‘Urban Life, The Untold Dimension of Happiness’

We are indeed aware of some spatial forces behind our actions, or for that matter, inactions. No one has ever doubted how doors enable us to move through, a possibility that a solid wall robs us from. In fact, we are so intrinsically adapted to architectural manipulations, no one is shrinking from how decisive architecture […]

New Doctoral Training Centre for Artificial Intelligence to enhance training opportunities for PhDs

SGSSS is thrilled to be partnering with a new Centre for Doctoral Training aimed at developing the next generation of experts in artificial social intelligence.   The UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Social Intelligent Artificial Agents (SOCIAL) brings together researchers from the University of Glasgow’s Schools of Computing Science and Psychology and the Institute […]

Business Skills Boosted

A pilot training programme designed for social science PhD students to build skills and confidence for working with and engaging industry has successfully completed. SGSSS designed the programme in partnership with colleagues at the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, working with the training provider Skillfluence, who delivered three workshops over four days between October […]

Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Competition 2019 – Now Live!

SGSSS are pleased to announce the 2019 Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Competition – Enter to earn the chance to win and iPad, and £500 towards developing your knowledge exchange and impact Open to all social science PhD students registered at SGSSS member institutions, regardless of funder, the competition reflects the growing need for social […]

Spring into Methods 2019 – Now accepting applications to attend workshops

Spring into Methods is an interdisciplinary, and cohort building programme, giving PhD researchers across Scotland, studying for a PhD in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences, the chance to apply to attend 2½-day research methods training events. Click the button below to see the full list of workshops and information on how to apply. More […]