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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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The University of Aberdeen stands with Ukraine
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, Professor George Boyne, the Principal of the University, published an open letter condemning the invasion as well as announcing actions taken in support of Ukraine. These actions included the University suspending its bilateral agreements with Russian organisations indefinitely and calling on international sector...
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Congratulations to the prize winners of the 2021-2022 graduating class!
The School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen would like to congratulate the prize winners of the 2021-2022 graduating class for their outstanding academic output and success. Four prizes for best subject dissertation in anthropology, international relations, politics and sociology were awarded to Annie Nichol (studying anthropology), Zuzanna...
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University represented at UArctic Assembly
An Aberdeen academic was in Portland, Maine, last week to share his thoughts on science diplomacy and the post-carbon future as the 2022 UArctic Assembly got underway.
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Dr. Dan Paget and Dr. Stuart Durkin win Excellence Awards
The School of Social Science would like to congratulate two of its staff members: Dr. Dan Paget and Dr. Stuart Durkin (in conjunction with Dr. Joy Perkins) for their outstanding performance at this year's Excellence Awards. Dr. Dan Paget, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, received this year's award for "Outstanding Innovation...
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The Department of Anthropology Department ranks in the global top 100 QS ranking
The University of Aberdeen's Department of Anthropology, has yet again continued its tradition of teaching and research excellence placing in the world's top 100 universities offering the subject in 2022. The Department's strongest category within the QS global ranking was its performance in the H-index citation research category - outpacing...
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Dr Ilia Xypolia's Latest Article in Diplomacy & Statecraft
Dr Ilia Xypolia has published her latest paper in the Diplomacy & Statecraft, entitled 'Imperial Bending of Rules: The British Empire, the Treaty of Lausanne, and Cypriot Immigration to Turkey'.