RSE in focus: March 2024
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News
Report | Inquiry into public financial support for tree planting and forestry
The RSE has published a report on?the environmental and social impacts of public subsidies for the forestry sector in Scotland.?
The report makes a series of recommendations for how public financial support for tree planting in Scotland can be reorganised to better serve Scotland’s people, environment, forestry industry, and the public purse.?
The report concludes that commercial conifer forestry, which benefits from 100% tax relief, no longer needs public subsidies that distort the market, reflected in the rapid increase in the price of land for tree planting, and that the money should be redirected to maximise the common good.
RSE journals | Palaeontologists reveal a 240-million-year-old 'Chinese Dragon' as Year of the Dragon dawns
An international team of scientists have described new fossils of?Dinocephalosaurus orientalis?– a five-metre-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period of China, dating to around 240 million years old – in the Royal Society of Edinburgh's?Transactions?journal.
The reptile was originally identified in 2003, but the discovery of additional specimens has allowed scientists to depict the bizarre long-necked creature in full for the very first time.
Blog | Regaining lost ground in the Scottish research landscape
In this blog, Frank Moeschler discusses how Scottish research has significantly advanced through being part of EU programmes, notably Horizon. As Horizon Europe and Copernicus gain momentum, he argues to leverage these platforms for collaboration, investment and growth with European partners.
Events
The cost of being a woman
Friday 8 March | 18:00 - 18:30 | online
Women are bearing the brunt of the cost of living crisis.
For International Women's Day, Friday, 8 March, we're exploring the cost of being a woman with an interdisciplinary group of leading thinkers and practitioners. They will look at the historical context of current systematic inequalities and offer some solutions to address the imbalance, from workplaces to the law.
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Islands - present
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 March | Hybrid
What are the present opportunities and challenges facing and shaping the Scottish Islands? Explore the unique position, brilliant stories, and present realities of life in Scottish island communities in the second instalment of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Islands – past, present, and future event series.
Custodians of the cosmos
Wednesday 3 April | 18:30 | Hybrid
Join us for an evening of exploration of space's central role in our everyday lives. Learn about the increasing threat of space debris and why studying the skies is of vital cultural and economic importance.
Funding
RSE Research Awards spring 2024 programme
8 February - 28 March
Supporting Scotland’s vibrant research sector, the next RSE Research Awards programme open call will offer awards that are designed to enable Scotland’s academics to realise their potential, stimulate research in Scotland, and promote international collaboration. The call will include four funding opportunities covering all career stages and academic disciplines:
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