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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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“Enjoy the beaches!” – Perceptions and Reality of Social Science Research

Author: Christopher Schulz

Have you heard about Cuiabá? It is the capital city of Mato Grosso, the third-largest Brazilian state, where I went for my PhD fieldwork. In my research, I am trying to understand the connection between...

Thursday, 26th February, 2015 by Christopher Schulz.
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Venturing into the unknown– Natural flood management and uncertainty

Author: Kirsty Holstead

Natural Flood Management (NFM) means working with or restoring natural processes in order to reduce flood risk. It can include many actions such as woodland creation to slow water flow and/or store water in the...

Thursday, 12th February, 2015 by Kirsty Holstead.
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What do we mean by food security?

Author: Deb Roberts

When I was young, my mum used to try and encourage me to finish all the food on my plate by pointing out there were starving children in Africa. This link between what I ate and the nutrition of children in...

Wednesday, 28th January, 2015 by Deb Roberts.
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Trying to measure the immeasurable - exploring interdisciplinarity

Author: Katrin Prager

In the last couple of years I’ve been working on a small project called “DICE”, a project as tasked to determine the level of interdisciplinary research at the James Hutton Institute, and understand...

Thursday, 15th January, 2015 by Katrin Prager.
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Can tourism be an effective tool for sustainable development?

Author: Rachel Creaney

Until recently tourism was not considered to be a viable means of promoting economic development and thus unworthy of serious academic study: it was seen as subordinate to the study of more ‘serious’...

Monday, 5th January, 2015 by Rachel Creaney.
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Discussing doughnuts (not the edible kind)

Author: Kerry Waylen

In the last couple of years a new ‘doughnut’ concept has emerged, that purports to link two existing sets of ideas about how to meet human rights without degrading the environment.  The outer edge of...

Wednesday, 3rd December, 2014 by Kerry Waylen.
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Voices on land reform

Author: Annie McKee

What is the Scottish Government’s vision for land use and what outcomes will this deliver? Can we disentangle landownership from management? How do we engage wider Scottish society in debates around land use...

Monday, 24th November, 2014 by Annie McKee.
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Can a Rural Parliament succeed without stronger local democracy?

Author: Andrew Copus

What is a “rural movement”? What does a “rural parliament” do? What would be the indicators of success? In particular, what kind of local governance structure will give a rural parliament the...

Friday, 14th November, 2014 by Andrew Copus.
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New ways of communicating science - 'the PES video'

Author: Julia Martin-Ortega

We recently developed a 3 minute video to help us introduce and communicate an academic concept, and we’re interested to share ideas about this.

Monday, 10th November, 2014 by Julia Martin-Ortega.
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Are machinery rings a form of social enterprise? Ideas from Japan

Author: Sharon Flanigan

A couple of months ago, I was excited to receive an email from Takahisa Hinata, a researcher from the Hokkaido Research Institute in Japan.  He had read reports I produced as part of the FarmPath project,...

Thursday, 30th October, 2014 by Sharon Flanigan.
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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.