Research

CEES is recognised internationally as one of the world's leading centres for research in its field, undertaking world-class research in the processes of socio-economic, socio-cultural and socio-political transformation and the relationship between our region and broader international developments.

CEES is also recognised nationally as a department with unique research expertise: with its Glasgow Baltic Research Unit providing research expertise that is the country's only institutional structure fostering academic study of the Baltic States. CEES is also the hub of the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), a collaborative centre of excellence for language based area studies funded by HEFCE, ESRC, AHRC and SFC.

The Department operates within a vibrant Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences and contributes to upholding Glasgow University's stature as one of the UK's leading research institutions.

CEES has an innovative, collaborative, and strong research culture with a high level of commitment to research activity and output. Research contributes to theoretical advancement (and research practices) also enrich the Department's teaching activities, as findings from research are fed directly into teaching.

The Department is also home to a lively and active postgraduate community, with a regular cohort of approximately twenty PhD students.

The West-coast and Work-in-progress seminar series, open to both staff and postgraduate students, encourage research dialogue with a vibrant mix of academics and practitioners.

Finally, in addition to international collaboration fostered through research projects, and cross-institution publication, CEES has established 2 annual visiting research fellowships, in addition to the Dalglish Fellowship that further augment its research culture.

The Department's research can be divided according to the activities of its active research groups:

• Baltic Studies & the Baltic Research Unit;
• Public Policy Governance and Economic Transformation;
• Identity, Culture and Individual-Community-State Relations; and
• Soviet History: ideologies, theoretical concepts and processes of transformation.