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This week’s #SocSciHub bulletin looks at how art is building community resilience and what it means to live with a lifelong sentence in Scotland. Read and listen here: tinyurl.com/c3aajksb
Discover how creativity helps build community resilience in this new exhibition by Ailsa Mackay at the University of Glasgow, in partnership with the National Centre for Resilience and For Enjoyment CIC. Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/2tb8dkeb
📢 ICYMI: In yesterday's blog post, Dr Elisabeth Loose took a closer look at recent polls - including our own #UKYouthPoll - to find out whether young people in the UK would REALLY prefer dictatorship over democracy. Read it here:🔗 johnsmithcentre.com/news/research-… #GenZ @UofGSocSci
An innovative partnership between @UofGEducation and @UWTSD that supports educators across Welsh primary, secondary and special schools in implementing the Curriculum for Wales has been awarded £2million by the Welsh Government. More: gla.ac/3H7Egke
🚨 New blog alert! 🚨 Last month our Director @EddieBarnes23 attended Folkemødet, the Danish festival for democracy and dialogue, as part of a small delegation from Scotland there to ask a question: could we run a similar kind of event here? Read now:🔗johnsmithcentre.com/news/what-can-…
Tomorrow is the last chance to catch our ‘Building Resilient Communities Through Creative Thinking‘ exhibit on display at the @UofGARC. If you are in Glasgow, please pop by and see the thought-provoking works from community artists. View the brochure: ncr.glasgow.ac.uk/?p=2369
Get down to @UofGARC to see the FebCreates exhibition before it finishes – amazing display of creative thinking around #sustainability #resilience
We’re excited to launch our first community exhibition at the @UofGlasgow ARC from 19-25 July. 'Building Resilient Communities Through Creative Thinking' showcases 20 original works alongside 20 haikus by the UNESCO poet in residence, Tawona Sithole: gla.ac.uk/explore/glasgo…
In this episode, @RachelleCobain talks to Nicola Ceesay and Dr @margueritesch about Order for Lifelong Restrictions (OLR) in Scotland and the realities of living with a sentence that feels like it has no end. Listen on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/yfxnpm2u
The @RoyalSocEd has announced that 73 exceptional research projects were selected at the spring 2025 Research Awards open call – including 11 recipients from the University of Glasgow. Congratulations to everyone involved! More: gla.ac/3TX0DvL
Calling young women! 📢 @ElectHer_UK, @youngwomenscot and @OfficialSYP are coming together to host a Young Women and Democracy Summit, 19 Sep at @ScotParl. This is your chance to make your voice heard and help shape a better political future! Sign up🔗: eventbrite.com/e/young-women-…
There's just one month to go until our panel on #GenZ and Politics at the Festival of Politics! Join the discussion on young people's priorities for the future with @dannydorling, @LooseElisabeth and @EllieMSYP. 📅 21 Aug 2025 📍 @ScotParl 🎟️ festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festiva…
Great to see expert comments from our academics @JosephineAdeko5 @UofGasbs and Dr Mark Wong @UofGSPS in this article on reasons for lower vaccine uptake. Read more below👇
Why are ethnic minority groups falling behind on vaccines? bbc.in/4nZFv5M
📣 Vacancy open! We are looking for a Research Strategy Manager. The role will provide professional leadership and strategic direction for the development and delivery of the College of Social Sciences (CoSS) Research Service provision. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5xdtrexa
Dr Paul Reilly looks at recent violence in Northern Ireland, focusing on Ballymena, and how social media and political rhetoric fuel tensions. He calls for a more responsible, anti-racist narrative to prevent further unrest. Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/3xtn5m8m
Congratulations to Professor @MelAinscow on this prestigious and well-deserved award! @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci
🌟 BERA is delighted to announce that Professor @MelAinscow is the winner of the 2025 Equality in Education Award, in recognition of his exceptional and sustained contribution to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in education. Find out more: bera.ac.uk/news/bera-anno…
Four of our distinguished academics have been elected as new Fellows of @BritishAcademy_ 👏 Congratulations to: Prof Callum G Brown @UofGHumanities Prof Chris Philo @UofGGES Prof Jennifer Smith @UofGCritStudies Prof Satnam Virdee @UofGSPS More: gla.ac/4nUyKSH
What do you notice in your neighbourhood — a street tree, a puddle, a bird call?🌳 #communiMap invites Glaswegians to log everyday observations and turn them into community knowledge and climate action. Co-designed by UofG's @communiGALLANT + residents. spotteron.com/communimap/info
❗️CALLING RESEARCHERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS❗️ Our new-look Research & Insights platform can bring your work to life for a broader audience and generate impact. 📢Let’s bring research out of the ivory tower — and into public life! Find out more & submit: johnsmithcentre.com/research-insig…
The repatriation of a collection of cultural artefacts to Indonesia's Warloka community was facilitated by UofG's Dr Emiline Smith @UofGSPS. Find out more bit.ly/4m5wB57
📢 New SIPHER Paper in @Nature detailing harmonised dataset of 13 indicators on economic inclusion across nearly 8K wards in Great Britain (2019–21). Built using admin + synthetic data to support inclusive, data-driven policy & research. Read rdcu.be/ewCl5