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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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This lecture examines media representations of the Arab Spring, inter-Arab political rivalries and ?Islamist phobia.
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Aubrey Manning spoke of the beauty and elegance of science and argues that it is very much part of culture – like a poem or a piece of music.
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14 years after sovereignty over Hong Kong was returned to China, Lord Wilson of Tillyorn considers the effect on Hong Kong and the wider world.
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Lord Turner and Professor David Sugden discuss what the challenges are relating to climate change and what the future may hold.
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The extraordinary history of Kraków, once “the spiritual capital of a country that did not exist” and now a cosmopolitan city at the centre of Europe.
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Professor Wade Allison explains why nuclear technology may be welcomed and used carefully to benefit the environment for the future without fear.
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The lecture considers the opportunity to realise Scotland’s renewable energy potential and examines the more general theme of low carbon technologies and energy infrastructure.
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Professor Tim Byers summarises the ways in which nutritional factors increase cancer risk and how the choices we make can prevent it.
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Professor Jose Torero extracts ten lessons on sustainable infrastructure from a decade of questioning and innovation post-9/11.
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Sir Harry Kroto discusses developments in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, explaining how molecules that ‘do things’ are now being made.
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Bruce Katz outlines a vision of a rebalanced next economy in the United States and explores its implications for the UK and Scotland.
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John Elvidge reflects on the challenges and opportunities for Scotland in a changing world, both for how we see ourselves and how others see us.
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Is there still a role for Trident? Can we afford it? A distinguished panel of experts debates these issues.
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The Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes CH delivers the MacCormick European Lecture on the viability and merits of European foreign policy.
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Professor John Haldane gives an account of Thomas Reid’s life and thought, celebrating his approach to understanding human beings and their place in nature.
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A look at Scottish sources prior to Barbour, considering Robert the Bruce’s reputation in Scotland before the poet represented him as the heroic liberator.
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Dr Chris Jones and Professor Graham Caie discuss major issues of the period, the attraction of medievalism in later periods and attitudes to mortality and death.
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This lecture explores the art-historical significance of Rashid al-Din’s World History which is held by the University of Edinburgh.
