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Understanding the World

16 research impact case studies
Students demonstrate bilingual exchange in English and Japanese.
Bilingualism Matters
Digital biomedical imaging reveals the Rhind mummy's skeleton.
Uncovering the secrets of the Rhind mummy
Professor Stana Nenadic researches the history of the Scottish textile industry.
Colouring the nation: Scottish ‘Turkey red’ textiles
Tillmann Vierkant worked with the Church of Scotland.
Neuroscience and the Church of Scotland
Edward Hollis's research demonstrates the value of derelict historic buildings.
The secret lives of buildings and the future life of Cardross
Tudor drama performed in the royal palace at Linlithgow in 2013.
Staging the Henrician court
Gary West and Kath Campbell recovered lost Scottish music from the archives.
Reinvigorating traditional arts in Scotland
Professor Ian Deary is Director of the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology.
Understanding the brain in old age: the Lothian Birth Cohorts
Frances Fowle worked with the National Galleries of Scotland to produce the exhibition.
Impressionism, Scotland and the art market
Climate change explored from a Christian faith perspective.
The ethics and theology of climate change
Logo for the Writing the North project.
Shedding new light on Northern Scottish islands literature
Professor Andy Clark
The extended mind in science and society
World map with coloured outlining differentiating between continents.
Innovating in digital and open education
Photograph of the 'Hands in Solidarity, Hands of Freedom' mural on the walls of a trade union building in Chicago, U.S.A.
Minority women, activism and austerity
Gun and cap with a communist badge laid on a flag of the Second Spanish Republic
Helping modern Spain understand the meaning and legacy of its Civil War
Graffiti on a ruined wall in Nairobi, Kenya
Making human rights meaningful: documenting and protecting survivors of everyday torture and ill-treatment in low income countries

 

 

 

 

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