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The five-year strategic plan sets out the framework for delivering the RSE’s purpose and focuses on key societal challenges to be addressed through the contributions of Fellows and Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) members. The RSE’s diverse expertise and membership enables us to bring multidisciplinary perspectives to the key issues of significance for Scotland, the UK, and internationally.

The RSE announces nine recipients of its esteemed medals, which recognise exceptional contribution and achievement across all academic disciplines.

The RSE’s activities in Shetland will launch a programme of community engagement events for 2023 extending its mission across Scotland.

The RSE has announced its 2023 intake of Fellows, with 91 names representing science, arts, business, sports, civil society and academia from across Scotland and beyond.

Former President of the RSE, Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded the Royal Irish Academy’s Cunningham Medal, and will receive the 2022 Jules Janssen Prize from the Société Astronomique de France.

Dr Martin Zeilinger examines the cultural and socio-economic impacts and ethical implications of ‘gamification’ and ‘financialisation’ in today’s digital culture.

Scotland’s tertiary education sector must adapt to better meet the needs of learners and society at large, according to a new report.

Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott PPRSE has passed away at the age of 83.

Amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic, the increased use of electronic tools by journalists has enhanced their work, but also left them vulnerable when it comes to cyber security.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is deeply concerned with the decision of the UK Government to return £1.6bn of science funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to the Treasury.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh will showcase Gaelic stories, and ideas from the RSE network including Fellows, research awardees and members of the Young Academy of Scotland.

The spring 2023 Research Awards programme is now open, providing funding opportunities for all academic disciplines and across all career stages.

Exceptional research to be supported through the latest round of the RSE’s Research Awards programme.

The RSE is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the Scotland Asia Partnerships Higher Education Research (SAPHIRE) Fund; a grant scheme funded by the Scottish Government aimed at developing new, as well as enhancing existing international research partnerships between Scottish universities, research institutes and partners in Australia, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Singapore and […]

Worldwide, one in three women has experienced physical or sexual violence, primarily by an intimate partner, according to data gathered in 2021 by the World Health Organisation. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns increased incidences of gender-based violence (GBV), creating a “double pandemic” (Bettinger-Lopez & Bro, 2020). Atop these unsettling figures, research has found that […]

67 members were selected from across disciplines to provide a voice for change in the new UK-wide Young Academy

The 2023 New Year Honours lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK.

An extraordinary year for the RSE while emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic and continuing to deliver on our mission of ‘Knowledge Made Useful’