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Projects related to School of Law, Politics and Social Science

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Evaluation Support for Wheatley Group Veterans Service
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Funded by: Wheatley Housing Group Limited

Tenant Participation in the Private Rented Sector – Evidence Review
PI: Dr Steve Rolfe
Funded by: UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence

The impact of multi-level policymaking on the UK energy system
PI: Professor Paul Cairney
Funded by: UK Energy Research Centre

Scottish Government - Child Trafficking
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Funded by: Scottish Government

Centre for Population Change
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Community experiences of serious organised crime in Scotland
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith

The Geo-Political Economy of Turkey’s Rise and its Contemporary Crisis
PI: Dr Clemens Hoffmann
Funded by: The British Academy

New Urban Agenda and Housing
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Funded by: The British Academy

Talking Technology Enabled Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Innovate UK

Housing through social enterprise- implications for tenants, housing providers and wider society (Commonhealth Project 7)
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Funded by: Medical Research Council

Permanently progressing: Outcomes for children in Scotland accommodated before age 5
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Funded by: British Association for Adoption & Fostering and Confidential Donor

Quality of Life in Later Years Research Project - Voices of Older People in Scotland
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Funded by: Life Changes Trust

Administrative Data Research Centre - Scotland
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Connecting with a low-carbon Scotland
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Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Technical Support on anti-corruption in Greece
PI: Professor Richard Simmons
Funded by: Queen Margaret College

Survey of Teacher Workforce
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: National Association of School Masters and Union of Women Teachers

"Righteous Climate Policies" Exploring State-Society Interactions for Institutionalizing Human Rights into Climate Treaties
PI: Professor Andrea Schapper
Funded by: Centre for Global Cooperation Research (University of Duisburg-Essen)

The Scottish Longitudinal Survey of Ageing (THSLS)
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Funded by: National Institutes of Health

The Role of Volunteers in Dementia Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Abbeyfield Society

An Evaluation of the 415 Hub and Cluster Innovation Project
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Wheatley Housing Group Limited

Style and/or Substance? Developing Teaching in Statistical Communication
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: The British Academy

The Constitutional Future of Scotland and the United Kingdom
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Effective Allocation of Adapted Social Housing (Stage 1)
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Funded by: Horizon Housing Association

Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in wider settings (Young People and Social Work)
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland

The European "Neverendum": Lessons for 2015 from the 1975 EEC Referendum
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust

Creating conversations: Activity Toolkit for People with Dementia
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council

Creativity and Effectiveness in the Use of Electronic Monitoring as an Alternative to Imprisonment in EU Member States
PI: Professor Gillian McIvor
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Pathways through Health and Social Care for Older People with Dementia
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Teaching, Learning and Play in the Outdoors: a national survey of provisions in schools and pre-schools
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)

Sustainable homes in contrasting contexts: integrating social and architectural
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Funded by: The British Academy

A Proposal to Conduct Research into the Impact of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Government

North Lanarkshire Integrated Addiction Service (NLIAS) Evaluation
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Funded by: North Lanarkshire Council

Bandits In Southern Italy And The Ottoman Empire: The Dichotomy Between The Resistance And Submission
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Funded by: The British Academy

Ordinary support & 'liveable lives': the Glasgow Study
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Community Impact of Marches and Parades
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Government

THe Scottish Longitudinal Survey of ageing (THSLS) - Admin Supplement
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Funded by: National Institutes of Health

Feantsa/Habitact Peer Review Of Athens Homelessness Services
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Funded by: European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless

Food for Thought: Food based training, assessment and intervention tools for carers of looked after young people
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

The Impact of Constitutional Change on the Public Sector in Scotland
PI: Professor Paul Cairney
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Piloting a Collaborative Quantitative Research development Programme in the Third Sector: Understanding Volunteering in Scotland
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Applied Quantitative Methods Network

Highland aquatic resources conservation and sustainable development
PI: Professor Samantha Punch
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

The Games People Play
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Supporting community resilience in Scotland through public policy and practice? Who is involved, how is it happening, and what needs to change?
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

New Labour Laws in Old Member States: a comparative analysis of trade union responses to European Union enlargement
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Funded by: The British Academy

The governance of Security and the Analysis of Risk for Sporting Mega-Events: creating a living legacy for Europe from an analysis of security planning for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games (G2014)
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Optimised suicide prevention programs and their implementation on Europe
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Enabling health and wellbeing among older people: capitalising on resource
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Production of e-learning materials on aspects of social housing management
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Funded by: Lemos & Crane Ltd

Resilience to Housing Crisis: the dynamics of young people's transitions to successful independent living
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Funded by: Scottish Council for Single Homelessness

Meeting the Needs of Homeless People
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Funded by: Norwegian Institute for Urban & Regional Research

Trade Unions and Cross Border Mobility
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Funded by: University of Hertfordshire

Developing effective responses to criminalised women: lessons from Australia
PI: Professor Gillian McIvor
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust

e-Infrastructure for Social Simulation (e-ISS)
PI: Professor Paul Lambert
Funded by: Higher Education Funding Council for England and Jisc

Enforcement of Fundamental Workers' Rights
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Funded by: Milieu (Law and Policy Consulting)

Scoping study on the experiences of people claiming employment and support allowance
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Funded by: Socio-Legal Studies Association

The 2012 Homelessness Service
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Funded by: Shelter Scotland

Self-directed support - evidence base
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Scottish Government

RSE - international Exchange Programme
PI: Dr David McArdle
Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Integration of health services in a Comprehensive response to homelessness
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Funded by: Norwegian Social Research

Data Management through e-Social Science: Case studies, Provisions and Support (Dames)
PI: Professor Paul Lambert
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

The Living Better Project: Improving the Mental well-being of people with diabetes and/or CHD
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Royal College of General Practioners

Construction of a specialist data resource on youth transitions and education
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Funded by: University of Edinburgh

The Lancaster-Warwick-Stirling node: Developing statistical modelling in the social sciences Phase 2
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Community ownership and empowerment
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Funded by: Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Evaluation of Football Banning Orders in Scotland
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Government

Depression and long term work incapacity in Scotland: The role of the GP
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

The Family Life Project: A qualitative longitudinal study of children's experiences of family life in the context of parental drug use
PI: Dr Sarah Wilson
Funded by: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Scottish Social Survey Network
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Learning about alcohol: influences of the family context
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Interrogating harm and abuse: protection, agency and citizenship
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Quangos Revised: The Social Networks of the Public Elite.
PI: Professor Paul Lambert
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Regulating outdoor adventure activities in the wilderness areas of Scotland and South Africa
PI: Dr David McArdle
Funded by: Association of Commonwealth Universities

Communitarianism and Sustainable Crofting Communities.
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust

The Politics of Recognition and the Dynamics of Social Conflict
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Routes to Recovery
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Funded by: Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness

Continuity or change in Cuba? Housing, Neighbourhood Participation and State Governance
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust

Physical activity and black and minority ethnic groups : Qualitative Study
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland

Baseline Evaluation of Positive Changes
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Funded by: Stirling Council

Royal Society International Exchange Programme Bilateral Travel
PI: Dr David McArdle
Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Food Practices in an Institutional Context: Children, Care and Control
PI: Professor Samantha Punch
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Comparative Funding (NGPA Programme).
PI: Professor Richard Simmons
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Rural Housing: An Investigation of Occupancy Conditions
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Funded by: Scottish Government

Narrative Analysis: From Epistemology to Interview.
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Funded by: Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness

Longitudinal data analysis for social science researchers
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

EU Russian Relations under Putin
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Funded by: The British Academy

A Profile of Female Offenders within the Lothian and Borders District
PI: Professor Gillian McIvor
Funded by: City of Edinburgh Council

An assessment of the operation of the Named Person role and its interaction with other forms of patient representation
PI: Dr Kathryn Mackay
Funded by: Scottish Government

CPAG Research Project - using different types of services for advice about benefits, tax credits and employment
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Funded by: Child Poverty Action Group

Development of Action Frameworks on Anti-Social behaviour for the Scottish Policy Context
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation

National Review of Research on Access to Housing
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Funded by: European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless

Understanding elder abuse in black and minority ethnic groups: promoting good practice in services
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Age Scotland