When Disciplines Meet - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Episode 5: AI and the Future of Disciplines

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:57:53 GMT

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.

Episode 4: Fuelling Homes

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:57:51 GMT

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

Episode 3: The Drugs Deaths Challenge

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:57:50 GMT

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.

Episode 2: Interdisciplinarity and PhDs

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:57:47 GMT

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

Episode 1: Do We Need Disciplines?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:57:42 GMT

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.