
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).
Tweets
📢 Attention PGRs - there are only a few more days left to apply for #SpringintoMethods! 🌼
Check out this year's exciting interdisciplinary programme here 👉https://social.sgsss.ac.uk/spring-into-methods/
#phdchat #phdlife #PhD
SGSSS in collaboration with @SGSAH are thrilled to announce that applications for this year’s #SpringintoMethods programme are now open! 🎉
Find out more about the fantastic interdisciplinary workshops on offer here 👉 https://social.sgsss.ac.uk/springintomethods/
📆Applications close 01 March.
We are very excited to be offering an internship with the team behind this pioneering new app! Follow the link for more information on the internship opportunity available with @PawprintEco 👇
https://sgsss.ac.uk/internships/current-opportunities/
Read the full article here 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55907643