1.Mundane Agency Visiting the recent exhibition at ECA Sculpture Court provided a vital reality check for my project. First, the small figures crafted from Sainsbury’s receipts (Fg.1) perfectly illustrate materials as carriers of labor and memory. By transforming disposable waste into fragile human forms, the artist forces a bodily pacing. Viewers must lean in, slowing down to […]

by Elspeth Reid, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Private Law The publication of the second edition of Personal Bar has come nearly twenty years after the first, which these days is a long time in the world of academic writing. The transformed environment for the second edition has given me cause to reflect on the enterprise […]

This week, I continued to explore the theoretical connections between the articles I read last week and my SICP regarding location selection and the construction of public projects. As for why I chose to hold my exhibition in Edinburgh rather than in the rural area where the development is needed, I referenced the Middlesbrough case […]

Guest blog, Anita Sangha – The Fairness Foundation  Last year, in partnership with the Discovering Liveability project team, The Fairness Foundation brought together a group of experts from public health, economics, sociology, and psychology to discuss the relationship between wealth inequality, suicide and liveability.   Suicide rates in the UK are on the rise. In the year 2023/24, 7,055 deaths caused by […]

This post reflects on the discussions of a panel event held as part of the Researcher Realities Annual event 2026, written by Prof Jen Ross, Associate Dean (Research Cultures), College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, University of Edinburgh. On 17 March, I chaired a panel discussion as part of the Researcher Realities event. The […]

In this extra post, Jennifer Yule describes how she experimented with taking the International Marketing class from the Business School into the field (quite literally!), partnering with the School’s Student Development Team the University’s Forest & Peatland programme to explore how Scotland’s biodiversity, land use and the University’s carbon footprint are being managed. Jennifer is […]