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The RSE announces 33 exceptional research projects that have been selected at the spring 2023 Research Awards Programme call.

World renowned artist and PhD scholar Hannah Rose Thomas has spoken about her exhibition Tears of Gold and her experiences working with women fleeing conflict around the world, after her work was displayed at the RSE as part of Refugee Festival Scotland.

This list shows the RSE Fellows who were recognised in 2023 on the King’s birthday, his first birthday honours list.

Sir Ian Rankin FRSE was awarded a knighthood by the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 13 June 2023.

Throughout 2023, the University of Glasgow, along with key partners in the UK and internationally, are hosting a series of events to celebrate the tercentenary of founding RSE Fellow Adam Smith.

Dr Micaela Mazzei, Small Research Grant awardee investigates how the implementation of community wealth building is being approached in Scotland.

On Tuesday 30 May, The Royal Society of Edinburgh will hold an admission ceremony for its 91 new Fellows from the arts, business, public service, civil society, and academia in Scotland and beyond.

Congratulations to the seven Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh who have been made Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2023.

Using arts-based methods, RSE awardee, Dr Johanne Miller, has carried out a study to generate new ways of understanding experiences of boredom in young people’s lives.

Marine mammal ecologist Dr Denise Risch uses her RSE Small Research Grant to study the unique acoustic repertoire of Atlantic white-sided dolphins for the first time.

Six Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh have been made Fellows of the Royal Society.

The Spring 2023 edition of ReSourcE focuses on biodiversity – why it’s under threat, why it matters, and what can be done to tackle the biodiversity crisis. From the latest scientific research to innovative conservation projects and policy initiatives across a range of sectors, we look at the current state of biodiversity in Scotland, the UK and internationally, and the efforts being made to protect it.

RSE Research Workshops awardee Dr Andrew Jennings discusses his project: The Scottish Island Futures – 2050 and Beyond.

RSE Small Research Grant awardee Dr Luis Novo examines metal and particulate matter accumulation in the urban hedges of Edinburgh.

RSE Personal Research Fellowship awardee Professor Tanja Bueltmann investigates Scotland’s European diaspora post-Brexit.

The RSE, Scotland’s National Academy, has appointed Margaret Morton as Director of Development to support its strategic priorities and expansion of its work nationally and globally.

Professor Bruce Peter celebrates the interiors Clyde-built ships’ interiors created between the 1860s – 1960s.

The LSG and the RSE welcome, in principle, the decision by the SQA to re-introduce coursework and examinations for practical subjects that were removed from the assessment of National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher subjects during the Covi-19 pandemic.