I'm hiring a Research Fellow to join the INSPIRE project.
Check info on the project and role here👇 Closing date: 21st May 2024
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📯📯 New blog on our webpage. Glasgow Life ‘s senior tourism manager Anna Young on Glasgow’s Tourism Strategy 2030. Take a 👀! ccse.uws.ac.uk/?p=4707 ℹ️🚇🧳

It has been a delight to work with colleagues from Scottish Parliament Information Centre and the Participation and Communities Team including Ailsa Burn-Murdoch, Laura Black, Ali Stoddart and Andrew Aitken over the last 6 months.

Here is the final output from my Academic Fellowship

In our latest guest blog, Dr Ruth Lightbody of Glasgow Caledonian University shares the key findings of her work looking at suggested key principles and a practice framework for @scotparl as it increases its use of deliberative engagement: ow.ly/Eeqy50Rm36q

There are a few places still left on our annual #qmethod workshop. It’s 4 sessions online, brilliantly taught by excellent and expert colleagues and equips new and early Q methodologists with all the basics. + time to discuss your own research 1-1. Highly recommend! @qmethod

Do you want to help support new students on the programme you're studying? 🤝

We're now recruiting Senior PALS for the next academic year, 2024-2025 📲

Senior PALS will be placed into WhatsApp groups later this year with those starting their journey at GCU. The groups provide a…

Community groups in Edinburgh are being offered free University room hire, thanks to a new scheme. Local groups will be able to hold meetings, workshops, events and even rehearsals without the financial burden of room hire costs. Edinburgh Local edin.ac/44h9CMN

🚨JOB🚨 we are advertising for one permanent lectureship in British politics at P&IR Edinburgh. Join a large, friendly, impactful & pluralist research cluster and department in one of the loveliest cities in the world, even when it rains.

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Festival for the Common Good 2024 is just around the corner! 🥳

Second year students from across GSBS are set to host 18 events between the 7th and 13th of April, allowing them to gain valuable career experience while raising money for charity 👏

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👋🏾Recruiting a Research Associate: 2 years from July 2024 for our Nuffield Foundation project 'Challenging Justice Inequalities with Children in Conflict with the Law' with CYCJ Scotland Strathclyde Law School and Strathclyde Institute of Education

Project Info: rb.gy/twlr7n

Apply: rb.gy/u6ti91

It was great to welcome Scottish Policy & Research Exchange to SocialScience_GSBS. We all got so much from the session. 😀These partnerships are important for students thinking about their own employability and impact. 💪

Thanks SPRE!

'Journal of Deliberate Democracy' from University of Westminster Press publishes articles that shape the course of scholarship on #deliberativedemocracy .
Explore Journal of Deliberative Democracy on #ScienceOpen scienceopen.com/collection/2bb…

Women accumulate significantly fewer citations over time or at the career level. This gender citation gap has been consistently observed across various fields, national contexts, and over time.

Delighted to see our work shared as I embark on maternity leave.

12 years and 5 babies on from 1st experiences of baby/toddler groups, this diverse and overlooked space continues to hold special interest.

#socialcapital #playgroups #research

Great being at #PSA24 to present our work on how diversity of expert witnesses can impact legitimacy perceptions of citizens assemblies! Co-authored with Stefanie Reher, Jen Roberts, Dr Ruth Lightbody, and Marco Reggiani

Almost time for the The Political Studies Association Conference!

I am presenting early findings from @BritishAcademy funded project on how playgroups create community wellbeing #knowledgeexchange , #socialcapital #womenswork Participatory & Deliberative Democracy @ PSA PSA Women & Politics Heather Oliver

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THREAD I am pleased to publish Who Owns Scotland 2024, the first comprehensive empirical analysis of landownership in Scotland since 2012. Thank you to the Guardian for covering the story 1/10 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

If you're heading to #PSA24 at University of Strathclyde then why not come along to our fantastic Women & Politics panels?!✨

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I am really looking forward to presenting on this PSA Women & Politics panel on Monday at the The Political Studies Association General Conference in Glasgow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The First 1001 Days Movement has just launched their Manifesto for Babies, urging political parties to prioritise infant wellbeing and development in their policies, and emphasising the need for immediate action to safeguard babies’ futures.

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