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'Government, at all levels, has a duty to ensure that workers are not exploited, manipulated, or made unsafe by companies deploying AI.'

We need to address the historic injustices of land and resource enclosure that continue to structure today’s inequalities and prevent people from growing healthy communities and ecosystems.

The Polish Scottish Forum

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs and the Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (ACCPIL) will be hosting the seminar "Standing Upon the Constant Edges of Decision": Stat...

The Polish Scottish Forum

For its 2026-27 funding call, the Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites proposals from Scotland-based researchers to contribute to two exciting new projects SCGA is convening this year.

As the world moves towards the achievement of net-zero goals, low-carbon solutions are becoming ever more important.

THIS has been an active and varied summer for the Consulate, spanning cultural collaborations, political engagement and support for a pioneering internship programme between Ireland and Scotland in the renewable energy sector.

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs and the Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (ACCPIL) will be hosting the seminar "Standing Upon the Constant Edges of Decision": Stat...

Russia and China portray their relationship as ‘the best in history’ and present it to the outside world as the main building block of a multipolar international order and the cornerstone of global st...

From outbreaks of war in Ukraine, Syria, and Yemen in the 2010s, via longstanding ‘intractable’ conflicts in Myanmar, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to the American and Israeli war...

This briefing engages with the relevance of Scotland’s domestic peacebuilding infrastructure to the wider international picture. It does so by engaging in several questions from the perspective of civ...

A major conference marking the 20th anniversary of the St Andrews Agreement, the landmark political accord negotiated and agreed here in St Andrews in October 2006 will take place on 8 October 2026.

Addiction remains one of Scotland’s most complex and urgent public health challenges.

When the UK Prime Minister announced a national lockdown in March 2020, it paved the way for a detailed set of public health regulations that introduced the most stringent restrictions on human rights...

AI can transform society. But only if society has a say in shaping it, writes Hetan Shah, Chief Executive of The British Academy.

Recruiting world-leading researchers to UCalgary

Historian and international relations scholar Dr. Peter Jackson named Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada in Intelligence and Security in a Changing Global Order

Russia is reported to be waging a proactive campaign of sabotage, airspace incursions, cyber intrusions and military provocations right across Europe. Will these existing threats and challenges forge ...

As far-right movements have gained increased prominence, we witness an intensification of anti-migrant discourses and practices.

Twenty-five years ago, the beginning of the War on Terror (WOT) marked a period of militarisation not only in the US, but also in Europe.

Across academia and civil society, an expanding range of alternative approaches to achieving sustainable futures in a just and equitable way are gaining traction.