College of Humanities & Social Science – SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCE
Surveys help us understand the impact of social policies. If they use appropriate sampling techniques, surveys of just a few thousand people can tell us what is happening across a whole population.
College of Humanities & Social Science – BUSINESS SCHOOL
Neil’s research on the Social Study of the IT Marketplace studies how powerful new actors – consultancy and IT research firms like ‘Gartner’ – are shaping technology selection choices and technology vendors design strategies.
College of Humanities & Social Science – BUSINESS SCHOOL
In this video Jo provides a brief introduction to his research on the impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on the target and bidding companies involved.
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
My research looks at whether significant others (e.g friends/family) can influence how much physical activity adolescent girls participate in with a view to increasing the physical activity levels of adolescent girls.
College of Humanities & Social Science – BUSINESS SCHOOL
Jens Hagendorff is the Martin Currie Professor in Finance & Investment at The University of Edinburgh. Jens previously worked at the Financial Stability Department of The Bank of Spain and as a lecturer at The University of Leeds. Recently, Jens was also a visiting fellow at The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
College of Humanities & Social Science – SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCE
My research interests focus on the relationship between social context, political economy and crime and justice.??My work typically involves quantitative analysis of social surveys and cross-national data on economic and social conditions. ?
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
I briefly discuss the cross-national comparative research project I co-direct which explores minority women’s activism against austerity in France and the UK.?
College of Humanities & Social Science – SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCE
Social aspects of public health in South Asia, especially clinical and public health experiments, and access to pharmaceuticals.
College of Humanities & Social Science – EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART
In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about – and is its continued general acceptance inevitable?
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
As psychologists, we are interested in how we think, feel and act influences whether we are physically active or not, and also how being physically active influences how we think, feel and act.
College of Humanities & Social Science – EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART
Mal’s research explores and challenges the relationship between fashion design and body image. Recognising the unhealthy representations of beauty, size and youth endorsed by the fashion industry, Mal seeks to develop innovative methods of design and research celebrating the end context of design as part of the research and design process.
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
The majority of adolescent girls are not active enough for good health. Walking at a reasonable pace is a sufficient level of activity to be health enhancing, and should be promoted as a free, easy and accessible form of activity for this at risk population.
College of Humanities & Social Science – SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCE
Advances in genetics and genomics are having a profound impact on medicine. Steve Sturdy’s research examines the social implications of this scientific and medical revolution.
College of Humanities & Social Science – BUSINESS SCHOOL
Dr. MacKay’s area of research interest is in strategy process. By strategy process it is meant the practices and processes by which strategies are formed, implemented and change over time, which impact on the overall strategic direction of the enterprise.
College of Humanities & Social Science – BUSINESS SCHOOL
Successful growth firms need to form relationships with people internationally, but where, how, and how much should they do it? This research taps the experience of firms to find out.
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Our teaching and research is in?Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education and this video explains the rationale for this field of study and outlines our current research projects.
College of Humanities & Social Science – SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCE
One of the most popular claims in the field of social studies of technology nowadays is that of “being specific about technology”. My work takes this aphorism seriously.
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
STEP is located at Moray House in The School of Education. Its work reflects Moray House’s long interest in pursuing equality of opportunity in learning for Scotland’s Travelling families.
College of Humanities & Social Science – HEALTH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
My research focusses on dementia care and in particular on risk management. It highlights how, sometimes, our efforts to maintain physical safety can compromise other aspects of wellbeing, causing ‘silent harms’ for people living with dementia.
College of Humanities & Social Science – HISTORY, CLASSICS & ARCHAEOLOGY
Work on a translation and ultimately a new edition of the late Roman historian Ammianus.
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
My name is Graham Baker, I’m a Research Fellow and my main research focus is as coordinator for iConnect; an EPSRC funded project that is examining active travel modes such as walking and cycling.
College of Humanities & Social Science – BUSINESS SCHOOL
Gbenga Ibikunle describes his application of financial market microstructure theory to his study of price formation in the world’s largest emissions trading scheme, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS).
College of Humanities & Social Science – EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART
The main focus of my research is on recent processes of urban development and regeneration. I have been exploring examples in European cities and have particular interest in Latin American cities.
College of Humanities & Social Science – EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART
GruntCount?is a configurable composition for improvising musician and computer influenced by some ideas from computer game audio.
College of Humanities & Social Science – LAW
Legislation relating to floating charges in Scotland can sometimes create circles of priority. This video gives one example.
College of Humanities & Social Science – MORAY HOUSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Control over formulaic language and connected speech represents one of the greatest challenges in second language learning; my research focuses on investigating this relatively neglected area in relation to the ability of international students (whose first language is not English) to function effectively in an English-speaking academic environment.
College of Humanities & Social Science – LAW
Professor Susan McVie describes key findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime which warn against the dangers of labelling young people who get involved in offending.? ?
College of Humanities & Social Science – EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART
The Saltcities Project explores fragilities, resiliences and limits of contemporary metropolitan areas, focusing on how the invention of architectural sites and projects inflects the idea and experience of city.
College of Science & Engineering – GEOSCIENCES
Industrial society burns fossil carbon for energy and transport. Excess CO2 emissions damage climate and ocean. Geologists inject liquid CO2 through boreholes into porous reservoirs 1-3km below ground, managing this safely for millennia.
College of Humanities & Social Science – EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART
The culture of design has had a significant impact on the social, economic, visual and political landscape of Britain over the past sixty years. Through curation and object-centered research Christopher Breward has traced its relationship to themes of tradition, modernity, subversion and innovation, and continues to explore similar issues in the development of modern fashion.
