Granite
Granite is the first postgraduate interdisciplinary journal of Aberdeen University. The journal has been established by students for students.
This open access journal is designed to give postgraduate students of the University of Aberdeen a place to publish their work and to provide them with experience of the publishing process.
The members of the editorial team will have the opportunity to organize symposiums and become active on the review and editorial levels of Granite journal.
Any postgraduate student who wish to submit a paper or be a member of the editorial board will make a substantial contribution to the development and success of the journal. Interested participants should email the Journal editor through granite@abdn.ac.uk.
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Call for Papers
Crossing Borders: International Collaboration and Cooperation in Research
The Editorial Board is pleased to invite graduate students (PGR and PGT) to submit papers for consideration in our upcoming journal.
Abstract deadline: March 10th, 2024.
Manuscript submission deadline: June 6th, 2024.
While global tensions appear to be growing, the need for inter-state harmony and cooperation to avoid further conflict and address trans-national issues such as the climate crisis has never been greater. The rapid development of innovative vaccines to fight COVID shows how international cooperation in research can be harnessed for the global good.
In this spirit of collaborative innovation, our next issue seeks to promote the benefits of cross-border cooperation. We equally encourage papers which specifically focus on cross-border academic research and submissions on broader topics such as international relations, climate and energy challenges, and any issue with global or cross-border implications.
We welcome submissions from all disciplines and especially encourage interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- Conflict resolution and peace
- Responses to global environmental and energy challenges
- Immigration, trans-national and multiethnic identities
- Refugee resettlement and integration
- Just transition to post-industrial economies worldwide
- Global food policy and distribution
- Restitution strategies, re-examining colonialism, and the heritage sector
- Cross-border development of methodologies and theories throughout history
- Innovative research across international academic institutions
- The practicalities of working internationally or on multi-national research teams
- Issues relating to language barriers in research and/or the role of multilingualism in crossing cultural borders.
Granite Journal is open to submissions from ALL disciplines. We aim to showcase papers from PGT and PGRs within each of the University’s 12 Schools.
Collaborative submissions with postgraduates, undergraduates, and academics from international institutions are encouraged.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to granite@abdn.ac.uk by 23:59
on March 10th, 2024.
Deadline for manuscript submission will be June 6th, 2024.
We also welcome informal enquiries/questions about the theme and the suitability of any potential papers.
Please note, manuscripts from individuals who have not previously submitted an abstract will still be considered for publication; however, we cannot guarantee acceptance of an article is an abstract has not been approved.
Original research articles must be 4,000-6,000 words excluding abstract, bibliography, and appendices. Commentaries and letters to the editor must be 1,500-2,000 words.
- Granite Vol. 8, Issue 1. 'Breaking the Boundaries: Interdisciplinary research approaches and methods'
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- Kane, L., Allan-Jones, A., Davidson, G., Koster, L., Tomlinson, L., and Underwood, D. (2023).
'Editorial: The Challenges of Interdisciplinary Publishing.' Granite 8(1). - Bakth, N. N. (2023).
'How are Bangladeshi migrants adapting to Scottish schooling? A case study in the city of Aberdeen.’ Granite 8(1). - Clark, I. (2023).
‘Aquinas’ Malware: How old theologies can shape the ethical use of new weapons.’ Granite 8(1). - Morris, J. (2023).
‘The Divine Science.’ Granite 8(1). - Panaitescu, C-T., Wu, K., Tanino, Y., and Starkey, A. (2023).
'Applying Green AI methods to Digital Rock Technology workflows.’ Granite 8(1). - Lentz-Meyer, M. (2023).
'An interdisciplinary approach to the legal history of Northern Ireland (1921 – 1948): Methods and sources.’ Granite 8(1). - ‘Ita, S. (2023).
‘Take a Seat: The high-seat as a dual-gendered space in pre-Christian Scandinavia.’ Granite 8(1). - Durden, A. (2023).
'The Comparative Method in religious studies.’ Granite 8(1).
- Kane, L., Allan-Jones, A., Davidson, G., Koster, L., Tomlinson, L., and Underwood, D. (2023).
- Volume 7, Issue 1 2022
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- Garner, E & Yool, C (2022). Editorial: Cross-discipline approaches to health and well-being.
- Farisa Dania Binti Mat Zahid et al (2022). The impact of coronavirus-related lockdowns on air quality in England and Scotland.
- Black, A (2022). Even in death she is beautiful: Confronting tuberculosis in art, literature and medicine.
- Ewen, J (2022). A coastal criminological exploration: Approaching urban industrial strain using visual sensory methods in Aberdeen.
- Leonardi, L (2022). The importance of accurate medical translation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Young, C (2022). A systematic review of co-designed community interventions to improve well-being and the assessment of the tools utilised.
- Volume 6: Issue 1 - Engaging the Public: Past, Present and Future
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- Editorial, Engaging the Public in Times of Change
- Going Virtual The Rise of the Post Internet Museum, Ashleigh Black
- Lifeboats in cities engaging the public through a cross class, charitable appeal, Catherine Malvina Smith
- Making your PhD research stronger - A researcher’s reflections on undertaking patient and public involvement (PPI), Stefanie Doebl
- The Western Wall during the British Mandate of Palestine Politics, strategies, struggles, Umur Kosal
- Volume 5, Issue 1:2021
- Volume 4, Issue 1:2020 - Towards a Sustainable Society
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- Exploring beyond the green economy spectrum, Flood, pp. 1-9
- Towards a Progressive Discourse on Climate Action and Sustainability, Yeboah, pp. 10-18
- The Afforestation of upland slopes in the United Kingdon a food security threat or environmental opportunity. Reilly, pp. 19-26
- How social distancing has renewed our love for nature, and what it means for a sustainable future, Baillie, pp. 27-36
- Work-Life Balance of Women Employees, Alqahtani, pp. 37-42
- Volume 3, Issue 2: 2019 - Gender Issues and How They Affect Human Lives
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Gender Issues and How They Affect Human Lives
- Editorial Introduction to Special issue on Gender issues and how they affect human lives, Bodunrin, pp 1-5
- Small Steps, Loud Voices The Fight for Equal Education in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Black, pp 6-11
- Hysterical Women Pain Bias and Epistemic Injustice in Medicine, Macphee, pp 12-19
- Walayah (Guardianship) The Authority Over A Woman’s Choice in Marriage, Farooq, pp 20-27
- Gendered Bodies and Power Dynamics The Relation between Toxic Masculinity and Sexual Harassment, Wikstrom, pp 28-33
- Barriers to Women's Leadership, Alqahtani, pp 34-41
- Accounting for gender inequalities in the UK workplace; regulations and corporate disclosures, Tagoe, pp 42-52
- Digitisation and women in the workforce Exploring the impact of the gig economy on female ‘participation’, Adebiyi, pp 53-65
- The Huge Improvement in the Status of Women in China since 1949, Hongie, pp 66-72
- Volume 3, Issue 1: 2019
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Research in Modern Society: Addressing Global Challenges
- Editorial Research in Modern Society Addressing Global Challenges, Bodunrin, pp 1-3
- The phenomenon of work and non-work boundaries in the Age of Information, Rubio, pp 4-13
- Past financial crises and early signal of future occurrence, Shobande, pp 14-21
- Multi-scale FEA-based reliability analysis framework for FRP composites, Omairey, pp 22-28
- Volume 2, Issue 2: 2018
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Migration of Asylum seekers and refugees
- Volume 2, Issue 1: 2018
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Special issue: 2nd Granite Postgraduate Symposium Proceedings - Between using and abusing our planet
- Editorial - Introduction, Despina Yiakoumi & Simone Haarbosch, Page 1 - 3
- Undertaking research at the interface between disciplines: questions of purpose, method, and possibilities, Dr. Laura Colucci-Gray, Page 4 - 15
- A New Veganism: How Climate Change Has Created More Vegans, Leanne Cooper, Page 16 - 24
- The Challenges of Climate Change to Energy Transitions Research, Kathryn Wolfley, Page 15 - 30
- Breaking Bread or Being Broken by Bread?, Rev. Dr. Anthony J. Stiff, Page 31 - 37
- Volume 1: 2017
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Issue 1: 1st Granite Postgraduate Symposium- Engaging the Intersections of Humanity and Technology Proceedings
- Editorial, Introduction, Claire Hein Blanton, p. 5-6
- The Judgments We Make: Justice in a Digitized World, Michael Morellip, 7-10
- The Era of Big Data:A Big Change to Human Interaction, Aliyu Usman Ahmad, p. 11-13
- The Use of Technology for Further Consideration of a Standing Stone Circle, Nicolle Sturdevant, p. 14-19
- The Rise and Fall of Vaporwave: Resistance and Sublimation in on-line Counter-Cultures, Paul Fleetwood p. 20-23
Issue 2: School of Geosciences 2016 Postgraduate Conference Proceedings
- Sequence stratigraphic controls of clastic diagenesis: Preliminary studies of analogue res-ervoirs from the Salton Trough, San Joaquin Basin, California
- Sunday E. Okunuwadje, p. 24-25
Issue 3: Northeast Postgraduate History Conference Papers