University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495 and is now one of the UK’s most internationally distinguished universities, with a superb reputation going back many centuries. The 2001 Research Assessment Exercise results proved a triumph as the exceptional research achievements of ten departments received a high rating of 5, as internationally distinguished. Hence, 85% of Aberdeen’s staff are working in departments that are recognised as centres of national and international excellence. The Department of Sociology achieved a ranking of 5 in the last Research Assessment Exercise, making it one of the leading Departments of Sociology in the country as well as in Scotland. It was ranked 4th out of all UK Departments in the recent Times Higher Education Review system, which takes into account teaching quality as well as research quality. Since that time it has been expanded with the appointment of several new professors and related staff. It is the home of two international journals: that of Cultural Sociology and European Societies The University of Aberdeen combine academic excellence with a culture of care, and were commended recently by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education for the quality of relationships between students and staff of the University at all levels.
Principal Investigator
Univ. –Doz. Dr. Christian W. Haerpfer
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