Our work
- Central and Local Government: Building for the Future
A half-day conference in May 2023 with the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee on the relationship between local and central government. - Economic Transformation: A Just Transition?
With Scotland facing the challenges of a climate and ecological emergency, rising inequality and an ageing population, this seminar in April 2023 explored the idea of a just transition. - Economic Transformation: A Wellbeing Economy?
With Scotland facing the challenges of a climate and ecological emergency, rising inequality and an ageing population, this seminar in February 2023 explored the idea of a wellbeing economy - Scrutinising the Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Toolkit
A toolkit with seven key questions to scrutinise the design and use of artificial intelligence - for parliaments and others.
Festival of Politics: Data vultures destroying democracy - Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament
Our phones and laptops harvest information on everything from our habits to our likes and medical issues. Information is collected and shared without our awareness or permission by data gathering companies and so-called ‘data vultures’.
Who is regulating this mass surveillance and how can we protect our privacy and democracy from a trend that is undermining equality for all?
Listen back to the Festival of Politics 2022 panel featuring Dr Sam Fowles, Prof Ewa Luger, and Prof Charles Raab.
- Why Scotland needs radical tax reform
Blog by Alison Payne of Reform Scotland on Scotland's tax system and the report "Taxing Times: Why Scotland needs new, more and better taxes". - Highland Visual Arts in the 2040s: A Look Back
A blog by artist and teacher Críostóir de Piondargás on Gaelic visual arts. Written originally in Gaelic for Seachdain na Gàidhlig in 2022, this blog imagines a successful sector in 2045.