| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Genomics Network (Filed under: science_and_technology) |
The ESRC Genomics Network (EGN) is a major investment by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), dedicated to examining the development and use of the science and technologies of genomics. |
| The Macaulay Institute (Filed under: environment_and_rural_affairs; science_and_technology) |
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute is an international centre for research and consultancy on the environmental and social consequences of rural land uses. |
| NIDOS - Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland (Filed under: european_and_international_affairs) |
NIDOS is a network of 82 international development organisations with a base in Scotland. Whether it’s promoting educational opportunities for excluded young people in Bangladesh or helping to ensure safe drinking water for displaced families in Darfur, our member organisations are united by their focus: tackling poverty with communities around the world and raising awareness in Scotland of international development. |
| Scottish Government (Filed under: government) |
The devolved government for Scotland is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. |
| Scottish Policy Innovation Forum (Filed under: government) |
The Forum is a network of academics and individuals from the public, private and voluntary sectors. Its purpose is to foster better and more meaningful dialogue between academics and policymakers, with a view to ensuring that public policy is better informed by research. Membership of the forum is open to anyone with a professional interest in the development of public policy. |
| ESRC Third Sector Research Centre (Filed under: people_and_society) |
The third sector research centre exists to develop the evidence base on, for and with the third sector in the UK. Working closely with practitioners, policy-makers and other academics, TSRC is undertaking and reviewing research, and making this research widely available. |
| SCVO's Policy Officer Network (Filed under: people_and_society; government) |
The Third Sector Policy Officer Network (PON) is an informal network of over 170 voluntary sector workers across Scotland whose work includes policy. Some are full time policy or parliamentary officers, others include policy in a broader work remit. The main functions of the network are information exchange and peer support. |
| David Hume Institute (Filed under: business_and_finance; law_order_and_public_safety) |
The David Hume Institute promotes research, analysis and debate on public policy issues. Its work is primarily focused in areas linking economics and law, with a particular interest in the interaction between institutional or legal frameworks and market forces. |
| Scottish Universities Insight Institute (Filed under: ) |
The Scottish Universities Insight Institute supports programmes of enquiry which address and provide insight on substantial issues that face Scotland and the wider world. Our programmes break down disciplinary and organisational barriers in bringing together academics from different backgrounds, policymakers and practitioners. We mobilise existing knowledge in fresh ways through sustained and collaborative focus on a shared issue and aim to support decision makers in all sectors of society in being better informed. |
| Edinburgh Beltane (Filed under: ) |
Edinburgh Beltane - the beacon that gets its name from a Celtic festival that unites the whole community - is drawing on the experience of researchers across disciplines including medicine, science, engineering, social sciences and the arts in its public engagement work. The Beacon is working to enable researchers to share their ideas with the public and between themselves - highlighting the benefits of approaching an issue from different angles. The beacon will ensure advances made in science, technology and medicine are conveyed in a way that relates to everyday life. |
| LARCI: Local Authorities and Research Councils' Initiative (Filed under: government) |
Strategically positioned at the interface between local authorities and the Research Councils, LARCI provides a response to the growing demand on local authorities for evidence-based policy making. LARCI brings local authorities and Research Councils into closer partnership, leading to better informed research, policy and practice, and facilitating knowledge exchange at a strategic and operational level. |
| Scottish Policy Innovation Forum (Filed under: ) |
The Forum is a network of academics and individuals from the public, private and voluntary sectors. Its purpose is to foster better and more meaningful dialogue between academics and policymakers, with a view to ensuring that public policy is better informed by research. Membership of the forum is open to anyone with a professional interest in the development of public policy. |
| Scottish Statistics and Datasets (Filed under: ) |
fifedirect's useful links to Scottish statistics and datasets |
| Scotland's Futures Forum (Filed under: ) |
Scotland's Futures Forum was created by the Scottish Parliament to help its Members, along with policy makers, businesses, academics, and the wider community of Scotland, look beyond immediate horizons, to some of the challenges and opportunities we will face in the future. |
| International Futures Forum (Filed under: ) |
IFF is a non-profit organisation established to support a transformative response to complex and confounding challenges and to restore the capacity for effective action in today’s powerful times. |
| Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN) (Filed under: ) |
AQMeN is led by a team of academics from eight Universities in Scotland. It is a three year project funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) as part of the ESRC Quantitative Methods Initiative. Our main objective is to build capacity in the use of intermediate and advanced level quantitative methods amongst the social science community in Scotland and beyond. |
| Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) (Filed under: ) |
The Open University's Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is an inter-disciplinary institution whose primary goal is to conduct and promote research, dialogue, and debate that contributes to a greater understanding of the manifold connections between notions of citizenship, processes of identity formation and practices of governance in the contemporary world. |
This page was published on 9 September 2010