Scotland’s Net Zero Future in Focus at SRAEHL Annual Event The Alliance hosted its inaugural annual event at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh on Wednesday 10th September, bringing together researchers, local authorities, community leaders, and industry partners to explore how Scotland can accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon future. Mette High, Alliance Director warmly welcomed attendees … Read more
Music of Care with Mhairi Hall In January 2025, Sarah Parry, Sustainable Households Co-Lead, and the team behind the Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care project, held a two-day residential workshop to share and discuss social science scholarship on ethics of care. The group explored how they could apply this to their project, and … Read more
Researching Care for People, Nature and Place From Sunday 25 to Monday 26 May, academics, community co-researchers, artists, and partners at the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub came together to collaborate on Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care, a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) via the ACCESS Network. The project aims to … Read more
Emerging and Sustaining Infrastructures of Care Emerging and Sustaining Infrastructures of Care is a seed funding project led by Dr Vanicka Arora, University of Stirling, Dr Carolina Rocha Santa Maria, University of Dundee, Dr Francesca Vaghi, University of Glasgow, and Dr Sarah Parry, University of Edinburgh, with the help of Manas Murthy, PhD candidate at … Read more
The Sustainable Households theme hosted a grant development retreat at Loch Insh Outdoor Centre from 28th – 30th August. Welcoming seed fund awardees from The University of Edinburgh, the University of Strathclyde, the James Hutton Institute, the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Stirling, the retreat provided a dedicated space for teams to collaborate and … Read more
As part of the Sustainable Households seedcorn funding, researchers at the University of St Andrews, the University of Edinburgh and the James Hutton Institute ran a workshop around ‘Mapping and Understanding Van Dwelling in Scotland’. Our motivations for running this workshop stemmed from shared academic interests in sustainable living, community development and small-scale living, and … Read more
The Sustainable Households theme, led by Sarah Parry and Faye Wade, hosted a residential retreat at LochInsh Outdoor Centre in January. The three-day residential was attended by 37 people and was a first step in bridging, consolidating and amplifying Scottish research expertise in the arts, humanities and social sciences with a focus on household sustainability. The aim was to develop … Read more
