SPS), share their latest updates, including new issues, details of the MAT editorial team and becoming indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
07/07/2021
Social Anthropology

Celebrated U.S. history scholar delivers Munro Lecture on the history of American fascism

Robin D G Kelley, Professor of American History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and author and activist for black lives and human justice, delivered the first of this semester’s two University of Edinburgh Munro Lectures.
25/05/2021
Social Anthropology

Newsletter showcases new work from Social Anthropology staff and students

The fifth edition of the Edinburgh Anthropology Showcase is out now, celebrating new and recent work from the School of Social and Political Science’s (SPS) Social Anthropology department.

Personal burden of Covid-19 testing needs to be addressed to avoid testing fatigue

Despite the inconveniences and personal sacrifices involved, people in Scotland are willing to go to considerable efforts to make the Covid-19 testing system work, but more needs to be done to recognise and reduce this burden, say researchers.

19/04/2021

SPS student makes Forbes 30 Under 30 list for work on diversity in foreign policy

Tiaji Sio, a student at the School of Social and Political Science (SPS), has been named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in Germany for her impact in diversity and inclusion in foreign policy.

19/11/2020

New EAS-Themes published

October's EAS-Themes has been published.

29/10/2020

University of Edinburgh hosts first open-access medical anthropology journal

The Medicine Anthropology Theory (MAT) journal, funded in 2013 by scholars at the University of Amsterdam, has migrated to Edinburgh in 2020.

02/10/2020

SPS study investigates public understandings, expectations and experience of Covid-19 testing in Scotland

Dr Alice Street has launched new research into how testing strategies for Covid-19 are influencing public trust in health services and government response.

19/05/2020

Has the Ebola epidemic in West Africa prepared Sierra Leone’s health system for Covid-19?

Social anthropologists at the School of Social and Political Science will investigate whether technology-focused responses to the 2014 – 2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa prepared Sierra Leone’s health system for Covid-19.

18/05/2020