When Disciplines Meet - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

About When Disciplines Meet - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

When Disciplines Meet is SGSSS's new podcast series, exploring interdisciplinarity as it relates to the grand challenges that the social science research sector continues to contend with. Listen to our five episodes, hosted by interdisciplinary researcher and Scottish Influencer of the Year 2024/25, Laura Anderson, and featuring guests from across the Scottish academic landscape.

Publisher

Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jan 2026

Latest episode

26 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Jan 2026

   Episode 5: AI and the Future of Disciplines

   Our host Laura talks to Professor Monika Harvey, Sabeehah Mahomed, and Dr Vassilis Galanos about Artificial Intelligence and how disciplines might look for the future of research.

2. 

   26 Jan 2026

   Episode 4: Fuelling Homes

   Our host Laura talks to Professor Mette High and Professor Ken Gibb about how interdisciplinary work can help with fuelling homes across Scotland.

3. 

   26 Jan 2026

   Episode 3: The Drugs Deaths Challenge

   Our host Laura talks to Dr Catriona Connell, Moira MacKenzie and Dr Richard Lowrie about the challenge of drugs deaths in Scotland and how researchers can work across disciplines to improve outcomes.

4. 

   26 Jan 2026

   Episode 2: Interdisciplinarity and PhDs

   Our host Laura talks to PhD researchers Jivantika Satyarthi, João Magalhães and Blessing Bulaun about undertaking a social science PhD across multiple disciplines.

5. 

   26 Jan 2026

   Episode 1: Do We Need Disciplines?

   Our host Laura talks to Dr Lisa Bradley, Professor John Holmwood and Dr Rachel Shanks about what disciplines are, and whether we still need them in a world where researchers are increasingly being asked to work interdisciplinarily.

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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