The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is delighted to announce the launch of the supervisor-led ADR UK Studentship Competition 2026/27 ADR UK, in collaboration with ESRC, are looking to fund up to 30 new PhD studentships focused on quantitative research using linked administrative data. SGSSS may apply to host up to five studentships, and […]
SGSSS Impact Competition 2026 – Vote for your winners!
The SGSSS Impact Competition 2026 final shortlist is now live for public vote! The SGSSS Impact Competition aims to champion a culture of creating meaningful impact across the SGSSS student community and to the wider public. Discover how our finalists are generating impact through their research and cast your vote in the SGSSS Impact Competition 2026. (Link opens […]
New SGSSS Student Engagement Team
Dear SGSSS PhD students At SGSSS, incorporating the PGR voice is central to our governance process. With that in mind, we are delighted to introduce ourselves: the new SGSSS Student Engagement Team – five Associate Officers who are at different stages of study across our member institutions: https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/about-us/student-engagement/ Members of the team are: Clara Seyfried […]
Generative AI and the social science PhD: A summary report of participatory research conducted in the United Kingdom
We are delighted to present a report of SGSSS research which investigated Scottish social science PhD students’ practices, opinions and needs when it comes to generative AI.
SGSSS Mentoring Programme 2026 Launches at RSE
The SGSSS Mentoring Programme, in partnership with the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), launched on January 28th in Edinburgh. The programme connects PhD researchers to RSE Fellows or SGSSS PhD Alumni with a variety of professional experience in academia, the public, private, or non-profit sectors. Open to all social science PhD students in Scotland in their third year […]
