๐ฃ PhD opportunity
๐ก Explore the relationship between disability & school-to-work transitions
๐ฐ Fully funded
๐ค Open to home & international students
๐ Work with @serena-pattaro.bsky.social @moragtreanor.bsky.social & @charlp.bsky.social
โฐ Info & apply by 30 April: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
๐ฃ Article alert!
New excellent piece on predictors of school absence among secondary school pupils in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ from our very own @silviab.bsky.social, @moragtreanor.bsky.social & colleagues ๐ช
Read #OpenAccess in British Educational Research Journal: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Glasgowโs traffic congestion is costing bus users an estimated ยฃ24m a year, finds new research by @ubdc.bsky.social commissioned by First Bus.
The study was led by @drdpmcarthur.bsky.social Dr Fiona Crawford and Dr Jose Rafael Verduzco-Torres @uofgussp.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
๐Congratulations to USSP's Mark Stephens and colleagues on the launch of the UK Housing Review 2026, a long-standing collaboration between @cihhousing.bsky.social and @glasgow.ac.uk. Explore and download the review ๐ www.ukhousingreview.org.uk/ukhr26/index...
Join USSP's @profellenstu.bsky.social and experts on 15 April as they reflect on fourโnations health policy, sharing insights on how the NHS in Scotland fits into wider UK health policy debates.
...๐ท๏ธ @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
๐ PhD opportunity!
๐ Explore social security uptake & child poverty among labour migrants & minoritised ethnic groups in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
๐ฒ Fully funded
๐ Work with @annagawlewicz.bsky.social, @profsharonwright.bsky.social & @markwong.bsky.social
โฐ Info & apply by *21 April*: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
๐ฃ Joint @sydney.edu.au - @glasgow.ac.uk PhD!
๐ก Examine how knowledge systems shape planetary health governance in Southeast Asia
๐ฒ Fully funded
๐ Work with Sonja van Wichelen, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social, Sophie Chao & Emiline Smith
โฐ Info & apply by *21 April*: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
๐ข PhD opportunity at @uofgussp.bsky.social & @sydney.edu.au
๐ Explore administrative burden in energy systems in ๐ฆ๐บ & ๐ฌ๐ง
๐ฐ Fully funded
๐ช Work with @harrimus.bsky.social, Lee White, Assel Mussagulova & Hannah Salamon
๐๏ธ Info & apply by *21 April*: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
๐ฃ Study with us at @uofgussp.bsky.social
๐ Explore the link between school non-attendance, transport mode & educational outcomes
๐ฐ Fully funded
๐ช Work with @moragtreanor.bsky.social, @drdpmcarthur.bsky.social & @silviab.bsky.social
๐๏ธ Details & apply by *15 April*: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
๐ฃ PhD opportunities!
๐ค Paid supervisor-led PhD projects
๐ Brand-new PhD in Social & Public Policy: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
The PhD projects span a range of disciplinary areas, supervisory teams & T&Cs - with different closing dates, so make sure to check each project carefully.
๐ Info ๐
๐ข ๐ข ๐ข We are in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy and are recruiting for a research assistant (Glasgow University G7) to join us in our research using administrative data on inequalities in children and young people's education. Please do share this fantastic opportunity widely!
๐ฃ Join us!
Contribute to cutting-edge, policy-focused research at @scadrdata.bsky.social using linked administrative datasets related to education ๐
๐ค Full time, up to 30mts
๐๏ธ Closing 13 Apr 2026
Contact @moragtreanor.bsky.social for enquiries about the role
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX709/r...
The UK is "very far" from being able to safely roll out artificial intelligence (AI) across the public sector. Speaking to @scotnational.bsky.social Dr Mark Wong raised concerns about social risks associated with poorly regulated AI.
www.thenational.scot/news/2594381...
Looking forward to contributing to this next month.
'Changing childhoods and protecting parents' - our priorities for Scotland's new government after the May elections.
๐ ๐ฃ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ New Changing Realities briefing: ๐ฃ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ โฌ๏ธ
www.changingrealities.org/writings/our...
New publication: โZine-ingโ research otherwise: care, joy, and creative co-design with racially marginalised communities from @markwong.bsky.social , Dr Ankita Mishra, and Aunam Quyoum.
@uofgussp.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk
Read it now open access at: doi.org/10.1332/3050...
Looking back at the first public lecture of the Just City by the Med Research Network, co-organized with the Urban Studies and Social Policy (@uofgussp.bsky.social) Seminar Series at the University of Glasgow, which took place on 10 December 2025 in Glasgow.
Article alert ๐ฃ
New, brillinat piece on how home/hybrid working has reshaped the housing market value of public transport accessibility from our own Michail Georgiou, @nickbailey37.bsky.social @rafa-vdz.bsky.social & a colleague Annamaria Nizi ๐
#OpenAccess in EPB now ๐ doi.org/10.1177/2399...
@uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
๐ขUSSP Seminar alert
@gabriel-silvestre.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social will join us for a screening of his debut film 'A Place in the City' & discussion with Ross Beveridge.
๐Wed 4th March
๐ฐ๏ธ3.30 to 5.00pm
๐Room 210, 42 Bute Gardens
All welcome.
View trailer ๐ฌhttps://bit.ly/470xcjb
An image of the title of The Conversation article: From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogota, cities showcase new ways to address crises
๐ขOur colleagues Ross Beveridge and @drewankerr.bsky.social have contributed to an article in @theconversation.com that reports provisional findings from the SSHRCโESRC funded project: Multi-Level Crisis Governance in Canada and the UK: Seeing Crisis Governance Like a City ๐โถ๏ธhttps://bit.ly/4ce553v
Great news for our USSP colleagues ๐
๐จ Job opportunity at USSP ๐จ
Work across 2๏ธโฃ grants - nine months with @profellenstu.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social on their work package of Policy Modelling for Health, followed by nine months with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social's @changingrealities.bsky.social team.
๐ For details ๐
New edited collection from our own @drewankerr.bsky.social & colleagues ๐
COVID-19 didnโt just disrupt daily life - it reshaped state-society relations. This explores how crisis governance transformed the dynamics between governments, civil society & social movements.
๐ brill.com/display/titl...
A new way of classifying building energy efficiency that could benefit households and address the global net-zero carbon agenda has been developed by @glasgow.ac.uk and
@cam.ac.uk
Prof Qunshan Zhao @ubdc.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social
led the research.
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
๐ Changing Realities has been celebrated as a 2026 @bigissue.com changemaker for our work in the politics and activism category ๐ @uofgussp.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk www.bigissue.com/news/activis...
Huge congrats to our own Dr Mingyu Zhu on being awarded the Smart Data Research Fellowship ๐๐ช
Mingyu's project will use smart meter, housing & weather data to identify unhealthy indoor conditions - helping reduce illness, fuel poverty & health inequality.
Brilliant, impactful work ๐
The UK governmentโs AI skills programme betrays UK workers and our digital sovereignty - Dr Mark Wong @uofgussp.bsky.social is co-author of this article critiquing the UK government's AI Skills Boost programme for its reliance on US tech platforms.
worldofsoftware.org/the-uk-gover...