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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Professor Ravinder Dahiya explores new scientific interventions that could promote faster recovery from injury and more effective treatment delivery with ‘smart bandage’ technology.
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Professor Nasar Meer explores policy impact concerning racial equality and the role that ‘epistemologies of ignorance’ may play in policy inequality.
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The Spring 2022 edition of ReSourcE takes matters of health and wellbeing as its primary focus. We hear from experts and leading thinkers within the RSE Fellowship and beyond on some of the ways in which better health policies and practices can improve mental, social, and physical wellbeing across society; as well as the role of the arts and embracing culture.
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Professor Roy Burdon explains how the environment can leave its footprints in our DNA, whether a natural or artificial cause.
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This event brought together experts to challenge and provoke us about how the time for rural is now.
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Professor Jeremy Peat, RSE VP for Business, reflects on a series of economic issues related to constitutional change and the Scottish independence debate.
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Professor Eleonora Belfiore explores the resistance against the impact agenda within the arts and humanities academic community
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The Universities Policy Engagement Network looks at the challenge of bringing about positive change for equity, diversity and inclusion in academic-policy engagement.
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Dr Ellen Stewart on why engagement with citizens has the potential to improve research and increase its relevance to policy and practice.
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Professor Stephen Reicher reflects on the importance of exchanging knowledge between disciplines in addressing the challenge posed by Covid-19.
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Are current approaches to impact addressing the demands for interdisciplinary approaches, and do they call for more diversity?
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Dramatic progress against this deadly disease has faltered. Professor Heather M Ferguson FRSE on how to get it back on track.
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Professor Alex Murphy FRSE writes about bringing STEM opportunities to the most remote locations in Scotland.
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As a growing sector, it also offers exciting opportunities for the future, and Scotland is at the forefront of these opportunities.
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Sitting among the many aspirations that we have for space exploration is one enduring question – is there life beyond Earth?
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Listen to a thought-provoking discussion chaired by Nick Fraser between Louisa Harvey, Dr Andy Kerr FRSE, and Joan Lawrie discussing how climate change continues to expose further inequalities within our society and their experience working together with local authorities and communities to enact solutions to tackle those challenges in an affordable, community-focused and sustainable way.
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Professor Claire Dunlop sketches three blind spots of policy impact which learning accounts bring into focus.
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Professor Christina Boswell on the ‘impact agenda’ in higher education first gained currency around a decade ago. And to be honest, a lot of that activity felt quite formulaic and box-ticking.
