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Professor Gearoid Millar to co-present at ISA
Professor Gearoid Millar will present two co-authored papers at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Montreal this week, with Dr Manu Lekunze (Politics and International Relations, Aberdeen) and Dr Sukanya Podder (King's College London). The first panel will take place on March 15, during which Dr Lekunze and Prof. Millar...
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MSc Criminology and Sociology - New Masters Programme announced for 2023
The Department of Sociology has announced a new programme commencing in September 2023 that will examine criminal justice and punishment, but also how individuals and communities perceive and respond to adverse conditions and deviant behaviour.
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PhD Student Awarded Joint Traditional Dance Residency
Shailini Vinod, a PhD student in Creative Writing and Sociology has been awarded the competitive Traditional Dance Forum Scotland (TDFS) Join Traditional Dance Residency. After responding to an open call for submissions, Shailini partnered with her daughter, Shashwati Pattwakar Vinod, to submit an entry that draws on their expertise in professional Indian...
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Shailini Vinod Delivers Talk at the University of Duisburg Essen
Shailini Vinod, a SGSAH-AHRC funded PhD student in Creative Writing and Sociology, has participated in the Spring School at the University of Duisburg Essen, and delivered a paper drawn from her thesis. Part of the Mercator Research Training Group, the school, Openness, Tolerance and Sense of Community: Narratives and Realities of Contemporary...
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Just Transitions Lab Meets MSP Richard Lochhead
Dr John Bone and fellow researchers from the Just Transitions Lab at the University of Aberdeen have met with MSP Richard Lochhead to discuss the current energy crisis and the impact of energy transitions on communities in North-East Scotland. The Scottish Government Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work visited the Old...
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Dr John Bone Discusses Neoliberal Precarity and Primalization
Dr John Bone participated in an interview with the research platform, Faculti, discussing his 2021 paper, 'Neoliberal precarity and primalization: A biosocial perspective on the age of insecurity, injustice, and unreason'. In the article, published in The British Journal of Sociology, Bone draws a connecting line between the growing sense of...
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Dr Gearoid Millar, Moritz Ehrmann to give a talk on the Power of Narratives in Conflict in Iraq
Dr Gearoid Millar and Moritz Ehrmann (ASPR), will present the second paper in this semester’s Sociology Seminar Series on February 23, looking at the findings from their recent paper, ‘The Power of Narratives in Conflict and Peace: The Case of Contemporary Iraq’. In their talk, Millar and Ehrmann demonstrate the complexities...
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Professor Louise Locock to Deliver Opening Paper at Sociology Seminar Series
Professor Louise Locock will open this semester's Sociology Seminar Series with her paper, entitled 'Drawing straight lines along blurred boundaries: Qualitative research, PPI in medical research, coproduction and co-design', to be held jointly online and on campus on February 9. In the paper, Professor Locock explores how different approaches to active...
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Najla Alakri to Deliver Paper on the Role of Women in Bahraini Society
Najla Alakri will deliver the fourth, and final, paper in the Department of Sociology's Seminar Series, entitled '“I’m independent but not totally, and that’s fine”: The Role of Women in Bahraini Society', to be held jointly online and on campus on December 1. In the paper, Najla explores the need to...
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Krzysztof Adamczyk to Deliver Paper on Social Mobility experience
Krzysztof Adamczyk will deliver the third paper in the Department of Sociology's Seminar Series, entitled 'Mixed Method Approaches for Studying Social Mobility Experience: The Case of Aberdeen', to be held jointly online and on campus on November 24. In the paper, Krzysztof explores the ways that methodological approaches have evolved in their approach to...