Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Blog

This blog is written by members of the Social Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) group at the James Hutton Institute. These postings capture some of the views, news, and ideas held by individuals: for more information about our group, research areas and projects, please visit our main SEGS Group site.

Too much of a good thing for Aberdeen? Lessons from an agent-based model of commuting.

Author: Jiaqi Ge

Imagine a new policy that allows you to work anywhere at any of the workplaces in your region. Where do you choose to work? Now, think about everyone else who has the same right to work where they choose. Will you...

Date posted: Thursday, 19th July, 2018

Managing babies – lessons for managing the environment?

Author: Kerry Waylen

I’ve just returned to my research on environmental governance after half a year of maternity leave. Whilst I was away I started to see parallels between my trying to care for a baby, and the challenges of...

Date posted: Wednesday, 23rd May, 2018

How will Brexit affect UK agricultural land values (and why does it matter)?

Author: Deb Roberts

The value of agricultural land is critical not just for those intending to buy or sell farmland but to all those involved in the agricultural sector and others holding land as an investment asset. It is therefore...

Date posted: Thursday, 08th February, 2018

Coordinating policy instruments that influence biodiversity, soil, and water in Scotland: rationales, needs and challenges

Author: Kirsty Blackstock

Image: Fife, Laure Kufuss ‘Doing well, but could do better’ is one way to summarise one of the main messages coming out of an ESCom (Ecosystem Service Community) workshop looking at the coordinated...

Date posted: Thursday, 16th November, 2017

Cows eat grass, don’t they?

Author: Orla Shortall

As a society we may be losing touch with how our food is produced, but one thing we all know is that milk comes from cows and cows eat grass. But is this the case anymore? And does it matter if this is changing?...

Date posted: Wednesday, 20th September, 2017

Eggs Benelux

Author: Dominic Duckett

Fipronil, a compound hitherto unknown outside veterinary circles, is in our food: specifically, eggs and egg-based products. While the degree of health risk this poses is contested (for example, The Food Standards...

Date posted: Monday, 28th August, 2017

Policy interventions for enhancing natural assets – are they compatible with crofting communities?

Author: Katrin Prager

Land ownership and management arrangements across Scotland today are complex and multi-layered. These structures must be taken into account if we seek to influence the management of natural assets to support...

Date posted: Friday, 30th June, 2017

Can mental models facilitate social learning?

Author: Rowan Ellis

Our most pressing contemporary challenges, such as enhancing food security and tackling climate change, can only be met by bringing together people from different backgrounds with the goal of learning from and with...

Date posted: Tuesday, 23rd May, 2017

What is rural community resilience?

Author: Annie McKee

Resilience may be defined as how a body deals with external shocks; Picture credit: www.monarchsystem.com ‘Resilience’ is a term used abundantly today, and there are a plethora of different views...

Date posted: Tuesday, 25th April, 2017

What rhymes with agri-environmental scheme?

Author: Orla Shortall

Are the most vivid, vital and interesting representations of the world to be found in art rather than science? Indeed, can art be combined with science to draw on the best characteristics of both: the rigour and...

Date posted: Thursday, 02nd March, 2017

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