News Events

BACK TO THE FUTURE: WHAT COULD OR SHOULD RURAL BE IN 2098?

Join us for a 75 year journey forward on SCRR’s 75th birthday – RSE/SCRR Peter Wilson Lecture

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News Events

SCRR / RSE mini-conference in May 2023

A one-day mini-conference focusing on the work of early career researchers will take place at the Royal Society of Edinburgh in May and be combined with our annual showpiece event, the SCRR / RSE Peter Wilson Lecture

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Publications Newsletter

Celebrating our 100th edition!

This special anniversary issue of the SCRR Newsletter looks back at our origins on the Easter Bush estate in 1989 and forward to an exciting future, with a particular focus on the potential of Early Career Researchers

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News Event report

Peter Wilson Lecture 2022 – event report

Our prestigious annual event organised jointly with RSE took the form of a discussion with four speakers on the theme ‘The time for rural is now’

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Publications Newsletter

SCRR News 99, Summer 2022

Our latest newsletter includes reports on challenges for livestock farming and a new conservation film festival, together with a lead article on the future of rural places by Prof David Miller of the James Hutton Institute

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About SCRR

SCRR’s 24 member organisations do research in Scotland on Scottish and globally important rural priorities – including food, farming, land use, health, climate, biodiversity, rural livelihoods and sustainable development.

Our members are active in research relating to land, freshwater, coastal and marine resources, and their uses – including farming, forestry, aquaculture and recreation.

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Next meeting

The 61st Annual General Meeting of SCRR takes place online on November 17, 2022 at 10.30am.