Welcome to SGSSS
Home of Scotland’s ESRC DTP
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is the UK's largest facilitator of funding, training and support for doctoral students in social science. By combining the expertise of sixteen universities across Scotland, the school facilitates world-class PhD research. The school is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
OUR FUNDERS
SGSSS is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
News
Overview of Black History Month (October 2020)
As part of the National Black History Month programme in October 2020, the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) and the Scottish Graduate School
Widening Access Survey and First Steps towards PhD webinar
Motivated by a commitment to improving equality and diversity, SGSSS is conducting a survey aimed at honours and postgraduate taught students, to gain insight into
Open Letter to Students Regarding SGSSS response to Covid-19
Dear SGSSS students Like everyone, the SGSSS team has for the last two months found ourselves frantically trying to adapt to new ways of working,
Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Competition – The Results!
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Competition 2020 Research impact is ‘the
Joint statement from SGSAH/SGSSS with regards to funded doctoral researchers during strikes
We write jointly as Directors of SGSAH (Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities) and SGSSS (Scottish Graduate School of Social Science) to clarify the
15 interdisciplinary PhD studentships offered by SOCIAL CDT
Up to 15 fully-funded four-year studentships for September 2020 are currently being offered within the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents (SOCIAL).
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Coping together is better. #PGRHomestretch
📢 A reminder to our colleagues that there is just one week left to apply for the exciting Associate Director positions currently open within the SGSSS Directorate.
For more information please visit 👉https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/about-us/work-with-us/.
📅 Application deadline: Monday 05 April.
📢SGSSS have 3 openings on the SGSSS Directorate this year. This is a great opportunity for our academic colleagues to contribute to the development of the UK’s largest DTP, supporting all social science research students in Scotland.
Read more here👉 https://sgsss.ac.uk/about-us/work-with-us/
Thanks to @RhodriLeng for delivering a fascinating talk today on Diffusion and Distortion of Evidence 👏
Join us for our next seminar with @Sarah_M_Hall
Oral Histories and Futures: Methodological Innovations in Times of Crisis - 27 April, 1pm
Book now➡️http://research-training-centre.sps.ed.ac.uk/seminars/
