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
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).
Podcast: Designing rigorous and reflexive research with Ann Cunliffe and Barbara Simpson
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SGSSS Internships now open for applications
We are now inviting applications for Spring Term internships in 2020 Paid opportunities are available with Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Scottish Government and OFCOM. Internships
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Interested in social change & social justice? IOD Parc is offering a full time internship to scope the potential for impact investment in emerging markets. The deadline for our current round of internship opportunities is 5pm today - find out more here! 👉https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/internships/current-opportunities/
A big thanks to all those who've been joining us for our weekly #BlackHistoryMonth lunchtime talks. This week's session will feature a series of short lightning talks from our PhD community, and runs from 1.15pm-2pm tomorrow. Register here to join us! 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-month-lunchtime-talks-tickets-119996810691
Join @ZoeRuiseal & @DirdreNM1 on Oct 22 and explore the use of Scottish Gaelic within different settings for PhD research across the social sciences. This training is open to all but will be geared towards those with limited/basic fluency. Register here! 👉https://social.sgsss.ac.uk/event/using-gaelic-in-social-sciences-research/
A great blog from @NasarMeer who speaks at today's Black History Month Lunchtime talk (starts in 15 minutes).
Still an Add On? Du Bois, Whiteness and Social Science https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/still-an-add-on-du-bois-whiteness-and-social-science/ New @RaceEDS blog by @NasarMeer
