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Contested Food Landscapes

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Collaboration between the Universities of Buenos Aires & Leeds Professor Sara Gonzalez Professor in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds, received pump-prime funding to establish an interdisciplinary collaboration between urban and rural studies scholars by focusing on contested food landscapes.  We were able to fund the visit of a colleague from the...

Festival of Social Science 2023

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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) 2023.  The festival is an annual event that showcases leading social science research or social science-related events to engage and...

Experiences of women platform delivery workers in Delhi, India and Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Collaboration between the Universities of Buenos Aires & Leeds Dr Asiya Islam was successful in securing £6000 of pump-prime funding for research collaboration with researchers at the University of Buenos Aires. The funding has been used for a pilot project on the experiences of women platform delivery workers in Delhi, India and Buenos Aires, Argentina. This...

The New Far Right and Its Uses of the Past

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Collaboration between the Universities of Buenos Aires & Leeds Dr Anna Grimaldi, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds & Francisco Garcia Chicote, Lecturer, University of Buenos Aires. This interdisciplinary and collaborative project examines the (re)turn to the far-Right in current-day Argentina and Britain through an exploratory, pilot research of two relatively...

Youth Activism and Education

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Collaboration between the Universities of Buenos Aires & Leeds Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon, Associate Professor in the Politics of Development, School of Politics and International Studies The project has built a network of leading scholars at UBA and Leeds working on Youth Activism and Education. We have held regular seminars where each member presents their...

Artivist Crossings - How can Methods of Art and Activism Cross Social and Climate Justice?

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Collaboration between the Universities of Buenos Aires & Leeds   Project PI: Dr Martin Zebracki (School of Geography, University of Leeds), in collaboration with Dr Maria Rovisco (School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds), and Dr Lorena Verzero (Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones...

LSSI Internal Updates & Opportunities Bulletin - June 2023

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We produce a monthly internal updates and opportunities bulletin, if you are a University of Leeds student or member of staff,  you can also sign up to our mailing list. Contents of the June bulletin listed below: LSSI UPDATES & EVENTS ESRC Impact Acceleration Account - Funding Call Open LSSI appointed as host institute for the...

Vacancy - Deputy Director White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership - Data, Communications & New Technologies (DCT) Pathway

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About the WRDTP and its Pathways The WRDTP is a partnership of seven universities, which brings together the Universities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield and York to deliver cutting edge social science training to postgraduate researchers. Our training is open to all social science PGRs in the partnership, regardless of funding...

Advanced Qualitative Methods (AQualM) Deputy Director - WRDTP

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The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership is seeking to recruit an Advanced Qualitative Methods (AQualM) Deputy Director.  This role will be held by a colleague in an accredited department from one of our seven partner universities (of which the University of Leeds is one), and is an excellent opportunity in terms of networking and career...