ESRC Postdoctoral Fellows
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme is aimed at providing a career development opportunity for those in the immediately postdoctoral stage of their career, and at providing the opportunity to consolidate their PhD through developing publications, their networks, and their research and professional skills.
Through being embedded within a high-quality environment for research and training, fellows have the opportunity to undertake a varied programme of activities supporting their continued development for careers both within and outside of academia.
Our ESRC Postdoctoral Fellows
SGSSS ESRC Fellows come from a wide variety of academic disciplines and undertake developing their PhD research in various ways. Below are links to the profiles of current and past Postdoctoral Fellows who have shared their stories and advice to potential applicants & fellows– we hope you enjoy reading about their research and accomplishments.
If you are a current fellow or alumni and would like to update your profile, please email team@sgsss.ac.uk.
2023/2024 Fellows
Heriot-Watt University
Developing the contribution of discursive psychology to sustainable business and circular economy research.
University of Edinburgh
Bittersweet: Living with sugar and kin in Edinburgh, Scotland
University of Strathclyde
Magdalene Asylums, Prostitution and Law in Scotland, 1797-1956.
University of Dundee
Education in its broadest sense: developing a socio-educational paradigm for children in care
University of Edinburgh
Medicalised maternities, markets and moralities in Bangladesh: Building academic foundations and transforming debates
University of Glasgow
Social sustainable diets: Supporting the transition to plant-based foods through close relationships
Heriot-Watt University
Developing the contribution of discursive psychology to sustainable business and circular economy research.
University of Edinburgh
Bittersweet: Living with sugar and kin in Edinburgh, Scotland
University of Strathclyde
Magdalene Asylums, Prostitution and Law in Scotland, 1797-1956.
University of Dundee
Education in its broadest sense: developing a socio-educational paradigm for children in care
University of Edinburgh
Medicalised maternities, markets and moralities in Bangladesh: Building academic foundations and transforming debates
University of Glasgow
Social sustainable diets: Supporting the transition to plant-based foods through close relationships
University of Edinburgh
Inscriptions and Erasures; Grief, Hope, and Rights: A Struggle for Truth and Justice for Disappearances in Postwar Sri Lanka
University of Strathclyde
(De)Colonising Outer Space: The New Space Economy, Asteroid Mining, and Ethnofuturist Engagements
University of Edinburgh
The Digital Geographies of Assistance-Dog-Human Partnerships
University of Stirling
Developing participatory research to understand health and treatment experiences of older women experiencing homelessness and substance use in the UK
University of St Andrews
Monuments and factories: Rethinking the Soviet past in wartime East Ukraine
University of Edinburgh
Change, Continuity, and Contestations: Framing Domestic Abuse Policy in Scotland Since 1998
University of Edinburgh
Understanding the social cognitive profiles of autistic bilinguals
University of Glasgow
The Gender Care Gap: EU Migration and Post-COVID Responses
University of St Andrews
Roaming the City of Illusions: understanding migrant trajectories through the use of Information and Communication Technologies
University of Edinburgh
Open and healthy research cultures: bringing insights into policy and practice
University of Strathclyde
International Trans and Intersex Activist Relationships: Ethics, Ethnodrama and Representation
University of Glasgow
Improving help-seeking in adolescence: the importance of mental health stigma and mental health literacy.
University of Edinburgh
Artful Sociologies: Exploring Avenues for Interdisciplinarity Between Sociology and the Art World
University of Glasgow
Women, Marriage and Law in Scotland: Historical and Legal Perspectives
University of St Andrews
Time and the Addict: An Anthropological Study of Time and Heroin Addiction in Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Selective citation and the shaping of scientific knowledge: Citation network analysis and the diet-heart debate
University of Strathclyde
Families – Inside Prison and Out: Young People’s Experiences of a Family Member’s Imprisonment
University of Edinburgh
Examining the aetiology, nature and consequences of depression in young people with a biosocial framework
University of Stirling
Community connectedness as a buffer against the effects of minority stress on mental health in the autistic population.
University of Stirling
“Choice, constraint and conditional citizenship: Analysing migrant homelessness within ‘crimmigation’ systems”
University of Edinburgh
Running at Full Capacity: Shifting the narrative on Ethiopian running and maximising its effects on development
University of Edinburgh
Developing an interactional model for question production: Evidence from Scots dialects
University of Edinburgh
A Muscular Christianity: The Church of Scotland Mission, Gikuyu, and the Question of the Body in Colonial Kenya c1906-c1938.
University of Stirling
‘It’s our anxiety that keeps them locked up.’ Protection for whom? Responding to the needs of ‘at risk’ young women in Scotland.
Future Fellows
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