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Aberdeen retains 12th place ranking in Guardian University Guide
The latest Guardian University Guide has reaffirmed that the University of Aberdeen is amongst the top ranked universities in the UK.
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Professor Alex Kemp recognised as 'outstanding social scientist' with Fellowship
The University of Aberdeen's Professor Alex Kemp is one of 45 outstanding social scientists welcomed as new Fellows by the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Social Science PhDs attend the first post-Covid writing retreat
This past July, a group of thirteen PhD students from across the School of Social Science, and one staff member, participated in a two day writing retreat in the Cairngorms. In what was the first School writing retreat organised in the post-Covid-19 era, the students were coached to the small,...
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Professor Gearoid Millar awarded RSE Personal Research Fellowship
Professor Gearoid Millar has been awarded a Personal Research Fellowship by The Royal Society of Edinburgh in recognition of his exceptional research project, entitled ‘21st Century Peace Work: Facing Complex Challenges’. Against the backdrop of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine two years later, the proliferation of AI...
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Aberdeen 1st in Scotland for Anthropology in student satisfaction in NSS
Aberdeen has been ranked 1st in Scotland for Overall Satisfaction and 3rd in the UK for Student Positivity in Anthropology, according to the National Student Survey 2024.
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Solar Planning UK launches its new website!
The Solar Planning UK project is an UKRI / ESRC funded scientific project with the aim to better understand policy planning processes for ground mounted solar photovoltaic farms at local authority level. The project is conducted by an interdisciplinary team of political scientists, anthropologists, and geographers at the University of...
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Think tank receives international honours
The Third Generation Project (TGP), an international think tank co-founded by a University of Aberdeen academic, has been recognised by the 2024 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship.
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Professor Gearoid Millar co-authors paper in Qualitative Research
Professor Gearoid Millar's latest co-authored article has been published in the journal, Qualitative Research. The study, entitled, 'Participatory action research in neoliberal academia: An uphill struggle', is co-authored with Matías Volonterio (University of Cambridge), Dr Lídia Cabral (Institute for Development Studies), Dr Iva Peša (University of Groningen), and Dr Melanie Levick-Parkin (Sheffield-Hallam University). In the paper, the authors share their experiences...
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Aberdeen climbs into UK top 10 and World Top 50 in new Impact rankings
The University of Aberdeen has been named within the top 10 universities in the UK and top 50 in the world in the new Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
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UArctic Chair David Anderson presents on Science Diplomacy
A high profile round-table of UArctic Chairs debated the current state of science diplomacy in the Arctic, and the impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Arctic science and politics at the recent Arctic Congress