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Urban Studies & Social Policy
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Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · Apr 3
👀 Who are we? What do we do? And why does our research & teaching matter?

From urban transformation to sustainability to justice, we’re tackling big questions & shaping the future at @uofglasgow.bsky.social 💪✨

Learn how we make a difference 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...

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“Designing healthier cities begins with listening, to data, to place, and to people”

Congrats to Mingyu Zhu @ubdc.bsky.social and @northumbriauni.bsky.social partners, who won the Design Research for Healthy Cities Award at the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress 🎉

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Pictured is Dr Jiayi Jin, the study's lead author, with Dr Mark Drane, director of Urban Habitat.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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📣 USSP Seminar alert!

Prof Stavros Stavrides, National Technical University of Athens 🇬🇷, will give a paper on the emancipatory power of commoning.

🗓️ 10 Dec 2025
🕒 3:30-5:00pm
📍 Adam Smith Building - Room 386AB

More info: www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...

Join us for the last seminar of 2025 😀
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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USSP's @drewankerr.bsky.social was delighted to present at the 'Can Digital Workers Switch Off?' event at Stirling's ESRC Festival of Ideas last week. Drawn from previous research on trade union and social movement activism during COVID-19, read the full article in Scottish Affairs: bit.ly/3K3QR9N
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November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Sam, a mother of one child, coherently explains why the two child benefit cap must be lifted as part of the upcoming child poverty strategy. Read her opinion piece @bigissue.com @uofgussp.bsky.social
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The two-child benefit cap inflicts suffering on the UK's children. Labour must scrap it
Sam Richards, a mother and participant of the Changing Realities project, writes about why the two-child limit on benefits should be dropped.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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With talks at #COP30 focusing on sustainable cooling, research by @qunshanzhao.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social has found a new way of detecting indoor mini-heatwaves - and what can be done to avoid further suffering as a result of extreme heat.

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November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Employment alone won’t turn the tide on child poverty, unless it is backed by the removal of the controversial two-child limit and the benefit cap, analysis by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and the University of Cambridge warns.

More: gla.ac/3JTq2F3
View of the University of Glasgow's Gilbert Scott Building with its tall Gothic spire, surrounded by trees and rooftops, on a clear day.
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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shwardle.bsky.social
Great article on the spread and impact of gambling in the USA in @psychologytoday.com. Thanks for inviting me to contribute.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...

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How Online Sports Betting Is Fueling a New Wave of Addiction
Here’s what clinicians—and everyone else—need to know about treating gambling disorder and protecting those most vulnerable.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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As Brazil prepares to welcome global leaders for COP30, research led by Prof Joao Porto de Albequerque @uofgussp.bsky.social is aiming to reduce climate change impacts on health and wellbeing in the country’s favela urban communities.

More: gla.ac/3LJDhbW
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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📣 New Blog!
In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities
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Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
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November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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👏 Shoutout to our own Dr Alison McCandlish @crenellatedarts.bsky.social for delivering 2 engaging sessions on social sciences for Primary 6 pupils as part of the Focus Week at IntoUniversity centre based in Maryhill Burgh Halls ➕ 1 for parents/carers/guardians at the Adult & Family Learning event 🌟
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Article alert! 📣

Excellent, new article on why we need a redistribution of income & wealth to achieve sustainability 🌱 from our very own Prof. Karen Bell 👏

Read #OpenAccess in The Economic & Labour Relations Review: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Transformative just transition as redistribution of income and wealth | The Economic and Labour Relations Review | Cambridge Core
Transformative just transition as redistribution of income and wealth
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November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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📚 New book 📚

Brilliant, new work on emotion, place & heritage from our very own Prof Rebecca Madgin @imadgination03.bsky.social 🙌

Read #OpenAccess: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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📝Our Centre director Prof @kengibb.bsky.social also discusses the study in a recent blog: housingevidence.ac.uk/housing-supp...
Housing support in Scotland matters: let’s support these vital services - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence
Kenneth Gibb For several years, CaCHE  and colleagues, namely Vikki McCall, have contributed a number of papers and studies in the wider area of housing support. This started with a series of papers o...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Nine recommendations to help Scotland achieve a shared understanding of housing affordability are proposed in a new report, based on findings from @scotgov Short Life Working Group 2022-2024 - chaired by @kengibb.bsky.social of @housingevidence.bsky.social

More: gla.ac/49sSuYM
Portrait of Ken Gibb
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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CaCHE Director Prof @kengibb.bsky.social spoke with the BBC last night about the newly published report based on findings from the Short Life Working Group 2022-24 (chaired by Prof Gibb) about a shared understanding of housing affordability in Scotland. Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Reporting Scotland - News at Seven: 30/10/2025
Bringing you more from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🎉 Shoutout to Prof Charlotte Pearson @charlp.bsky.social & Dr Anna Gawlewicz @annagawlewicz.bsky.social who have been invited to join the ESRC Assessor College!

They’ll be serving on grant review/assessment panels in the next 2️⃣ yrs - an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of the field 🤓
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Event alert! 📣

Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)

🗓️ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
📍 Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow

Come & join us!

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Mayors - exploring the promises and pitfalls
On Wednesday 26th November, we will be joined for a guest lecture by Prof John Tomaney from UCL.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Massive congrats to our 2️⃣ new Doctors in USSP - Dr Jocelyne Marie Fleming & Dr Yue Li 🎓💪

Both successfully defended their PhD theses recently - richly deserved recognition of their hard work 🤓

Huge thanks to the supervisors, examiners & viva conveners who made it happen 👏
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October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Double the creativity! ✨

2️⃣ exhibitions led by our colleagues Dr Bilge Serin @noxyin.bsky.social & Dr Louise Lawson are open to the public as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences - come & explore! 📷 🎨

WHERE: James McCune Smith Learning Hub (foyer), UoG main campus

Do pop in - details 👇
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Read USSP's @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social timely post on Comment is Freed's Substack channel exploring the impact of the two-child limit, as the UK Government prepares to publish their long-awaited Child Poverty Strategy next month. #socialpolicy @uofgsps.bsky.social samf.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
"The worst social policy ever"
We have a couple of bonus guest posts over the next week.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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🍽️ New publication from USSP's @ellenlaurab.bsky.social as co-author when at @wlvuni.bsky.social, exploring the sensory and emotional history of the UK School Meals Service since 1944 👉https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0046760X.2025.2564358 @uofgsps.bsky.social
The UK School Meals Service 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience
This article explores the sensory and emotional dimensions of the UK School Meals Service (SMS) since 1944, arguing that the lived experiences of pupils, teachers, parents, catering staff, and poli...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Scrapping stamp duty may sound like a quick fix to Britain’s housing crisis, but there’s reason to believe it would barely move the needle on affordability. USSP's @yahyagamal.bsky.social is one of four authors reflecting on a stamp duty land tax policy proposal 🏠 theconversation.com/the-real-rea...
The real reason abolishing stamp duty won’t help first-time buyers
Compared to a deposit, stamp duty is often a small cost – but axing it would cost the government billions a year.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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📻Are you interested in hearing about good practice in learning, teaching & assessment? USSP's Alison McCandish is one of four @uofglasgow.bsky.social colleagues editing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning podcast. Listen to SoTL Journeys now 👇
October 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Join us for the opening of the '52 Squares: Diversity in Everyday Life' exhibition on Monday at 1 pm in James McCune Smith Learning Hub (JMS) foyer 👇
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Ross Beveridge of USSP has contributed to an @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social special collection celebrating the life and work of the late political theorist and scholar of cities, Warren Magnusson.
Wonderfully edited by @rkeil.bsky.social & Zack Taylor. Link below 👇
The image shows Warren Magnusson sitting in a chair in 1974 looking at a book and making notes.
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM