John Brewer is to be awarded a Doctor of Social Science degree honoris causa in 2012 by the University of Brunel. The honorary degree is for service to social science. It marks the end of his three-year period as President of the British Sociological Association in June 2012 but recognises...

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John Brewer's new book is published by Oxford University Press on 2 December 2011. Entitled Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland it develops a conceptual framework for advancing the comparative analysis of religious peacebuilding by using Northern Ireland as a case study. It is based on a four-year...

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Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya delivered the keynote address at the "NEW AGENDAS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENT STUDIES CONFERENCE" at the National University Ireland, Maynooth on November 26, 2011. The conference was organized by Laurence Cox and Theresa O'Keefe on behalf of the Centre for Politics, Power and Society, Dept. of Sociology,...

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The National Student Survey is open to all final year undergraduate students across the UK to complete each year. It assesses how satisfied students are with the teaching they received in their degree programmes. The 2011 results have just been announced.
We are delighted to say that Sociology at Aberdeen has...

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Lecturer Andrew Glencross has been awarded an EU COST grant for a Short Term Scientific Mission at the Humboldt University, Berlin. This award is part of the EU COST Action: International Law between Constitutionalism and Fragmentation

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Department of Sociology and School of Social Science Strength in Research on Political Violence Highlighted at the 2011 European Consortium for Political Research Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
A five panel section on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Politics at the 2011 ECPR Conference featured Bernadette Hayes and John...

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Andrew Glencross, lecturer in PIR, has been awarded a grant for 21,000 euros by the European Commission as part of its Jean Monnet Programme to promote the study of EU integration. This is one of only eight such grants given to a UK university this year. Further information on this...

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Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya, founding co-chair, launched the European Social Movements Research Network at the Council for European Studies 2011 Conference in Barcelona. The Council promotes and recognizes outstanding, multidisciplinary research in European Studies through a range of programs, including conferences, publications, grants and awards, and is the leading academic...

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Laura Fowler, undertaking a PhD in sociology, funded by the Leverhulme Trust programme 'Compromise After Conflict' on victim support groups in Northern Ireland and their contribution to social capital development, has won a bursary from the College of Arts and Social Sciences in the University to attend a prestigious PhD...

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Laura Fowler, undertaking a PhD in sociology, funded by the Leverhulme Trust programme 'Compromise After Conflict' on victim support groups in Northern Ireland and their contribution to social capital development, has won a bursary from the College of Arts and Social Sciences in the University to attend a prestigious PhD...

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