Knowledge hub
Stay updated on the latest knowledge and research with our hub, which is designed to help you learn about the world around you.
These resources are from RSE Fellows, members of the Young Academy of Scotland, RSE research awardees, and medallists. These resources do not necessarily reflect the views of the RSE but are an opportunity for those in the RSE community to share their expertise and updates in their work.
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Talat Yaqoob FRSE outlines the importance of public participation in government decision-making to avoid the next crisis
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Professor Niamh Nic Daéid illustrates the need to increase public confidence and and trust in data and science-based decisions.
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Professor Sir Ian Boyd explains key recommendations to take forward to help Scotland recover from the pandemic and build resilience.
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Professor James Curran builds upon Freud’s two great outrages to look at what actions should come forth from COP26.
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Professor Maggie Gill OBE writes on why we shouldn’t ‘just’ aim for net-zero in combatting climate change.
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The targets set for carbon reduction in Paris have now been enshrined in law, with Scotland bound to reach net zero by 2045 and the UK five years later. On that journey, the UK is legally required to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035. The scale, urgency and complexity of the task is unprecedented, with […]
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Professor Neil Vargesson FRSE looks at the history of thalidomide use in contemporary treatments and it’s safety 60 years on.
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Professor Andrew Tyler discusses the role water plays in combatting climate change and its importance in public policy for the RSE Fellows’ Blog.
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Professor Fiona Gilbert FRSE argues why the public should allow the use of their data within healthcare for the greater good.
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Professor Clive Badman OBE details new proposals in the manufacturing process of medicines that could help solve future supply shortages.
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Aileen Ponton, Chief Executive of the SCQF writes on how they are keeping pace with Scottish Education in the 21st Century.
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Carl Gombrich writes about the benefits of problem-based learning and how it could benefit future approaches to education.
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Paul Hagan and Rob Wallen write about college-university collaboration.
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Jen Ross writes about digital futures for learning and how our perceptions have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gordon Flockhart writes about alternative pathways into engineering.
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Professor Peter A Mossey FRSE explains how better clinician-patient communication through health coaching can improve disease prevention.
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Within just a few months, the extraordinary delivery of vaccines for Covid-19 was achieved for a virus virtually unknown just eighteen months earlier. When it was needed, synthetic biology began to deliver on its promise.
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Emojis are now an endemic part of many – most – people’s lives, yet the modern digital emoji has only been around since the late 1990s.
