School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh

👏 A brilliant final contribution from @niceonecombo — this collection of student blog posts from the political behaviour course is full of sharp, thoughtful insights. Well worth exploring! Thank you for everything — you'll be greatly missed! 💛

The last thing I did at @EdinburghPIR and @uoessps, was create this site for the best blog posts from the political behaviour course that I ran: blogs.ed.ac.uk/political_beha… There's some truly excellent stuff on a range of topics (see below). Well worth a read, in my opinion!

Pleased to share a brand new episode of Money Power Health with wonderful Dr Nicola Dennis and @ChantalEdge on prisons, justice and health in the UK: open.spotify.com/episode/48CgI8… Available on Apple, Spotify, Google podcasts. @uoessps @PHIUK_News @ADPHUK @UKHSA @OHID @CDRG_LSHTM

New article in @GlobalHealthBMJ with Emily Adrion and Jeff Collin (0$): gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/… "Who funds the WHO Foundation? A transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation" @uoessps @CDRG_LSHTM @corporateeurope

Delighted to join the Scientific Advisory Committee of @examinationnews, an independent nonprofit newsroom that investigates preventable health threats and empowers people in harms way. Find out more about its investigations at theexamination.org @uoessps @PHIUK_News #CDoH

Who funds the WHO Foundation? New report by SPS academics Nason Maani, Emily R Adrion and Jeff Collin. The WHO Foundation was established with the aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO. gh.bmj.com/content/10/7/e…

Producing but Not Consuming? Food Provisioning in Remote, Rural Areas of the UK New report by SPS academics Isabel Fletcher and Ann Bruce People who live in the rural areas of England and Scotland rely on supermarkets which are often a distance away edin.ac/40AiJr3

Decline in UK childhood vaccine uptake New editorial published by The BMJ, co-authored by SPS academic Ben Kasstan-Dabush In England, none of the childhood vaccine programmes attained World Health Organization-recommended 95% coverage target in 2023-24. bmj.com/content/390/bm…

🤔 What's the point of democratic innovation? Can it address crurrent crises and build democracies for the future? 💡In this new article Adrian Bua and I argue that the field needs to strengthen its change-making orientation and capacity. Open access 👉🏼 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

U.S. private health industry lobby group uses marketing and publicity strategies similar to Big Tobacco More: edin.ac/4eWxEBN

Dr Philip Rathgeb wins Titmuss Award for book on radical right Dr Rathgeb's book offers a thorough examination of the socio-economic consequences when radical right parties hold power. More: edin.ac/3TM8Ti3

🚨New episode of the Money Power Health podcast out this week with the wonderful Dr Gayle Amul, on being a pracademic, and her journey conducting impactful public health research on unhealthy commodity producers in SE Asia. open.spotify.com/episode/2OqunI… @PHIUK_News #CDoH @uoessps

Thanks to Kendra Chow for leading us on this new article in PLOS Global Public Health on how the private healthcare industry paid for Meta political ads to undermine UHC support in the US #CDoH @PHIUK_News @uoessps @CDRG_LSHTM @pahowho @ journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

New article with Rebecca Glover, Kathrin Lauber and Olivia Brown: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph… - (Re)acting (to) the crisis: A comparative analysis of crisis framing in obesity, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and the UK cost-of-living crisis" #CDoH @uoessps @LSHTM

How and why do friendships last across sometimes deep cultural differences? Read the latest article by CRFR Co-Director Shruti Chaudhry, published this week in the Sociological Review: buff.ly/TuxAp1U @BSA_FARGroup @uoessps

Congratulations to our very own Hammed Kayode Alabi on winning the Being Edinburgh Alumni Award 2025! A graduate of the MSc Africa and International Development programme (2021) and now a staff member at the University of Edinburgh. Read more: edin.ac/4eHwqdt

Congratulations SPS 2025 prize winners! #EdinburghGrad

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science is proud to award an honorary doctorate to Dr. Abla Amawi today. This recognises her exceptional work as a scholar, public servant, and international policy expert. Read more: edin.ac/4lombNZ

Congratulations to all SPS students graduating today. We wish you every success in the future, wherever your paths may take you.

A book by School of Social and Political Science (SPS) academic Professor Kate Wright received honours from international communications organisations for its important insights into Donald Trump and the state-media network Voice of America (VOA). ➡️ edin.ac/40nDQwx