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
We are delighted to announce the winners of the SGSSS Impact Competition! Kate McKenzie won our public vote, and joins Vicky Armstrong who was selected by our panel of judges. Congratulations! View their entries along with the rest of the shortlist here: https://social.sgsss.ac.uk/impact-competition
It's halfway through #SGSSSSummer2021 which can only mean one thing - quiz time!!! Please do join us tonight where @JoFerrie and @jessicaclearyy will be posing the questions. Buzzers ready at 7.30pm. We'll also be annoucing the winners of the #impactcompetition #phdchat
Last chance - public vote closes tomorrow at 12 noon with the winner announced during the pub quiz
The SGSSS #ImpactCompetition 2021 is now live for public vote! 🗳️
Visit https://social.sgsss.ac.uk/impact-competition/ to discover how our finalists are planning to generate impact through their research and to cast your vote. The successful applicant will win funding to support their plans.
#phdchat
We'd love to hear how you're enjoying #sgssssummer2021 - what's inspiring you?
