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SCRR / RSE Peter Wilson Lecture 2024

‘Food for thought: food security in changing times’ This prestigious annual event jointly arranged by SCRR and the Royal Society of Edinburgh took place at the RSE on 7th May 2024 and addressed global food security. Expert speakers Professor Rachel Norman FRSE of the University of Stirling,  Dr Peter Alexander

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Researchers at work in a lab at Roslin

Newsletter 102, Spring 2024 – out now!

In our latest newsletter… Katie Dubarry of Roslin discusses the establishment within SCRR of a new network aimed at supporting Early Career Researchers in coping with the many challenges they face. See Publications

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A winding country road through Scottish mountains

Newsletter 101, Summer 2023 – out now!

Our latest newsletter for summer 2023 is now out. In this, our 101st edition, Dr Leslie Mabon, Lecturer in Environmental Systems at The Open University reports on our key annual event, the SCRR / RSE Peter Wilson Lecture. See Publications

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SCRR / RSE event for ECRs in May 2023

SCRR’s next Early Career Researcher mini-conference will be combined with the annual Peter Wilson Lecture and held in May 2023 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In order to enable early career researchers (ECRs) working in the area of rural science to engage with a wider network of people, and

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SCRR newsletter celebrates its 100th edition!

Our latest newsletter is just out, and this time it’s a bit special. SCRR News issue 100 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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