2011
Two Million Euro Grant for Research on Social Studies of Finance
A team of researchers based mainly in the School of Social and Political Science has been awarded a grant of approximately 2.1. million Euros to research evaluation practices in financial markets. [24 Nov 2011]
Prof David McCrone's retiral reception 14 September 2011
A Personal Appreciation by Prof Frank Bechhofer [20 Oct 2011]
Prof David McCrone's retiral reception 14 September 2011
A Personal Appreciation by Prof Frank Bechhofer [13 Oct 2011]
Sociology student wins University Prize
Sir William Darling Memorial Prize awarded to Chloe Maclean [06 Oct 2011]
Tom Burns' last work available
‘Organisation and Social Order’, the final, unpublished work written by the Professor Tom Burns, one of the founders of the Department of Sociology at Edinburgh, is now available. [19 Sep 2011]
Book Festival Event: Surviving Adolescence
Angus Bancroft gives his thoughts on drugs and risk in adolescence [10 Aug 2011]
Angus Bancroft comments on the war on drugs
Angus Bancroft was interviewed by the Scotsman newspaper [07 Jun 2011]
Dr Michael Rosie contributes to debate over sectarianism
Dr Rosie appeared on BBC Radio 4's flagship 'Today' programme as well as on Newsnight Scotland on the 26th May 2011. [27 May 2011]
AcSS Fellowships for Two Sociology Staff
Two Edinburgh Sociology staff, Professor Donald MacKenzie and Professor Liz Stanley, have just been elected Fellows of the UK's prestigious Academy of Social Sciences. [29 Mar 2011]
Edinburgh Postgraduates' Professional Success
News of what our recent doctoral students are doing [11 Feb 2011]
Angus Bancroft's Drugs, Intoxication and Society reviewed
Drugs, Intoxication and Society will 'make a lasting contribution to the field' [11 Jan 2011]