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Case Comment: Supreme Court rules Scottish Parliament can’t hold IndyRef2 unilaterally

Image: The Lord Advocate, the Rt Hon Dorothy Bain KC, discusses the case before five judges of the UK Supreme

Catholic Bishops in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland call for end to violence in Ukraine

Meeting in London on 4th March 2022, the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales,

Education in Scotland: International Engagement with the Arctic

Image: The Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen. © University of Aberdeen Library/Flickr. Liz Bowman On Monday, 23 September

From Dales Voe to Scapa Flow: Scotland, a Leading Marine Hub for the Arctic

Scapa Flow © Damien Entwistle/Flickr. Peter Sherwin On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy

The North holds the Key: Unlocking Canada-Scotland Trade Potential

Dr Dwayne Menezes and Dr Karen Everett On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework

Scotland’s New Arctic Policy: Deepening Collaboration With Canada

Stromness Marina. © Alan Jamieson/Flickr. On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework in

Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?

Ulva. © James Stringer/Flickr. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes (with thanks to Max Baring of Thomson Reuters Foundation for the film)

Win-Win Scottish Arctic Policy can Build Greater Connectivity and Resilience

Dales Voe. Image from Lerwick Port Authority. https://www.lerwick-harbour.co.uk/decommissioning Prof Brooks Kaiser On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s

The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities

Image by Bill Kasman from Pixabay. Dr Nikolas Sellheim On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first

Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic

Ring of Brodgar, Orkney. The most northerly of Britain’s stone circles, the henge at Brodgar is the centrepiece of the ‘The

The Ellett Line: Scotland’s Decades of Subpolar Marine Observation

RRS Discovery Scientific Cruise DY052 – The Extended Ellett Line. ukosnap.wordpress.com/ © Captain Smurf/Flickr. Erin Willahan On Monday, 23 September 2019, the

Scotland, the Arctic, Outer Space

Max Daniels On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework in Stromness, Orkney. You

Scotland, the UK and the EU in the Arctic: Strengthening Partnerships

Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes and Micheil Page On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework

Scotland seizes Arctic winds of change

Seilebost Beach on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides. Possibly a former Viking “resort,” and perhaps in both the former

Delegates from 20 Nations convene in the United Kingdom for Arctic Encounter London 2019

Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) and the Arctic Encounter host the first Arctic Encounter London in London, UK, on

Arctic Antibiotics – The Hunt for New Medicines in the Arctic

Figure 1: The future of medicine could be hiding here, on the Arctic seabed where unknown organisms dwell (NSF, 2005)

What are the UK’s Interests in the Arctic?

The UK has been cautious in forming and enacting an Arctic strategy thus far. In many ways, this is unsurprising

Scottish Affairs Committee’s first session on ‘Scotland and the High North’

Polar Research and Policy Initiative Director, Dr Dwayne Menezes, presented oral evidence as an expert to the Scottish Affairs Committee’s

Scotland urged to go ‘Nordic’ to boost tourism and trade

Article published in The Sunday Herald, on 22 January, 2017: ‘Scotland urged to go ‘Nordic’ to boost tourism and trade’. Dr

Case Comment: Supreme Court rules Scottish Parliament can’t hold IndyRef2 unilaterally

Catholic Bishops in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland call for end to violence in Ukraine

Education in Scotland: International Engagement with the Arctic

From Dales Voe to Scapa Flow: Scotland, a Leading Marine Hub for the Arctic

The North holds the Key: Unlocking Canada-Scotland Trade Potential

Scotland’s New Arctic Policy: Deepening Collaboration With Canada

Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?

Win-Win Scottish Arctic Policy can Build Greater Connectivity and Resilience

The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities

Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic

The Ellett Line: Scotland’s Decades of Subpolar Marine Observation

Scotland, the Arctic, Outer Space

Scotland, the UK and the EU in the Arctic: Strengthening Partnerships

Scotland seizes Arctic winds of change

Delegates from 20 Nations convene in the United Kingdom for Arctic Encounter London 2019

Arctic Antibiotics – The Hunt for New Medicines in the Arctic

What are the UK’s Interests in the Arctic?

Scottish Affairs Committee’s first session on ‘Scotland and the High North’

Scotland urged to go ‘Nordic’ to boost tourism and trade

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