School of Social & Political Sciences

Welcome Greti Iulia Ivana!

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:00:00 GMT

Dr. Greti Iulia Ivana has joined our School as a Lecturer in Digital Society

Welcome Emiline Smith!

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:30:00 GMT

Dr Emiline Smith has joined us as a Lecturer in Trafficking Culture (Sociology)

Celebrating International Women's Day

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 07:36:00 GMT

Our women professors in social and political sciences mark women's achievements

Erasmus Mundus staff and students present at Glasgow Film Festival

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:43:00 GMT

Central & East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies students introduce screenings at GFF 2019

IMSISS students compete in the Cyber 9/12 strategy challenge

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:40:00 GMT

Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies students awarded for cyber-strategy success

Welcome to Urban Studies, Philip O'Brien

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:40:00 BST

Philip O'Brien joins our School in June, as Lecturer in Real Estate & Urban Housing Economics

Welcome Kezia Dugdale

Wed, 08 May 2019 14:03:00 BST

Kezia Dugdale joins the John Smith Centre as its Director

Welcome Edna Mutua

Tue, 14 May 2019 15:34:00 BST

Edna Mutua is joining our School in June as a Post-Doc Research Associate

International Relations student long-listed for writing competition

Wed, 29 May 2019 11:34:00 BST

Masters student, Nimisha Menon, receives recognition by Beyond Borders Scotland

Girlhood Gang host 'Girling Feminism' conference

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:49:00 BST

Academics presented on the contemporary cutting edge of girl studies

Head of School of Social & Political Sciences recognised with CBE

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:22:00 BST

Professor Michele Burman has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list

NSS success for Social and Public Policy team

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:00:00 BST

100% overall student satisfaction achieved in Social Policy

Welcome new Politics Professors

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:15:00 BST

Professor Sergi Pardos-Prado & Professor Anja Neundorf join us in Politics & International Relations.

SPS Student Highly Commended by The Global Undergraduate Awards

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:42:00 BST

Recent Politics graduate, Kaisa Saarinen, has been Highly Commended by the Global Undergraduate Awards in the Politics and International Relations category

Honorary degree for one of our first Sociology graduates

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:56:00 BST

As part of the 50 years celebration, Professor Angela McRobbie, one of the first graduates of the newly created Department of Sociology, has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctors of Letters

Celebrating 50 years of Sociology at Glasgow

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:57:00 BST

On 10 and 11 September Sociology celebrated its 50th birthday with a two day event at the Kelvinhall

Welcome to our Nankai students!

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:02:56 BST

Induction day for our 3rd year Nankai students spending a year in Glasgow

Welcome to new Sociology staff!

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:55:07 BST

The School is pleased to welcome new members of staff to our Sociology team

Fellowship for Head of School

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:37:00 BST

Head of School, Professor Michele Burman, has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Festival of Politics: ‘She’s Running! How Women Can Stand and Succeed' panel discussion

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:00:37 BST

The John Smith Centre for Public Service in partnership with the Scottish Parliament presented a fascinating discussion on women in politics

John Smith Centre In Conversation with Ed Balls

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:13:00 GMT

The John Smith Centre kicked off their In Conversation With series by inviting former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer the Rt Hon. Ed Balls to the University

Welcome to our new Head of School!

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:31:00 GMT

The School is delighted to have Professor Anne Kerr join us as our new Head of School

Politics Professor wins €2million ERC grant

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:23:00 GMT

Congratulations to Professor Anja Neundorf who has been awarded a €2million grant to 'save democracy'