" In many ways, my PhD simply gave academic language to questions that community work had already been asking me for years".Olivia Shaw-Lovell Reflections I sometimes find it difficult to explain where my research truly began because, although I am now undertaking a PhD at The University of Edinburgh, the questions that brought me here … Continue reading The Questions That Existed Before Academia
Traces and tracks: Reflecting on the EARTH Scholarships impact programme
As EARTH Scholars reconvened in Glasgow during Earth Day 2026, Harriet Crisp reflects on the impact of a unique international programme at the intersection of environmental arts and humanities.
‘When people think of Scotland, they often think of rain’
Dr Sarah Mackay and Dr Emily Munro, returning guest bloggers, share their forthcoming exhibition at the National Library of Scotland, researching the nation's relationship with wet weather.
Gathering around activism in the archives
Guest bloggers Cicely Farrer and Alison Scott reflect on their event, Creative Citizenship in the Archives, co-organised with the SGSAH KE Hub Citizenship, Culture & Ethics (CCE).
Fiume o morte! Researching and revealing the absurdity of nationalism through film
Guest blogger Ludovic Brunot extends academic research into irredentism in Italy, a 19th-century nationalist movement geared towards 'redeeming' Italian-speaking regions from foreign domination, through his review of the 2025 film, Fiume o morte!
‘a city shaped by maritime lore, migration, and imperial entanglements’: Kialy Tihngang on the Venice Biennale 2026
Guest blogger and 2026 British Council Venice Fellow Kialy Tihngang dives into their research relating to Blackness, queerness, and Britishness in film and moving image.
Beginning a British Council Venice Fellowship
Resident blogger Jelena Sofronijevic shares their research relating Jagoda Buić and Lubaina Himid at the Venice Biennale, as part of their British Council Venice Fellowship in May 2026.
Fauna, Forests, Fabrics: Researching Folk Weaving in Lithuania and Scotland
Guest blogger Cecilia Charlton discusses the value of durational ethnographic practices in heritage textile research.
Listening to – and as – Research
Previewing their SGSAH-supported event in Glasgow in April 2026, guest blogger Sara Guidi considers the environmental meanings of storytelling, through the lenses of gender studies and diasporic narratives.
A View of EARTH, from Scotland
Concluding the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Scheme series, guest blogger Alison Scott reflects on the ongoing impacts of the programme for scholars based in Scotland.
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