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YAS members at the University of St Andrews launched an initiative to present short online video stories focusing on the diversity of St Andrews staff experiences during the Covid-19 lockdown. “St Andrews Lockdown Tales” allowed colleagues from across the University community to explore, in their…

Eamon Keane Convenor of the Scottish Legal Action Group; Early-Career Fellow in Criminal Law and Evidence, The University of Edinburgh Given the importance of the rule of law to a democratic society, those who engage in legal debate should always seek to do so accurately,…

Matthew Chrisman Professor of Ethics and Epistemology, University of Edinburgh Democracies are commonly said to be more responsive to the needs of their citizens than any other political arrangement. The idea is that majority elections function (perhaps imperfectly) to aggregate citizens’ diverse private preferences  and,…

Kevin Guyan Researcher, EDI Scotland In 2019, the Scottish Government initiated a second consultation about proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), aimed at simplifying the process for changing the sex marker on an individual’s birth certificate. As Minister Shirley-Anne Sommerville acknowledged when condemning…

Peter McColl Futures + Policy from “The Second Coming” Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of…

Leslie Mabon As Scotland prepares to host COP26, the RSE Young Academy of Scotland is hosting a variety of discussions about what climate change means for Scotland and the world, and what we can and should do in response. As part of the Young Academy…

Mirna Šolić Lecturer in Czech and Comparative Literature, University of Glasgow Migration is such a frequent topic of media reporting, political debates and everyday conversations that we no longer pay attention to how this term is used and the meanings it suggests. Scholarship looking at…

Bernhard Blumenau Lecturer, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews Henry Lovat Lecturer in International Law & Politics, University of Glasgow Debate is an integral element of international affairs, given the prevalence of negotiation and the premium placed in this sphere on the peaceful…

Dr Leslie Mabon – YAS’ Zero Carbon by 2045 Grand Challenge Theme Lead – examines the relationship between Scotland’s most popular sport and climate change. First thing’s first – going to watch the football, in Scotland at least, is probably going to be a very…