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Listen to our colleague Dr Orian Brook talk CeLSIUS about Britain’s cultural and creative industries and whether they are open to all as some say or whether they remain dominated by the privileged few. shorturl.at/fyCLT

📢Without enough student volunteers we will not be able to run Peer Learning and Support schemes to their full capacity - resulting in many students missing out on key opportunities. Consider signing up today to enhance the university community 👇 eusa.link/PLSBecomeALead…

New article with the wonderful @kathrin_lauber @GHPUEdinburgh in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, a commentary on the amazing work by @GemmaMi38728064 and McCambridge revealing alcohol industry influence at NIAAA via FOI documentary analysis: jsad.com/doi/full/10.15… #cdoh

After sorting prompts for a set of small group interviews, I'm on my way to Bochum and Leipzig to carry out research on how Germans understand and talk about economic narratives with @TobiasSpoeri in our d|part Think Tank project (in cooperation with Forum New Economy). I'm very excited

Inaugural lecture by Professor Nick Prior: 'Ok Computer? Popular music in the digital age' 24 May 5.15pm - 7.30pm Teviot Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School Find out more: edin.ac/3KGqhje

📢The SPA is inviting applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the journal Social Policy & Society (SocialPolicy&Society). Play a key role in a leading social policy journal! ⏰Application deadline is 5pm, Friday 12 May. Info: social-policy.org.uk/journals/socia…

Could there be a more deserving nominee for a Teaching Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Justice and #Sustainability than @eebomberg? If so, we can't think who. Sending congratulations to our remarkable School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh colleague. And the Edinburgh University Students' Association Award goes to ... 🏆

Scottish Election Study Scottish Election Study 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️ Annual Lecture Prof Maria Sobolewska (Manchester) Maria Sobolewska 🇺🇦 Race and ethnicity in politics: Is Scotland different? 17 May 6-7:30pm U of Edinburgh, Old College Usha Kasera lecture theatre (rm 1.264) Eventbrite: edin.ac/41ZgDPY

The CRFR is happy to share this Q&A with our newest Co-Directors, Michelle King-Okoye and Kaveri Qureshi. Click below to read about Michelle's and Kaveri's amazing work so far, and their plans for the future. Kaveri Qureshi crfr.ac.uk/newest-crfr-co…

And if you'd like this to be YOUR walk to work - and you are an academic working on public policy - then please apply to join us. We're hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy. Closing day: May 15th. jobs.ac.uk/job/CZD096/lec…

My article in The Conversation is out today, talking about #DomesticViolence, about the Home Office 'leaving fund' pilot, and about structural barriers facing women who try to leave an abuser. theconversation.com/the-uk-is-offe… Nuffield Foundation

Today Olaf van Vliet presented a working paper (c/o Lars van Doorn) on worker skills and climate attitudes to the Work, Economy and Welfare group at Edinburgh Uni UoE Social Policy. It was a very interesting discussion and I learned a lot, thankyou! EconomicsLeiden PA - LU

Our next FRiED online seminar is Wed 24th May 13.00 - 14.00. Benjamin Selwyn of Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 will critique the environmental upgrading in global value chains, focusing on the soy-beef complex. More details here: sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

We've learned so much about how people in Germany make sense of economic debates and narratives during our group interviews in Bochun and Leipzig last week. Now the analysis begins for our d|part Think Tank and Forum New Economy project. A huge thanks to all participants!

TOMORROW: Scottish Election Study: Annual lecture 2023 Race and ethnicity in politics: Is Scotland different? Wednesday 17 May 6pm - 7.30pm Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre (Old College) Booking: edin.ac/41ZgDPY

📣 Join us for our next RACE.ED online seminar! 'Let Me Tell You a Story': Liberal #Diversity Narratives in Electoral #Politics' with Laura Kwak of Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies 📅 23 May, 4-5.30pm BST 📍 Online (Zoom) School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Shaira Vadasaria Register at ➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/liberal-dive…

@niccolodurazzi from School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh and UoE Social Policy will present a seminar on "Embedding skill bias: Technological change, labour market institutions, and the skill bias in wages and benefits" this Thursday May 25th! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/57f29…

Working on our d|part Think Tank (Open Society–Europe and Central Asia) project on decision maker views on democratic renewal with exciting workshop sessions in Paris (with Neele Eilers François-Xavier Demoures & DanKenealy from UoE Social Policy/School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh). Sharing insights from research interviews in Germany, France and UK

There’s still time to get in your proposals for ‘Cultural Policy & Cultural Democracy: A #GlobalDialogue’ The first #CulturalTrends event of its kind & takes place 28-30 Nov ’23 in Santiago de Chile. Call for papers in English/ Spanish: tinyurl.com/ybfh7r6y Deadline 19th June

Check out our colleague @akinci_idil's new article about the relationship between geopolitics, citizenship, and immigration. A useful and informative thread👇 ... And the full article in International Migration Review (IMR) is at shorturl.at/dixNV.