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Lectures

View our list of forthcoming Lecture(s) below.

Previous Lectures

Professor Robert Costanza (courtesy)
for directors, policymakers, researchers and elected representatives

39th T.B. Macaulay Lecture - The UN Sustainable Development Goals and the dynamics of well-being

13 October 2016, 5.30 to 7.30pm

Robert Costanza, Crawford School of Public Policy Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University, will deliver this lecture at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.

Start date (computer format): Thu, 2016-10-13
Roots (c) James Hutton Institute
for scientists, students and other interested parties

Dundee Roots Group: Workshop & 2016 ISRR Medal Lecture in Root Research

25 May 2016, 9:30am to 5:30pm

This one-day event by the Dundee Roots Group will feature the 2016 ISRR Medal Lecture on Root Research, by Professor Peter Gregory.

Start date (computer format): Wed, 2016-05-25
SSCR logo
for SSCR members and other interested parties

SSCR Annual General Meeting and Lecture 2016

18 May 2016, 2pm: Free

Professor Dame Anne Glover of the University of Aberdeen will deliver the annual Scottish Society for Crop Research Lecture following the AGM at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee.

Start date (computer format): Wed, 2016-05-18
Professor Jane Langdale, University of Oxford
for scientists, students and other interested parties

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences Distinguished Lecture: Food for the Future – The C4 Rice Project

26 April 2016, 4:00pm

In this Distinguished Lecture, Professor Jane Langdale (University of Oxford) will provide insight into the C4 Rice Project, which seeks to enhance crop yield and resilience in the face of limited resources.

Start date (computer format): Tue, 2016-04-26
Image of the Carse of Gowrie taken near Kinnoull Tower, Perthshire
for the general public, anyone interested in local history, horticulturists

Carse of Gowrie Sustainability Group presents An Evening Lecture

17 March 2016, 6.30pm

In this lecture, Dr Mike Sutton of Trent Nottingham University discusses Patrick Matthews, the 19th century Carsonian.

Start date (computer format): Thu, 2016-03-17
Professor Claire Halpin (courtesy University of Dundee)
for scientists, students and interested parties

Sowing the Seeds of the Next Green Revolution

17 March 2016, 7:00pm

In this lecture supported by the Scottish Society for Crop Research and hosted by the British Science Association Tayside and Fife Branch, Professor Claire Halpin FRSE will discuss ways in which mankind can meet the challenges of sustainable intensification.

Start date (computer format): Thu, 2016-03-17
Diana Walls
for interested parties and members of the public

38th T.B. Macaulay Lecture - Global soil biodiversity: establishing common ground for sustainability

13 October 2015, 10.30am: Free

Diana H Wall, University Distinguished Professor and Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, will deliver this lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Start date (computer format): Tue, 2015-10-13
The lecture will look at the current situation regarding GM crops (c) JHI
for scientists, researchers and other interested parties

Scottish Society for Crop Research Annual Lecture: GM crops - where are we now?

20 May 2015, 2.30-3.30 pm: Free

In this lecture, Dr Wendy Harwood (John Innes Centre) will discuss how technologies have advanced leading to a new generation of techniques available to plant breeders. She will briefly cover the current situation regarding GM cultivation worldwide and then look at the situation in the EU.

Start date (computer format): Wed, 2015-05-20
Soil, roots and nematodes (c) James Hutton Institute
for scientists interested in root research and the plant-soil interface

ISRR Dundee Medal Lecture in Root Research: Roots of the second green revolution

23 April 2015, 1.00-6.00 pm: Free

This event by the Dundee Roots Group will feature the 2015 International Society of Root Research Medal Lecture, by Professor Jonathan Lynch, Penn State University.

Start date (computer format): Thu, 2015-04-23
Andy Taylor
for scientists, general public

Fungi: Scotland's forgotten kingdom

15 October 2014

An illustrated lecture by Andy Taylor of the James Hutton Institute

Start date (computer format): Wed, 2014-10-15

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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.