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We are extending our membership application deadline! In recognition of the University and College Union Strike action announced for this month and the additional pressure, this will place on some applicants and referees, we will accept applications and referee forms until 5 pm, 4 March…

We are now inviting applications to join our diverse interdisciplinary membership. Applications are sought from early to mid-career professionals who have demonstrated outstanding talent and ambition in their work along with a passion for working with others beyond their workplace. YAS brings together innovative young…

Panel Discussion We will shortly be recruiting for new YAS members! Next Tuesday, 18th January 2022 from 1-2pm, we will host an online panel event to allow people who are interested in applying for YAS membership to meet some of our current members ask any…

John O’Connor Regent of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University Philosophical and theological debate rarely hits the newspapers. But it did in 1987, when The Times and The Sunday Times ran stories on an academic dispute between Michael Dummett, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of…

Ulrich Schmiedel Lecturer in Theology, Politics and Ethics University of EdinburghReligion can stir up controversies, particularly when it colours public debate. Whilst many assume that Europe is secular – that religion has lost its significance, that it has been relegated from the public to the…

It is with the greatest of sadness that we advise the RSE Young Academy of Scotland has lost one of its members, Stephen O’Rourke QC. Stephen was called to the Bar in 2002 and was appointed as QC in 2017. His accomplishments in the law…

On Human Rights Day, Dr Hyab Yohannes reflects on the realities of state asylum systems that dehumanise innocent people and calls for a fundamental shift in our vision of humanity. Today is Human Rights Day, the day in which the human race celebrates the supposedly…

Aude Le Guennec Lecturer and Researcher in Design Anthropology, School of Textiles and Design, Heriot-Watt University For many families in the Global North, the 2020s have marked a radical shift in interactions within the household, with an enhanced focus on children’s wellbeing and an unprecedented…

Matthew Chrisman Professor of Ethics and Epistemology, University of Edinburgh Peter McColl Futures + Policy The development of social media in the early 2000s seemed to promise increased opportunity for genuine and constructive political debate. In addition to a place to post pictures of our…