By Krishna, from St. Andrews Scotland, studying Economics For such a small city, Edinburgh is exceptionally diverse in character and history, Leith being a great example of this. Leith is north-east of the city centre and was historically an independent burgh, and only as recently as 1920 was amalgamated into Edinburgh. Locals fiercely opposed the […]

Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.

Isabella is a first year PhD student in my research centre at the University of Edinburgh. She is interested in research and writing spaces and has started to explore the ‘knowledge-making and meaning-making experiences’ of history students. She is wondering how to use walking methods as part of this work and we recently met to […]

The UK Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice, launched in 2024, is a voluntary agreement that commits universities and research institutions to reduce the environmental impact of scientific work. In this blog post, Susie Cook, Sustainability Implementation Manager in the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability, reflects on learnings to date. […]

Unprecedented urban growth and extensive land-use change (including in peri-urban areas), especially in the Global South, have raised the alarming needs for urban ecosystem services. Longato and colleagues (2023) shared a selected list of NbS types and descriptions to suit the study area needs. Building upon that, a study conducted by Ortiz, M. S., and […]

Edit Post Last week was a BIG week for me, as I was invited to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as they were completing a short inquiry looking at Scotland’s current suicide prevention strategy ‘Creating Hope Together‘. I was really nervous about giving evidence as I’ve never […]