ANNOUNCEMENT – New Knowledge Exchange Programmes – 2018, Round 2

Last autumn we released our second call for proposals of 2018, on the theme of “Cooperation and Interdependence”.  We are delighted to announce that we have funded new knowledge exchange programmes from this round of applications.  These programmes include experts from across the disciplinary spectrum; among them clinical practice, disability studies, education, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, politics, product design, psychology, public health, sociology, sport and exercise, and translation studies.

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Reducing harm and promoting wellbeing amongst people who have housing, health and substance use challenges

The seminar series entitled ‘An international and intersectional dialogue on how to reduce harm and promote wellbeing amongst people who have housing, health and substance use challenges’ started on the 27th of November in the Scottish Universities Insight Institute premises in Glasgow. For any member of an organising committee, there is always a certain degree of nervousness on the first day of an event. However, this was one occasion where the atmosphere was relaxed and conducive to interesting conversations from the very beginning.

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New Programme – Reducing harm and promoting wellbeing amongst people who have housing, health and substance use challenges

In the fourth of our introductions to the new programmes, Dr Tessa Parkes, Dr Hannah Carver, and Dr Fiona Cuthill provide a bit more detail on their new programme.

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The ‘I’s have it! – Innovation, inclusion, investment and integration

SUII’s current themed programme of work is focussed on better understanding the features of vibrant innovation systems and how best they can be stimulated and progress assessed. In particular it aims to draw out the implications for policy and practice in Scotland. As we approached the end of the programme Scotland’s Futures Forum hosted a workshop in the Scottish Parliament to bring together the five individual projects in the programme to report back and identify some cross cutting themes.

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