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Dr Malcolm Harvey talks about the constitution
Dr Malcolm Harvey, from the School's Department of Politics and International Relations, provided an online event for the university's Alumni Association's recent event series. The event - "How Have Recent Events Shaped the UK's Constitutional Debate?" - was recorded and is now available to view on YouTube.
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Dr Natasha Danilova reports on Carnegie Trust project
Dr Natasha Danilova, from the School's Politics and International Relations department, has used a series of recent online events to disseminate research from her Carnegie Trust-funded project 'War Commemoration, Military Culture and Identity Politics in Scotland'. Dr Danilova, together with Dr Emma Dolan (formerly of the department, now University of Limerick)...
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Article by Dr Gearoid Millar Featured in Peace Science Digest
An article published by Dr Gearoid Millar has been featured in Peace Science Digest. 'Toward a trans-scalar peace system: challenging complex global conflict systems' was published in Peacebuilding earlier this year, and examines the ways that the discourse on peacebuilding has failed to respond adequately to critiques of peacebuilding practice. A project...
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Congratulations to the graduates and prize winners of 2020!
The School of Social Sciences would like to congratulate the entire graduating class of 2020 for their outstanding achievements and accomplishments over the course of their degrees. A special acknowledgement goes to the recipients of the departmental subject awards; Anthropology Hanna Louise: 'Most Successful Student in Anthropology' and also 'Best Anthropology Dissertation' (awarded...
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M.Litt Museum Studies Students Launch Virtual Museum Exhibition on "Safekeeping"
COVID-19 has radically transformed society, workplaces and even museums. Adapting in a 'new normal', University of Aberdeen's M.Litt in museum studies students launched their virtual exhibition on protection entitled: "Safekeeping". The link to this new exhibition can be found here. The exhibition's five sections consists of: 'Protecting the Self', 'Guarding Possessions',...
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Dr Samantha May wins Teaching Award
A second consecutive 'Best Undergraduate Supervisor' Award for Dr May.
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PhD student, Nolwazi Ncube, attends Commonwealth Futures workshop in South Africa
PhD student, Nolwazi Ncube, was selected out of a 170 applicants and was amongst 40 delegates from across the global to attend the Commonwealth Futures “Reimagining Peace workshop” in Durban, South Africa on the 11th to 14th of March 2020. She returned four days before the Republic closed its...
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SPOT project launches at the University of Aberdeen
Over the course of the next three years, the University of Aberdeen's SPOT project team, headed by Professor Claire Wallace (Chair in Sociology), will be studying the impact of both media tourism and COVID-19 on rural communities. The University of Aberdeen's SPOT project team is one of the 15 participating research...
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Dr. Manu Lekunze discusses African debt and COVID-19 on TV
Dr. Manu Lekunze, a teaching fellow at our School, was interviewed on Aljazeera’s ‘News Hour’ at 11.35 am on the 12th of May 2020. He discussed the cancellation of African debt to China due to the economic impact of Covid-19. During his televised interview Manu explained the difficulties China faces in...
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The School of Social Science celebrates Europe!
In cooperation with Alumni Relations a series of online activities will be planned to celebrate our European connections as part of Europe Day. Professor Claire Wallace, from the School of Social Science, will be leading a discussion on examining Europe’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and the future of the...