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The ESRC Festival of Social Science begins!
The ESRC Festival of Social Science, organised by the 51cg, began with a talk by Ph.D. student Stephanie Garrison entitled 'Outlander Fandoms' at the Aberdeen Central Library. Her talk explored Scottish identity, the production of the historical drama Outlander, and what it means to be a fan of...
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Professor Claire Wallace to Deliver Invited Lecture at Villa Vigoni
This week, Professor Claire Wallace will be presenting an invited paper at the Social Indicators Monitoring Seminar at the Villa Vigoni on Lake Como in Italy. The seminar, entitled Weakening Social Cohesion in Europe? Indicators, Analysis and Policy Implications focuses on her paper, 'Changing Patterns of Trust in Europe'. Using the World Values Survey,...
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Dr Lynn Bennie speaks to PIR Society
Dr Lynn Bennie gave a talk for the Politics and International Relations Society on Monday 7 October on the topic of the Brexit and the current constitutional and party dilemmas presented by the debate.
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Dr Gearoid Millar to share Leverhulme Research Fellowship findings at the University of Notre Dame
Dr Gearoid Millar will deliver the preliminary findings from his Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2018/2019) at the interdisciplinary conference, Building Sustainable Peace: Ideas, Evidence, and Strategies, to be held on November 8-10, at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, at the University of Notre Dame. The conference will focus on four...
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New Article by Dr Christopher Kollmeyer: Financialization and the Decline of Organized Labor
Dr Christopher Kollmeyer's work on the decline of trade union participation appears as the lead article in the most recent issue of Social Forces.
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Congratulations for PhD success
Two candidates affiliated to the School of Social Science have recently, after their viva voce examinations, had their PhDs confirmed. Domenico Carolei successfully defended his PhD thesis (pending minor corrections) with a thesis titled ‘A Study of the Effectiveness of Civil Society Self Regulation and on Beneficiary Accountability – the Case...
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Professor Alison Brown spends two weeks in Washington DC as a Visiting Faculty member
Professor Alison Brown from the School of Social Science spent two weeks in Washington DC this July as a Visiting Faculty member for the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA), a research training programme offered by the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and...
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Dr Marta Trzebiatowska to deliver guest lecture at Utrecht University
Dr Marta Trzebiatowska has been invited to give a lecture at the Politics of In/Visibility 2019 Summer School, held by the Network of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies in Europe (NOISE) at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, between August 26 and 30. Her guest lecture, entitled "Selective Visibility? Religion and Feminism in a Post-Secular...
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Finish line in sight for Malcolm in 10k a day challenge
The finishing line is in sight for 51cg politics lecturer Malcolm Harvey who will this weekend complete a gruelling 30-day challenge which has seen him run 10k every day in June for charity. Malcolm set himself the challenge to raise £1,000 for his team’s participation in the upcoming Cancer...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2019!
Following the graduation ceremony on the 21st of June a departmental reception was held in the Edward Wright Building. The School of Social Science would like to congratulate all of our graduates in sociology, anthropology, politics and international relations.