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A Decade of Understanding Gender: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of GENDER.ED’s Flagship Course

02 December 2025, 3.30pm - 5pm
Room 1.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute

Information and booking:
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Image of McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh. Text reads: A Decade of Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World. Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World (UGCW), GENDER.ED’s flagship undergraduate course. This event will offer all those with fond memories of, and associations with, the course an opportunity to reflect on its history, its contributions to the University of Edinburgh, and its future.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Ambedkar Lecture: Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism with Dr Srilata Sircar

02 December 2025, 5pm - 6.30pm
G.159 MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College

Information and booking:
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Image of Ambedkar statue. Text reads: Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism with Dr Srilata Sircar.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Legends of South Asian Heritage in Scotland
Photography Exhibition, Documentary Screening and Discussion
Wednesday 26 November, 12.45pm - 2.15pm
Room 1.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute

Information and booking:
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Range of portrait photographs of South Asians in Scotland. Text reads: Legends of South Asian Heritage in Scotland Photography Exhibition, Documentary Screening and Discussion. You are warmly invited to view a photography exhibition and documentary film culminating from a community project led by Networking Key Services (NKS) on the oft-overlooked history of South Asians in Scotland, with a view to promoting awareness and understanding of its place in Scotland’s rich and diverse heritage. Over light refreshments, come find out from the project team what went into the making of the exhibition and the film!
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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3 Funded PhD Scholarships
Supervisor-led
Closing date for applications: 11 December 2025

WARSHARE: The New War Front: Digital Participation in War

Supervisor: Professor Andrew Hoskins
PROFESSOR of AI, MEMORY & WAR
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text reads: Supervisor-led 3 Funded PhD Scholarships WARSHARE: The New War Front: Digital Participation in War. This project will produce new interdisciplinary understanding of how and why digital participation is transforming how individuals and societies (including militaries and states) fight, experience, and understand (perceive, explain, and de/legitimise) warfare.
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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ESRC funds Scottish Election Study for another five years

The Scottish Election Study project has received funding for another five years to continue its work examining the political attitudes and behaviour of voters in Scotland.

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Image of a computer monitor displaying the Scottish Election Study Website. Text reads: ESRC funds Scottish Election Study for another five years The Scottish Election Study project has received funding for another five years to continue its work examining the political attitudes and behaviour of voters in Scotland. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will support the ongoing study about changing trends in Scotland’s politics into the 2026 Scottish Parliament election and the years beyond, as well as the next UK General Election.
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Social Policy expert co-authors report and actions aimed at reducing U.S. gun violence

Dr Nason Maani has joined another 40 international expert authors on a new report outlining how the United States could reduce gun deaths and injuries.

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Cover of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) issue title: Toward a Safer World by 2040. The JAMA Summit report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms. Text reads: Social Policy expert co-authors report and actions aimed at reducing U.S. gun violence. Dr Nason Maani has joined another 40 international expert authors on a new report outlining how the United States could reduce gun deaths and injuries.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Book Launch
Friday 24th October
1pm-2.30pm
Online

Join us for the launch of
Climate Assemblies
New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub

Info and booking:
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Pile of copies of book 'Climate Assemblies'. Text reads: Book Launch. Climate Assemblies. New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World. Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub. ‘Climate Assemblies’ brings together 25 authors to offer novel perspectives, critical insights and practical reflections based on original research about paradigmatic cases at local, national, transnational and global levels.
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Professor Kate Wright wins Outstanding Monograph of the Year for book on Trump and Voice of America

Professor Kate Wright and her co-authors have won the Outstanding Monograph of the Year Award from the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA).
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Image of book cover of 'Capturing News, Capturing Democracy'. Text reads: Professor Kate Wright wins Outstanding Monograph of the Year for book on Trump and Voice of America Professor Kate Wright and her co-authors have won the Outstanding Monograph of the Year Award from the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA).
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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An innovative School of Social and Political Science (SPS) project about using interactive data to improve research impact and engage new audiences was nominated for a Times Higher Education Award.

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Poster showing data visualisation. Text reads: SPS research data visualisation project shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award An innovative School of Social and Political Science (SPS) project about using interactive data to improve research impact and engage new audiences was nominated for a Times Higher Education Award. This is a collaboration by the School’s Media and Content Officer Marie Storrar and Sociology Senior Lecturer Dr Tod Van Gunten.
September 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Global health policy expert Dr Nason Maani has contributed to a new British Medical Journal editorial series that uncovers the role of the arms trade in health and calls for more scrutiny of its health-harming activities and relationship with governments.

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Signs with hand-written 'stop the war' messaging - black type on brown card. Text reads: University global health policy expert and international colleagues reveal arms trade’s influence on health. Global health policy expert Dr Nason Maani has contributed to a new British Medical Journal editorial series that uncovers the role of the arms trade in health and calls for more scrutiny of its health-harming activities and relationship with governments.
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Automating Universal Credit research cited in major reports criticising effect of welfare digitisation

Two major reports on the UK Department of Work and Pensions’ use of technology and automation in welfare have cited research led by Dr Morgan Currie.

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Visuals of report covers. text reads: Automating Universal Credit research cited in major reports criticising effect of welfare digitisation. Two major reports on the UK Department of Work and Pensions’ use of technology and automation in welfare have cited research led by Dr Morgan Currie. Dr Currie’s project Automating Universal Credit – which investigates the automation of welfare in the UK – has featured in reports by the charity Amnesty International and campaign group Big Brother Watch. The reports are critical of the DWP’s implementation of digital technologies in the UK’s social security system, including concerns about the effect on claimants’ human rights.
August 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Don’t miss our very own SPS academics taking part in this year’s Festival of Politics.

Nida Alahmad - Peace in the Middle East?
Leah McCabe - The rise of misogyny
Hayley Bennett - Holyrood 2026 the big issues
Benjamin Martill - How safe is Europe?

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Don’t miss our very own SPS academics taking part in this year’s Festival of Politics.
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Who funds the WHO Foundation?

New report by SPS academics Nason Maani, Emily R Adrion and Jeff Collin.
The WHO Foundation was established with the aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO.

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Illustration showing 3 components connected in a circle by arrows. Components are 1. lightbulb. 2. a group of people. 3. a sack of money. Text reads: Who funds the WHO Foundation?A transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first three years of its operation.New research report by SPS academics Nason Maani, Emily R Adrion and Jeff Collin. The WHO Foundation (WHOF) was established in 2020 with the stated aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO. Academics and civil society actors raised concerns regarding the potential nature and source of contributions from commercial actors with a conflict of interest, particularly regarding the central role of commercial determinants of health in contemporary global health challenges.
July 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Producing but Not Consuming?
Food Provisioning in Remote, Rural Areas of the UK
New report by SPS academics Isabel Fletcher and Ann Bruce

People who live in the rural areas of England and Scotland rely on supermarkets which are often a distance away, research found.

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Close-up of just-picked beetroots and an image of a highland cow. Text reads: Producing but Not Consuming? Food Provisioning in Remote, Rural Areas of the UK New report by SPS academics Isabel Fletcher and Ann Bruce. People who live in the rural areas of England and Scotland rely on supermarkets for their supplies which are often a distance away, research found. There is a scarcity of locally produced options as the foods produced in these areas are removed for processing or exported to larger markets, researchers say. The study by the University is one of the first to examine local communities access to food in remote rural and upland areas.
July 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Decline in UK childhood vaccine uptake
New editorial published by The BMJ, co-authored by SPS academic Ben Kasstan-Dabush

In England, none of the childhood vaccine programmes attained the World Health Organization-recommended 95% coverage target in 2023-24.

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Decline in UK childhood vaccine uptake New editorial published by The BMJ, co-authored by SPS academic Ben Kasstan-Dabush In England, none of the childhood vaccine programmes attained the World Health Organization-recommended 95% coverage target in 2023-24. Coverage across all childhood vaccine programmes has been gradually declining since 2013-14, but in view of its high infectivity, measles is a particular concern.
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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U.S. private health industry lobby group uses marketing and publicity strategies similar to Big Tobacco

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Text reads: U.S. private health industry lobby group uses marketing and publicity strategies similar to Big Tobacco. A major U.S. private health industry lobby group uses marketing and publicity strategies similar to Big Tobacco and other unhealthy commodity industry groups to shape public perception of universal care policies as negative, according to research co-authored by SPS’s Dr Nason Maani.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Dr Philip Rathgeb wins Titmuss Award for book on radical right

Dr Rathgeb's book offers a thorough examination of the socio-economic consequences when radical right parties hold power.

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Image of a pile of 3 copies of 'How the radical right has changed capitalism and welfare in Europe and the USA'. Text reads: Dr Philip Rathgeb wins Titmuss Award for book on radical right. Dr Philip Rathgeb has received the prestigious 2025 Richard Titmuss Book Award for his work How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare in Europe and the USA. The book was also the central topic of a dedicated review symposium in the leading journal Socio-Economic Review.
July 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Congratulations to our very own Hammed Kayode Alabi on winning the Being Edinburgh Alumni Award 2025!

A graduate of the MSc Africa and International Development programme (2021) and now a staff member at the University of Edinburgh.

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Text reads: School of Social and Political Science Alumnus, Hammed Kayode Alabi, wins Being Edinburgh Alumni Award 2025. A graduate of the MSc Africa and International Development programme and now a staff member at the University of Edinburgh.
July 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Congratulations SPS 2025 prize winners!
#EdinburghGrad
July 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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The University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science is proud to award an honorary doctorate to Dr. Abla Amawi today. This recognises her exceptional work as a scholar, public servant, and international policy expert.

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Text reads: The University of Edinburgh Awards Honorary Doctorate to Her Excellency, Dr Abla Amawi, Esteemed International Policy Expert and Social Justice Advocate. The University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science is proud to award an honorary doctorate to Dr. Abla Amawi. This recognises her exceptional work as a scholar, public servant, and international policy expert, especially her contributions to global governance, gender equality, and social justice.
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Congratulations to all SPS students graduating today.
We wish you every success in the future, wherever your paths may take you.
Text reads: congratulations. To all of our brilliant students graduating today.
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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A book by School of Social and Political Science (SPS) academic Professor Kate Wright received honours from international communications organisations for its important insights into Donald Trump and the state-media network Voice of America (VOA).

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A pile of 3 copies of 'Capturing news, capturing democracy'. Text reads: SPS academic’s book recognised in prestigious international awards. Professor Kate Wright’s book received honours for its important insights into Donald Trump and the state-media network Voice of America (VOA).
July 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Music and Words from the Trans Imaginary: An Evening with CN Lester

Wednesday 25 June
7pm - 9pm
Reid Concert Hall

Register here: edin.ac/4jTnCm4
Photo of CN Lester performing, beside text reading: Music and Words from the Trans Imaginary: An Evening with CN Lester. Join us for an evening of love and inspiration with CN Lester, multi-genre musician, trans/queer/feminist educator, writer, and activist.
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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June 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Art Exhibition: Aesthetics of One Health

In celebration of Refugee Week 2025, join us at the Chrystal Macmillan Building for a showcase of Syrian agricultural heritage through art and music.

Exhibition: All week, Chrystal Macmillan Building
Reception: Tues 17th, 3-4pm, Booking: edin.ac/4j9Gtcd
Painting from the Aesthetics of One Health Exhibition. Text reads: The Aesthetics of One Health project part of the One Health FIELD Network showcases Syrian agricultural heritage through art and music
June 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM