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The RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) supports the alternative proposal for Scottish Asylum Support and Accommodation provision put forward by the Scottish Refugee Council and Refugees for Justice. As we have demonstrated in our previous statements on the Afghanistan crisis and the invasion of…

YAS’ Zero Carbon by 2045 Grand Challenge Team Amidst a whole range of potential emissions-reducing and energy-saving actions, reducing energy usage in the home and changing our travel and consumption patterns are likely to have the biggest impact on our emissions. However, there is an…

Workshop Democratic politics has always been a place of discussion, disagreement and debate. However, recent politics seems to be increasingly polarised, and channels of information are increasingly siloed. In this context, the Young Academy of Scotland and The Ethics Cup want to promote ways of…

Our senior academy, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, has today announced 80 newly elected Fellows. These new Fellows will join the RSE’s current roll of around 1,700 Fellows who are recognised as being some of the greatest thinkers, researchers and practitioners working in or with…

#BreakTheBias International Women’s Day At the RSE Young Academy of Scotland we bring together a diverse community of people working across a broad range of disciplines, including arts, science & engineering, medicine, social justice and climate change. In line with the #BreakTheBias theme of International…

Aude Le Guennec Assistant Professor Heriot-Watt University, School of Textiles and Design Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I have three children and they have all been involved in the experimentations for my research on children and clothing. Tell us about your career journey…

Claudia Duffy European Patent Attorney & Founder Innovare IP and Alta IP Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I left my home country in 1998 on a one-way ticket in pursuit of new career opportunities which were not available to me at that time…

Delma Childers Lecturer in Medical Sciences University of Aberdeen Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I love to travel, bake, and try to keep indoor plants alive. I’ve also been on a zero-G flight and consulted on a major Hollywood film. Tell us about…

Issraa Al-Obaidi Research Associate SIPBS/ University of Strathclyde Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I am a mum of 3 kids, and I spend lots of my time caring, cooking, baking and drawing with them. Tell us about your career journey so far, from…