To help build a richer connection between the academic and policy worlds, the Leeds Social Sciences Institute at the University of Leeds and the Department for Transport (DfT) have jointly developed a webinar series: Linking Leeds with DfT The first of four lunchtime webinars in this series took place on...
An annual, UK-wide, free celebration of the social sciences The University of Leeds is a Festival Partner of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. The Leeds Institute of Social Sciences are delighted to be co-ordinating the activities on behalf of the University once again – 2022 being the 20th ESRC...
Applications are now open for researchers from across all disciplines to deliver public engagement events We are pleased to share that Expressions of Interest are now open for the ESRC Festival of Social Science (FoSS) 2022. The festival is an annual event that showcases leading social science research or social...
Linking Leeds with DfT webinars are co-organised by the Leeds Social Sciences Institute and Department for Transport, in order to help build a richer connection between the academic and policy worlds. This talk considered what future resilient cities might look like and how resilience can be built into future transport...
At Leeds Social Sciences Institute, we support interdisciplinary research. We are pleased to share with you our ‘social science shorts’ series of videos. In this video, Dr Amanda Waterman from the School of Psychology, talks about the impact of her research into the cognitive development of children, and applying that...
Dr Eleni Iacovidou and Professor Andrew Brown received ‘Responsive Mode’ funding through our ESRC IAA in 2018 for their project which explored ‘key metrics for supporting national and local government waste policy improvements.’ You can read more about their original IAA project here. Since then, they have gone on to...
In order to support activities that will contribute towards understanding and addressing the Covid-19 pandemic, we are holding a Rapid Action Fund call to allow us to rapidly and flexibly provide funding for research with the potential to address the Covid-19 crisis. The current call features a light-touch application form...
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is now accepting proposals for its Data Scientist Internship Programme 2020/21. Our ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) is providing funding for two internships. The programme originated as a keystone of LIDA’s commitment to developing data science capability and driving multidisciplinary data analytics with the...
On Tuesday 3 March, LSSI brought together researchers from the University of Leeds with policy makers, analysts, and strategists from the Department for Transport (DfT) for a one-day collaborative event in central London. 15 University of Leeds Researchers and 20 colleagues from DfT came together to present research, discuss effective...
Researchers – are you looking for a community organisation to build collaborative links with? What is LeedsACTS? LeedsACTS! is a partnership between the city’s three Universities (the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Trinity University), and the many voluntary and community organisations in Leeds. LeedsACTS! supports the building of...
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“The University of Leeds is part of the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP). As such our PhD and MA stu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”
