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Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

What is a Just Transition and how do we achieve it?

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 09, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes
To close Series 5 of Tea and Talk with the RSE, we chat to Professor Jim Skea and Professor Camilla Toulmin about the road to a Just Transition to net-zero. Jim is Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College London, co-chair of Working Group III (Mitigation) of the Intergovernmental Pan...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

What is a Just Transition and how do we achieve it?

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 09, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes
To close Series 5 of Tea and Talk with the RSE, we chat to Professor Jim Skea and Professor Camilla Toulmin about the road to a Just Transition to net-zero. Jim is Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College London, co-chair of Working Group III (Mitigation) of the Inte...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

How climate change affects the way we use our land

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 02, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes
We speak to RSE Fellows Professor Maggie Gill and Professor Colin Campbell about land use and climate change. Maggie is Emeritus Professor in the School of Biology at the University of Aberdeen. She is a former Chief Scientific Advisor, chairs the Scottish Science Advisory Coun...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

How climate change affects the way we use our land

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 02, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes
We speak to RSE Fellows Professor Maggie Gill and Professor Colin Campbell about land use and climate change. Maggie is Emeritus Professor in the School of Biology at the University of Aberdeen. She is a former Chief Scientific Advisor, chairs the Scottish Science Advisory Council, which provid...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

How we will travel and commute in a net-zero Scotland

Tea and Talk with the RSE - November 25, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes
In episode three of the Tea and Talk Podcast, we speak to RSE Fellows Professor Gordon Masterton and Professor Iain Docherty about transport, mobility and what net-zero means in practice.  Gordon is Chair of Future Infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh and has a wealth of experience ad...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

How we will travel and commute in a net-zero Scotland

Tea and Talk with the RSE - November 25, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes
In episode three of the Tea and Talk Podcast, we speak to RSE Fellows Professor Gordon Masterton and Professor Iain Docherty about transport, mobility and what net-zero means in practice.  Gordon is Chair of Future Infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh and has a wealth of experience ad...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

What tourism looks like in a net-zero world

Tea and Talk with the RSE - November 18, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes
We chat with members of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland, Dr Sandro Carnicelli and Dr Leslie Mabon about the impacts of climate change on tourism. Sandro Carnicelli is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland where he leads work and conducts research on Mark...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

What tourism looks like in a net-zero world

Tea and Talk with the RSE - November 18, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes
We chat with members of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland, Dr Sandro Carnicelli and Dr Leslie Mabon about the impacts of climate change on tourism. Sandro Carnicelli is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland where he leads work and conducts research on Marketing, Events and...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

How climate change impacts Scottish cities

Tea and Talk with the RSE - November 11, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes
With COP26 being held in Glasgow, we chat to Professor James Curran MBE FRSE and Professor Duncan Maclennan CBE FRSE about the impact of climate change on Scottish cities, and the policy and lifestyle changes needed in order to make cities more environmentally friendly. James C...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

How climate change impacts Scottish cities

Tea and Talk with the RSE - November 11, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes
With COP26 being held in Glasgow, we chat to Professor James Curran MBE FRSE and Professor Duncan Maclennan CBE FRSE about the impact of climate change on Scottish cities, and the policy and lifestyle changes needed in order to make cities more environmentally friendly. James Curran MBE is a fo...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Integrating asylum seekers and refugees to build a more inclusive, equal society

Tea and Talk with the RSE - August 19, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes
“Good integration is not camps, it’s not aid. It’s people living in flourishing communities where everyone can contribute.” In S03E05 of the RSE Tea and Talk Podcast, Dr Rebekah Widdowfield discusses the issues asylum seekers and refugees face in a post-Brexit Britain with RSE Fellow, Professor...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Integrating asylum seekers and refugees to build a more inclusive, equal society

Tea and Talk with the RSE - August 19, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes
“Good integration is not camps, it’s not aid. It’s people living in flourishing communities where everyone can contribute.” In S03E05 of the RSE Tea and Talk Podcast, Dr Rebekah Widdowfield discusses the issues asylum seekers and refugees face in a post-Brexit Britain with RSE ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

The inequalities of disability during the pandemic

Tea and Talk with the RSE - August 12, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes
Studies have shown that living with a disability is more expensive than living without one. As the Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the global economy, what will this mean for those with disabilities and the social care and welfare systems that many rely on? In S03E04...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

The inequalities of disability during the pandemic

Tea and Talk with the RSE - August 12, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes
Studies have shown that living with a disability is more expensive than living without one. As the Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the global economy, what will this mean for those with disabilities and the social care and welfare systems that many rely on? In S03E04 of the RSE Tea a...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Sexual equality and diversity in a modern Scotland

Tea and Talk with the RSE - August 05, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes
Scotland has become a massively more diverse country in the past fifty years. The advent of better birth control methods in the 1960s sparked an attitude shift and offered more freedoms to women in their lives, their place in the labour market and to a person’s sexual identity e...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Sexual equality and diversity in a modern Scotland

Tea and Talk with the RSE - August 05, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes
Scotland has become a massively more diverse country in the past fifty years. The advent of better birth control methods in the 1960s sparked an attitude shift and offered more freedoms to women in their lives, their place in the labour market and to a person’s sexual identity entirely. However,...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Health inequalities in Scotland and how the Deep End Project aims to balance them

Tea and Talk with the RSE - July 29, 2021 11:44 - 48 minutes
Scotland compares very poorly with other countries in Europe and even within the UK when it comes to health inequalities, but why? In S03E02 of the RSE’s Tea and Talk Podcast, RSE Chief Executive Rebekah Widdowfield talks to Professor Graham Watt CBE FRSE about the reasons and p...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Health inequalities in Scotland and how the Deep End Project aims to balance them

Tea and Talk with the RSE - July 29, 2021 11:44 - 48 minutes
Scotland compares very poorly with other countries in Europe and even within the UK when it comes to health inequalities, but why? In S03E02 of the RSE’s Tea and Talk Podcast, RSE Chief Executive Rebekah Widdowfield talks to Professor Graham Watt CBE FRSE about the reasons and possible answers. ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Using the pandemic to increase public participation in debates and decision-making

Tea and Talk with the RSE - July 22, 2021 11:18 - 45 minutes
Launching the third series of the RSE’s Tea and Talk Podcast, RSE Chief Executive Rebekah Widdowfield chats with RSE Fellows, Talat Yaqoob and Louise Macdonald OBE. They look at how the public has been informed and engaged during the Covid-19 pandemic and how we can build on thi...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Using the pandemic to increase public participation in debates and decision-making

Tea and Talk with the RSE - July 22, 2021 11:18 - 45 minutes
Launching the third series of the RSE’s Tea and Talk Podcast, RSE Chief Executive Rebekah Widdowfield chats with RSE Fellows, Talat Yaqoob and Louise Macdonald OBE. They look at how the public has been informed and engaged during the Covid-19 pandemic and how we can build on this experience to i...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Voices of Covid - Janey Godley and Kirsty Wark FRSE in conversation

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 30, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes
Bonus Episode! As an end-of-year special we thought we would share this illuminating and entertaining conversation between award-winning actor and comedian Janey Godley and Kirsty Wark FRSE. Recorded as part of the Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission, this interview investigates some of the ways i...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Using evidence and data to tackle public challenges

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 23, 2020 12:14 - 51 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Episode 5, RSE Chief ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Using evidence and data to tackle public challenges

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 23, 2020 12:14 - 51 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Epis...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Professor Niamh Nic Daéid on using evidence and data to tackle public challenges

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 23, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Episode 5, RSE Chief ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Why we should support inclusive public services

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 16, 2020 12:12 - 36 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Epis...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Why we should support inclusive public services

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 16, 2020 12:12 - 36 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Episode 4, RSE Chief ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Caroline Gardner on supporting inclusive public services

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 16, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Episode 4, RSE Chief ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Building Scotland's resilience post-Covid-19

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 09, 2020 12:13 - 45 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Episode 3, RSE Chief ...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Building Scotland's resilience post-Covid-19

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 09, 2020 12:13 - 45 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Epis...

Tea and Talk with the RSE artwork

Professor Sir Ian Boyd on building Scotland's resilience post-Covid-19

Tea and Talk with the RSE - December 09, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes
Welcome back for another series of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's 'Tea & Talk' Podcast; a series of conversations with some of Scotland's leading authorities on the impact of Covid-19, featuring Fellows of the RSE and members of their Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission. In Episode 3, RSE Chief ...

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