Professional Motivation for, and Understanding of Delivering Value‑based Health and Care in Scotland’s Health and Care System

This qualitative research project will explore how Value Based Health and Care (VBHC) and Realistic Medicine are understood, interpreted and enabled by the multiple professions involved in the planning and delivery of care – not just those who provide care, but all professionals including managers, financial and procurement professionals across Scotland’s health and social care […]

Pathways into Perpetration of Technology Facilitated Violence Against Women and Girls

The aim of this project is to improve our understanding of the data and evidence on, or relevant to, tech-facilitated violence against women and girls (VAWG) and pathways into perpetrating TFVAWG. The project will entail a mapping exercise to provide an understanding of the existing evidence and understandings of evidence in relation to pathways into […]

Kachinas, Charms and Crocodiles: Researching Roland Penrose’s Ethnographic Collection

National Galleries Scotland (NGS) has, for the past 25 years, had on loan a collection of naturalia, artworks and ethnographic objects that belonged to the artist and collector Roland Penrose (1900-1984). A Surrealist interpretation of a ‘Wunderkammer’, these objects span millennia and culture, comprising an eclectic array of media and meaning: from a 2000-year-old Cycladic […]

Reforming Council Tax: International Lessons on Property Tax Discounts and Exemption

Interns will gain an insight to policy development and the use of evidence in the Scottish Government. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary Local Government Analytical Unit, the intern will be based in the Local Government and Reform research team, which provides social research support for a wide range of policy areas including local government, third sector, […]

R24-13 Evidence and analysis to underpin climate and nature actions on farms and crofts

This is an exciting time to join colleagues working on Scotland’s future agricultural support, with a specific focus on measures to advance climate change mitigation and adaptation, and nature restoration. Within the context of developing future agricultural support, the internship will focus on strengthening the evidence base for agri-environmental actions that farmers and crofters are […]