SSE Publications and Academic Outputs: Oct - Nov 2026
SSE brings together expertise in social sciences, humanities, and environmental studies to explore the connections between people, communities, and the natural world through world-class research.
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Thomas Chidwick
'Now or Never! A History of the First Scottish Devolution Referendum
Becca Farnum
Farnum, R. L. and Comuzzo, M. (2026). “Listening for Peace,” Listening With Whales. https://listeningwithwhales.org/currents/#listening-for-peace.
Sam Halvorsen
Building Dialogue Across Borders: New Publication Celebrates Years of Collaboration with Latin American Geographers, https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70100
Sophie Harman
Appeared on a panel on women's health as part of the British Academy's Searching for Wellness series on the 20th October
Wrote a think piece in the BMJ on Mike Tyson and Russell Brand at the MAHA Summit
Richard Johnson
Fieldwork
Richard Johnson (and Lee Evans) undertook fieldwork in Washington, DC, and Ottawa in September, followed by Oslo in October, for their comparative research on the policy capacity of national legislatures. These trips resulted in over 40 interviews with congressional and parliamentary staff. Their research examines how legislators obtain policy advice, how parliamentary offices organise their work, and how staff balance policy responsibilities with their other duties. This research was sponsored by an IHSS grant.
Research publications
'Colour-Blind Utopianism and Affirmative Action', in Suzanne Bray and Loïc Laroche’s edited collection États dés-Unis (Atlande). His chapter examines colour-blind constitutionalism and its implications for voting rights and affirmative action. The bilingual volume brings together French, British and American scholars to explore racial, cultural and political divisions in contemporary America.
'Race, Class, and Changing Voter Coalitions in 2024', in Maciej Turek and Philipp Adorf’s edited collection The Endgame Election? European Views on the United States Elections of 2024 (Routledge).
Yossi Rapoport
"Palestine Heritage Journeys" - Educational resources on Palestine in the Islamic Era
Javier Sajuria
Titelman, N., Sajuria, J., Zanotti, L. (2026) 'Is sidestepping the judiciary seen as democratic? Evidence from Great Britain and Spain', Party Politics, 10.1177/13540688261497233
Stephen Taylor
Stephen Taylor, The trial multiple: The ontological politics of a South African PrEP trial, Geoforum, Volume 178, 2027, 104860, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104860
Joanne Yao
'Comprehensive Report Negotiating Solar Radiation Modification Governance: Evidence from Non-Ideal Simulations, Wired Magazine
Kathryn Yusoff
Kathryn Yusoff, Elsa Noterman, Archie Davies; Introduction: Inhuman Reparations — Translating Relations of Repair. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 2026; 125 (3): 457–472. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-12477829, Find out more: https://www.dukeupress.edu/inhuman-reparations
'How to have a (decolonial) rock in the family: questioning geology, race and empire, Lapworth Lecture as part of Black History Month with Professor Kathryn Yusoff.
'Planetary Portals’ Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Kerry Holden, Kathryn Yusoff 2026 Planetary Portals Goldsmith University Press
The Time and Geology of the Global Majority Authorz: Kathryn Yusoff 14 Oct 2026, Platform 011 When does Global Majority describe an existing condition and when does it begin to produce one?