Category: Members News

Members of the Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) had an opportunity to put their questions to the First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, when he visited the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) last week. The First Minister visited the RSE to set out his vision…

The RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) has announced the appointment of 48 new members. The group represents some of the nation’s most innovative young professionals from across the arts, business and industry, government, the public sector, research, and academia, the third sector, and beyond….

Congratulations to YAS member and FG co-chair Professor Wenxuan Hou, who has been elected a member of Academia Europaea.  The Academia Europaea (formed in 1988) is the pan-European academy of science, humanities and letters, with a membership of over 4000 eminent scholars, drawn from all…

YAS member Siobhan O’Connor, a Lecturer in Nursing Studies, will be joining the editorial team at the International Journal of Older People Nursing (IJOPN), one of the top ranked gerontological nursing journals. Under the direction of Editor-in-Chief, Professor Sarah H. Kagan at the University of…

Happy International Women’s Day from the Young Academy of Scotland.  To celebrate this important day, we’re reflecting on some of our projects that address gender equality and help advance women and girls. Since being founded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in 2011, YAS…

The 2018 Edinburgh festival will see three YAS members and one Emeritus YAS members participate and perform in educational shows.  These shows are: But Where Are You Really From? YAS member Pinar Aksu will perform in this one-hour play, which explores identity, culture, labels and stories…

The RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of 53 new members.  The group, comprising 31 women and 22 men in their early-to-mid careers from across Scotland, make up the fifth intake cohort of new members since YAS was founded…

YAS member Anne Schwan is leading a multi-disciplinary series of performances at venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Hawick in June. Produced by Edinburgh Napier University and  featuring Music and Acting students and graduates, the shows will bring the history of WWI internment to life in accessible…

Siobhán O’Connor, a YAS member and Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, received an Impact Award from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Foundation recently for her research into the history of nursing informatics. She spent the last 12 months exploring the life and work of Derek Hoy, a…