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Devolution and Climate Change
School of Law
A new book on “Climate Law in EU Member States” includes a chapter by Professor Colin Reid, School of Law, examining the legal response in Scotland to climate change. He highlights the way in which the devolution settlement has created opportunities for but also imposes constraints on Scotland as it seeks to develop its own policy within the framework of UK and EU measures. The book, edited by a team from the UK and the Netherlands, examines the legislative responses to climate change across Europe, exploring the relationship between the EU and Member States as well as individual national approa...
Five Million Questions - analysing Scotland's referendum
College of Arts & Social Sciences
It is the biggest event in Scotland for over 300 years, a referendum to decide whether the country establishes independence from the rest of the United Kingdom. And everyone has a question about how the decision will affect them and the future of the country. Now the University of Dundee is launching a major project - `Five Million Questions’ - to examine the issues around Scotland’s constitutional debate. Every aspect of Scottish life stands to be impacted upon by the result of the referendum. The public debate to this stage has been both highly technical and overtly party political. `Fi...
Experts to rethink learning disability
College of Arts & Social Sciences
A cross-disciplinary team from the USA, Netherlands, and the UK will come together at the University of Dundee this week to try and develop a better understanding of the concept of 'learning disability'. A seminar taking place at Dalhousie Building on Thursday, 22nd November will see researchers from the fields of history, geography, education, philosophy, community health, psychology and theology contribute a range of perspectives. The participants will seek to shift the emphasis from the medical understanding of learning disability to a broader understanding, focused on the contexts within which people l...
Scotland's Constitutional Futures Forum
College of Arts & Social Sciences
The Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum is an initiative of academics from five Scottish Law Schools- those of the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde. It has been set up to address the wide range of issues bearing upon the constitutional choice facing the people of Scotland today. It is a unique opportunity to debate and decide Scotland’s constitutional future in a manner that is inclusive, well-informed and open-minded. But for this to happen it must be ensured that the circulation of information and the discussion of ideas is not confined to the official campaigns...
Unweaving the web of online human trafficking
College of Arts & Social Sciences
Scottish researchers will be addressing how internet and online social networks are increasingly used in human trafficking, in a project funded by the prestigious Scottish Crucible scheme. The £4,000 grant will be used to ask how online networks enable traffickers to reach larger audiences across the world: both recruiting people and selling services provided by trafficked men, women and children. The project is an initiative from five young researchers at Dundee University, Glasgow Caledonian University/Central European University, Northumbria University and St Andrews University. The start-up fundi...