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  1. Knox Lecture 2025

    Knox Lecture 2025

    'Shameless Liberalism: a vision' by Professor David Enoch

    The Sir Malcolm Knox Memorial Lecture is given each academic year by a leading philosopher or political theorist. It is organised through the Centre for Ethics,...

  2. Mining battery metals: what, how, sustainable?

    Mining battery metals: what, how, sustainable?

    Metals such as lithium, nickel and copper underpin global decarbonisation efforts, largely due to the fact the majority of future supply in the short to medium...

  3. Owning the Future of Scot-Land:

    Owning the Future of Scot-Land:

    Land, Ownership, and Scottish Identity in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

    Come join us for an engaging discussion about the nature and challenges of land ownership in Scotland. Funded by Scotland's Future Series and organised at...

  4. Science for Policy Workshops

    Science for Policy Workshops

    Experts from academia, industry and government will explain, in a series of consecutive workshops, how to become involved in policy and discussions on...

  5. PEPtalk: Being Part of Energy Policy

    PEPtalk: Being Part of Energy Policy

    How to make the right decisions?

    From the outside to the inside of the policy circle --- during our next PEP talk, we will hear from two leading energy scientists in Scotland and their way...

  6. Mapping Participation

    Mapping Participation

    Energy, Climate Change and Net Zero in a Chinese Context

    Public engagement is central to ensuring that global energy transitions are realised in an effective and just manner. Yet, approaches to participation often...

  7. Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies Keynote Lecture

    Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies Keynote Lecture

    Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (Stanford University)

    You are warmly invited to join us for a Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies keynote lecture to be delivered by Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Professor in...

  8. Fusion Science and Ethical Challenges

    Fusion Science and Ethical Challenges

    Presented by Piero Martin, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova In recent times controlled thermonuclear fusion has attracted significant...

  9. Philosophy of Climate Science: Uncertainty

    Philosophy of Climate Science: Uncertainty

    Join members of CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs) for the launch of the Philosophy of Climate Science (PhiCliSci) working group, which...

  10. Seminar Series: Collective Behaviour and Intelligence

    Seminar Series: Collective Behaviour and Intelligence

    Reading Session: Emergence of group cognition

    The goal of this seminar series is to explore the phenomena of collective behaviour and intelligence, the mechanisms underlying them and their consequences...