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“There are moments in life where the question of knowing whether one might think otherwise than one thinks and perceive otherwise than one sees is indispensable if one is to continue to observe or reflect ...” Michel Foucault

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What is it like to attend a ‘virtual’ conference? Reflections on IAPS 2020

Author: Alice Hague

By Alice Hague, Christina Noble, Nazli Koseoglu, Kathryn Colley, Liz Dinnie, Tony Craig. Academic conferences are an important part of an academic career, as key places for sharing ideas and engaging with others....

Thursday, 16th July, 2020 by Alice Hague.
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Impact of Coronavirus on Rural Scotland – A contribution from the SEGS Group: Part 3

Author: Annie McKee

3. Addressing the Challenges from Coronavirus: Insights from recent research With contributions from: Dominic Duckett, Mags Currie, Carla Barlagne, Claire Hardy, Leanne Townsend, Sharon Flanigan, Ruth Wilson, Jon...

Friday, 3rd April, 2020 by Annie McKee.
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The Impact of Coronavirus on Rural Scotland – A contribution from the SEGS Group: Part 2

Author: Annie McKee

2. The impact on agriculture With contributions from: Dominic Duckett, Mags Currie, Carla Barlagne, Claire Hardy, Leanne Townsend, Sharon Flanigan, Ruth Wilson, Jon Hopkins, and Annabel Pinker. During this period...

Thursday, 2nd April, 2020 by Annie McKee.
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The Impact of Coronavirus on Rural Scotland – A contribution from the SEGS Group: Part 1

Author: Annie McKee

1. Community resilience and social innovation With contributions from: Dominic Duckett, Mags Currie, Carla Barlagne, Claire Hardy, Leanne Townsend, Sharon Flanigan, Ruth Wilson, Jon Hopkins, Annabel Pinker. As a...

Wednesday, 1st April, 2020 by Annie McKee.
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Debating energy futures on Lewis: Energy transitions, emergent politics, and the question of the commons

Author: Annabel Pinker

It is widely accepted that we are in the midst of an energy revolution, transitioning from carbon-based fuels to renewable and increasingly decentralised forms of energy production. But does this entail a new...

Wednesday, 27th November, 2019 by Annabel Pinker.
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Integrating distributional concerns into natural capital accounts

Author: Paola Ovando

"ScottishForest" by www.rubenholthuijsen.nl is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The natural capital concept is gaining traction in political and economic discourses in Scotland. For instance, Scotland’s...

Thursday, 26th September, 2019 by Paola Ovando.
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The economic benefits of invasive species management

Author: Michaela Roberts

Bushtail possum, a native of Australia is now an invasive species in New Zealand. Credit: Brisbane City Council. Invasive species are increasing worldwide, and with them so is our understanding of how they damage...

Wednesday, 24th July, 2019 by Michaela Roberts.
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Am I an agritourist?

Author: Sharon Flanigan

I am a social researcher working on topics relating to agriculture. It is my job to ask questions, but one I have been asking myself a lot recently is, Am I an agritourist?

Thursday, 4th July, 2019 by Sharon Flanigan.
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Rural community resilience: the ‘everyday’ and the ‘emergency’

Author: Mags Currie

During the winter of 2015/16, the North East of Scotland faced the worst flooding in recent history. The ongoing Long-term implications of flooding1 project that I’m co-leading focuses on the impacts on people...

Thursday, 13th June, 2019 by Mags Currie.
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“It was like the Titanic”-Some thoughts on the social amplification of risk

Author: Dominic Duckett

Certain risk events attract a lot of media coverage and this can have knock-on effects. Recent prime time TV coverage of the stricken cruise ship Viking Sky, battered by heavy seas with rescue helicopters circling...

Wednesday, 22nd May, 2019 by Dominic Duckett.
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The James Hutton Research Institute is the result of the merger in April 2011 of MLURI and SCRI. This merger formed a new powerhouse for research into food, land use, and climate change.