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The Adam Smith Lecture – The health and wealth of nations
Prof Anton Muscatelli
Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli FRSE AcSS Sir Anton is Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Glasgow, since 1 October 2009. From 2007-2009 he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University. An economist, his research interests are monetary economics, central bank independence, fiscal policy, international finance and macroeconomics. Prior to 2007 he…
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The Thoughts the Civilized Keep: How to Reclaim Human Intelligence in an Age of Machine Thinking
Prof Shannon Vallor
Professor Shannon Vallor I am the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Institute, where I am also appointed as Professor in Philosophy. My research explores the philosophy and ethics of emerging science and technologies. My current research project…
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Diversity and its Reversals: reflections on half a century of change
Prof Sally Mapstone FRSE
Professor Sally Mapstone joined the University of St Andrews as Principal and Vice-Chancellor in September 2016. She had previously served since 2009 as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Personnel and Equality and since 2011 as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education at the University of Oxford. She maintains a strong interest in issues both of access…
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Highlands and Islands – Development, Enterprise and Planning
Prof Lorne Crerar
The establishment of Highlands and Islands Development Board in 1965 was at the time a unique experiment to improve economic and social conditions for the people of the Highlands and Islands .How do the outcomes of that experiment and the work of its successor body, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, inform…
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British Academy Lecture: Fair work for our future?
Prof Patricia Findlay
Delivered by the most outstanding academics in the UK and beyond, the British Academy’s flagship lecture programme showcases the very best scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The quality of work plays an important role in individual well-being and in supporting family and community life. The potential of ‘fair’…
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