University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science

The School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh is a department within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Its member subject areas (equivalent to academic departments) conduct research and teaching in the following disciplines:

Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square

In addition to these core subjects, the school has a number of centres and institutes, such as the Europa Institute, Centre for Security Research, Innogen Institute (a collaboration with the Open University) and the Centres of African Studies, Canadian Studies and South Asian Studies.[1]

The School is primarily based in the Chrystal Macmillan Building on George Square, named after the suffragist and first female science graduate of the university. It is the University's only building named after a woman.

The School employs over 400 full-time and part-time academics and almost 100 professional services staff.[2] Its current dean is sociologist Professor Linda McKie.[3]

The School's subject areas are consistently placed in the top 100 departments globally in academic rankings, such as the Academic Ranking of World Universities (political science – top 100,[4] sociology – top 75[5]), Times Higher Education World University Rankings (social sciences – no. 36[6]), and the QS World University Rankings (political science – no. 40,[7] social sciences – no. 51[8]).

Academy of Government

The Academy of Government at the University of Edinburgh was a public policy and public administration school from 2012 to 2018. It offered master's degrees in public policy and, from 2012, public administration. The Academy's Director was Charlie Jeffery, who was also Professor of Politics and Head of the School of Social and Political Science. In 2018 some of its activities were merged into the Edinburgh Futures Institute,[9] and the academy ceased functioning.[10]

References
  1. "About the School of Social and Political Science". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Staff Population Statistics". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. "School Governance". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Political Sciences". ARWU. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Sociology". ARWU. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. "Social Sciences". THE World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. "Politics & International Studies". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. "Social Sciences and Management". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  9. Mathieson, Peter (9 July 2018). The University of Edinburgh Outcome Agreement 2018-19. The University of Edinburgh. pp. 11–12.
  10. "Academy of Government". www.pol.ed.ac.uk. School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.


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