Dr Shona Hunter from the School of Sociology and Social Policy, and Dr Rhiannon Turner from the Institute of Psychological Sciences, were each awarded, in open competition, an International Exchange Scholarship for early career researchers, funded by LSSI and WUN. They will each spend four weeks at the University of...
Funding has become available for ESSL to offer two further Undergraduate Research & Leadership Scholarships to current first year students. This is a two-year scholarship that aims to give successful applicants the opportunity to participate actively, working with a research team in a supervised research environment on an individual research...
LSSI is offering opportunities for two social science researchers who are within ten years of their first academic appointment to spend four weeks in August 2010 at the University of Sydney. CLOSING DATE for APPLICATIONS is 12 noon on Friday 12 March 2010. The aim of the visits is to...
The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the title of Academician to Professor John Leach (Dean of the Faculty of ESSL). The award is for making a significant contribution to the social sciences and is by nomination and peer group review. John is one of 64 new Academicians drawn from...
Future Strategies and Social Science Research ? The Implications for Postgraduates Now This event is for postgraduate research students from all faculties with an interest in the social sciences Short presentations / papers are sought for two panels, which will consider two contested concepts arising from the main conference: interdisciplinarity,...
Researchers from LSSI are holding an Exhibition of Community Life, that will share some of their research findings about living and working within this community, on Tuesday, September 16th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Burley Lodge Centre (on Burley Lodge Road, LS6). In conjunction with the exhibition they are...
Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, was the guest lecturer at Leeds Social Sciences Institute on 17 June 2008. His speech, delivered to a packed audience of over 250 people, comprising members of the public, representatives of local and regional charities and NGOs, as well as...
A workshop that will bring together key findings of three research projects from around the University of Leeds, on the theme of new migration to the region is being organised by LSSI (19 May, 4 pm). The workshop will also provide a forum for discussion and debate on the policy...
Al Garthwaite was one of four people, voted by the public, to be awarded the ‘People’s Degree’. Al is an external member of Leeds Social Sciences Institute. Al has been involved in a number of community projects and helped develop equality policies for Leeds City Council. She has also documented...
A policy workshop was held on 27 November, in London, to discuss the research findings of of Dr Deborah Sporton (University of Sheffield) and Professor Gill Valentine (University of Leeds). Their research study, funded by the ESRC, spanned two years and focused on the lives of young Somalis aged 11-18...
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