
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

SGSSS 10 Year Anniversary Celebrations
During the 2021/22 academic year, the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is celebrating our 10-year anniversary. Over the past decade we are proud to

Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme
We are so pleased to announce the launch of the Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme. The programme will offer Scottish Social Science PGRs and ECRs the

Shaping the Future: Rising to the Challenge of the Climate Crisis
The UN Climate Change Conference 2021, known as COP26, takes place in Glasgow from 1st to 12th November 2021. To coincide with this occasion, on

Applications are now open for the SGSSS Mentoring Programmes!
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) is delighted to launch our 2 mentoring programmes for Social Science researchers across Scotland. Applications are now

Social Science Research and Responding to Global Challenges: Practitioner Perspectives
As part of its internationalisation activities portfolio, the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is organising a series of seminars focussing on the role of

Call for abstracts – Shaping the future: rising to the challenges of the climate crisis
The SGSSS call for abstracts to take part in the “Shaping the future: rising to the challenges of the climate crisis” event is open! The
Tweets
Please have a look at this fantastic report authored by SGSSS funded PhD intern @MaggieMroczkow1 - a blog post detailing her findings is also linked below.
A new SFC report out this morning looks at research postgraduate training and support. In a blog for @Wonkhe its author @MaggieMroczkow1 comments on some of the main findings https://tinyurl.com/2p8c9b5a
Mapping the Scottish PRG Landscape https://tinyurl.com/mr25x2xs.
Attending Summer School at QMU today for NVivo workshop with Dr Rachel Shanks. Worth the 3 hours spent at #SGSSSsummerschool
Got to meet Alpacas too❤️
@SocSciScotland
@SocSciScotland @UWSITDS This conversation is the inspiration for the SGSSS Summer School Workshop tomorrow, have a listen #SoundCloud? #np https://soundcloud.com/beth-cross-402028874/newinclusivenormalwsallyw?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=social_sharing
thanks