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Jackie Ross

Pioneering North East women celebrated

By Lewis Walker -

A series of events and activity has helped the North East shine a spotlight on some of the region's well known women.

Mural celebrating women

Celebrating North-East women with a call for contributions to Quinepedia

By Lewis Walker -

As part of the recently launched 2022 Being Human Festival, a team from the School of Creative and Cultural Business, which includes Professors Sarah Pedersen and Peter Reid and Dr Rachael Ironside, are currently working on the construction of Quinepedia – a digital biographical dictionary focused on women in North-East Scotland.

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Supporting early career development with postgraduate research

By Jenny Frost -

Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s research culture has been voted the ‘best in the country’ according to a national survey of postgraduate research students. Vice Principal for Research and Community Engagement, Professor Nick Fyfe, highlights how Ðǿմ«Ã½ is enhancing and facilitating the aspirations of doctoral students and early career researchers and explains why this is so important for the University.

Kostas Stavrianakis

Dr Kostas Stavrianakis: a profile

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

A profile of Dr Kostas Stavrianakis- recent PhD graduate, now researcher at Ðǿմ«Ã½. We discussed his research interests, and his involvement with the EU Carbon Capture project ConsenCUS.

Rachael Ironside

Culbin: the disappeared village project

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

Researchers Professor Peter Reid and Dr Rachael Ironside discuss their most recent project: lost history, literary inequality, and the ghostly story of a village that suddenly disappeared.

Susan Duthie

Professor Susan Duthie: a profile

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

A profile of Professor Susan Duthie, the Associate Head of School for Pharmacy and Life Sciences at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. We chatted about her life in academia, her passion for research, and her journey to a senior position at Ðǿմ«Ã½.

ConsenCUS team

ConsenCUS

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

What are our practical solutions to climate change? Researchers Professor Zoe Morrison, Dr Jacob Nielsen, and Dr Kostas Stavrianakis discuss their involvement in the worldwide carbon capture technology development project, ConsenCUS.

Professor Flora Douglas

Professor Flora Douglas: a profile

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

A profile on Professor Flora Douglas, Researcher and Professor at Robert Gordon University Aberdeen. We sat down to talk about her academic life, and her journey to her position at Ðǿմ«Ã½.

Ageism

Ageism

By Euan Stewart (words); edited by Lucy Young - Creative & Cultural Business Students on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

Ageism or age discrimination is where someone treats a person unfairly to their age. This has been the recent focus of Professor Angela Kydd who has been working on an EU funded Horizon 2020 project looking into Euro-Ageism.

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Spotlight on Arts and Humanities as Ðǿմ«Ã½ joins Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance

By Jenny Frost -

Reader & Research Lead at Gray's School of Art, Dr Jon Blackwood, who now sits on the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) Executive, reflects on the significance of Ðǿմ«Ã½ joining the alliance and highlights how the Arts and Humanities, can offer a useful lens to tackle big societal challenges.