School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh

British Academy Lecture 2026 Living and writing anthropology: experiments in anthropological non-fiction Thursday 14 May • 5 PM - 7 PM Professor Emma Tarlo: 'Living and writing anthropology: experiments in anthropological non-fiction Registation: edin.ac/3PdlYCo

Join us on 15 May at 2:30pm when Dr Rhea Rahman presents and discusses her new book, ‘Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White’ with our Deputy Director Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma. Register here: edin.ac/49hxaog @uoessps

The decline and fall of Welsh Labour 2026 Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Monday, May 25 • 6 PM - 7:30 PM Join Professor Richard Wyn Jones for an insight into the future of Welsh politics. Book your place: edin.ac/4epNbfk

Economic insecurity linked with frailty in later life, study finds Older people who experience unstable finances, poor housing and fuel poverty are at increased risk of more rapid physical and mental decline as they age, a study suggests. edin.ac/4tRpL7z

AI fails to make inroads with cybercriminals, study finds Cybercriminals have been struggling to adopt AI in their work, reports a first-of-its-kind study that analysed a dataset of 100 million posts from underground cybercrime communities. edin.ac/4doFyET

Dr Kirsten Jenkins joins RSE’s new Research Leadership Scheme to support Scotland’s green future Kirsten – a Senior Lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society – will receive support under the scheme as part of the next generation of research leaders. edin.ac/4cydK0v

Electric car-sharing scheme shows vehicle-to-grid technology is ready to scale A new policy report finds that Utrecht’s vehicle-to-grid car-sharing project shows that EV batteries can deliver grid flexibility at scale and is a highly replicable model. edin.ac/4crWqKw

Inaugural lecture Professor Daniel Clegg Wednesday, May 6 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Not having a (proper) job, comparatively speaking Why is it that two similar capitalist economies can treat the exact same unemployed worker in completely different ways? edin.ac/4sBYUeP

Book Launch The love of books. Attachment to a changing cultural object 29 April 2026 2pm - 3.30pm Violet Laidlaw Room The Love of Books, by María Angélica Thumala Olave, examines the affective bond between people and books in the UK. edin.ac/4sJ6eok

SPS professor to deliver inaugural Trevor Pinch Memorial Lecture at Cornell Professor Steven Yearley from Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the School of Social and Political Science, will deliver his talk on Earth Day, 22 April 2026. edin.ac/4cmflGB

“170 Years of Change in Living Arrangements”: @ginevra_floridi & Esteve explore mortality decline in historical shifts at the pop level & encourage research in how growing lifespans shape arrangements.@uoessps @CEDemografia Advance Publication | Demography | Duke University Press

SPS subject areas climb in 2026 QS world subject rankings Five SPS subject areas have improved or maintained their standing among the world's leading universities, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. More: edin.ac/4teYonC

**CLOSING SOON** 1 Funded PhD Scholarship - Participative war, form and content Supervisor-led Closing date for applications: 20 April 2026 More information and application details: edin.ac/4hVNTAL

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and University of Edinburgh Scottish Elections 2026: Tax, spending and the economy 29 April, 6pm - 7.30pm Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Find out more: edin.ac/4t6Vscv

Building the distributed economy: Sociotechnical shaping of DiFi and DOA by developers and regulators Controversies in the Data Society Seminar Series 03 April 3:10pm - 5.30pm Find out more and book your spot: edin.ac/4rOleBu

CONTROVERSIES in the DATA SOCIETY Seminar Series Between Law and Technology Explainable AI and AI Assurance Friday, March 27 3.10pm - 5.30pm Find out more and register your place: edin.ac/4kZADwq

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ICYMI! Creative methods across disciplines: From peace building in Colombia to storytelling in Scotland. Co-badged with the Gender Politics Research Group. 24 March, 11am - 12.30pm, 1.12, Chrystal Macmillan Register: edin.ac/4rMccoJ

Just published: English translation of the report "Bridgebuilding: Nurturing Democracy amid Polarisation, Lessons from Colombia", coauthored with Karen Arteaga Garzón, Laura Acosta Hankin and Juliana Franco Calvo for @RodeemosDialogo with @uoessps: rodeemoseldialogo.org/wp-content/upl…

CONTROVERSIES in the DATA SOCIETY Seminar Series AI and the operationalisation of responsibility How do we responsibly domesticate new forms of computing? In this session we explore the options and challenges for building responsible AI. Booking: edin.ac/4qW4Yxi