One of those rare videos that captures the madness of hill racing (at death defying world class speed) youtu.be/8Xb5cl0xXtQ?si…

As someone who grew up in the depressed post-industrial Cornish town, St Austell, it’s heart warming to know the mines are being reopened for lithium extraction bbc.com/news/articles/…

Skape is delighted to welcome Göran Sundqvist from Göteborgs universitet / University of Gothenburg to present on 'Science Advice and Policy Influence: The Case of the Swedish Climate Council. More information: edin.ac/4ddrF9m 5 Dec 3:30pm-5pm Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh

Europeans will never understand the United States: it’s optimism, industriousness, belief in hard work and meritocracy, its patriotism, love of freedom, and flat social hierarchy, it’s ‘dream’. Easy to mock, but it’s made the country the motor force of the modern world.

Just submitted 107,000 words of a manuscript entitled "Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health" with Théo Bourgeron - coming to a book shop near you in summer 2025, courtesy of Oxford Academic and European Research Council (ERC) ! Now, I'm going to bed and get up in about a month.

It’s time for the UK to join the Empire of Liberty as its 51st state spectator.co.uk/article/britai…

Huge congratulations to Dylan Cassar for publishing this important paper in Finance and Society. One of the first significant developments in performativity theorising of financial markets for a long while.

Good explainer of why Trump policies and vibe are sending the US economy into turbo drive. There’s a lot the UK should learn from this. on.ft.com/4jSqzEH via @financialtimes

Exciting as ever. I’ll try to lead a 5K run on the first morning of the conference to get people started on a healthy endorphin high!

Such a perfect trilogy of films about love and relationships. This lovely video essay breaks down what is so profound about these minimalist films about connection and attraction. youtu.be/qGQVbazviwk

Join us on Wednesday as Ewan Robertson presents on 'Whose Knowledge? Patterns of Committee Witnesses in Spain's Congress of Deputies' More info: edin.ac/4ddrF9m

The most exciting live race coverage I've ever seen - on the Great Wall of China!🔴 GTWS 2025 - Jinshanling Great Wall Trail Race LIVE youtube.com/live/Wm-NNCDpa… via YouTube

📢 ICYMI! 📢 SKAPE Seminar: Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19 23 Oct, 1-2pm VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online via Zoom More info and registration: edin.ac/46uJMGn