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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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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...

Thursday, 8th February, 2018 by Deb Roberts.
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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...

Thursday, 16th November, 2017 by Kirsty Blackstock.
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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?...

Wednesday, 20th September, 2017 by Orla Shortall.
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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...

Monday, 28th August, 2017 by Dominic Duckett.
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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...

Friday, 30th June, 2017 by Katrin Prager.
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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...

Tuesday, 23rd May, 2017 by Rowan Ellis.
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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...

Tuesday, 25th April, 2017 by Annie McKee.
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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...

Thursday, 2nd March, 2017 by Orla Shortall.
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Innovating in the Wake of Disaster: Some Notes from Fukushima’s Nuclear Exclusion Zone

Author: Jelte Harnmeijer

Social Innovation: Filling a void? Work on a big new EU project being led by the James Hutton Institute called ‘SIMRA’ got me thinking about where social innovation comes from. To me, a ‘social...

Friday, 10th February, 2017 by Jelte Harnmeijer.
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Can Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital save the planet?

Author: Scott Herrett

Before life as a research assistant in SEGS I had 15-year career in construction, when during the credit crunch a boss once said to me “you’re more interested in saving the planet than making a few quid...

Friday, 20th January, 2017 by Scott Herrett.
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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.