Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot
@scga.bsky.social
First all-Scotland international relations institute.
Hub for collaborative policy-relevant research & home for informed, non-partisan debate on foreign policy.
scga.scot
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Hub for collaborative policy-relevant research & home for informed, non-partisan debate on foreign policy.
scga.scot
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Launch of new CEASEFIRE! peace game, developed at @uofglasgow.bsky.social (PI Rebecca Sutton) in collaboration with @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, Education Evolved, the Floating Designer, ceasefire negotiation experts, & youth peacebuilders in Scotland.
Online:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8949734951...
Online:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8949734951...
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Launch of new CEASEFIRE! peace game, developed at @uofglasgow.bsky.social (PI Rebecca Sutton) in collaboration with @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, Education Evolved, the Floating Designer, ceasefire negotiation experts, & youth peacebuilders in Scotland.
Online:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8949734951...
Online:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8949734951...
🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.
A real pleasure to welcome a parliamentary delegation from Lower Saxony to Edinburgh.
The visit focused on citizen participation in democracy and petitions - and we discussed Scotland's politics, place in the world and SCGA's role in the public sphere.
The visit focused on citizen participation in democracy and petitions - and we discussed Scotland's politics, place in the world and SCGA's role in the public sphere.
September 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A real pleasure to welcome a parliamentary delegation from Lower Saxony to Edinburgh.
The visit focused on citizen participation in democracy and petitions - and we discussed Scotland's politics, place in the world and SCGA's role in the public sphere.
The visit focused on citizen participation in democracy and petitions - and we discussed Scotland's politics, place in the world and SCGA's role in the public sphere.
A fascinating meeting on challenges and opportunities in #Space and related industries and research base, between colleagues from @bayerischerlandtag.bsky.social & Hanns Seidel Foundation, & Space Scotland with Consul General Hullmann, Michael Picard and Andrew Bowie MP @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A fascinating meeting on challenges and opportunities in #Space and related industries and research base, between colleagues from @bayerischerlandtag.bsky.social & Hanns Seidel Foundation, & Space Scotland with Consul General Hullmann, Michael Picard and Andrew Bowie MP @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
🆕INSIGHT REPORT - Migration and Belonging: Learning from Historic & Contemporary Chinese Immigration to Jamaica. This report explores what we can learn from history & anthropology to better understand today’s migration policies and policy discourse. scga.scot/2025/07/15/s... @yichizhang.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🆕INSIGHT REPORT - Migration and Belonging: Learning from Historic & Contemporary Chinese Immigration to Jamaica. This report explores what we can learn from history & anthropology to better understand today’s migration policies and policy discourse. scga.scot/2025/07/15/s... @yichizhang.bsky.social
The #ScottishConnections Fund 2025-26 is now open for applications. The Scottish Government is looking for innovative ideas from individuals and organisations that promote Scotland and bring together its diaspora around the world.
July 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The #ScottishConnections Fund 2025-26 is now open for applications. The Scottish Government is looking for innovative ideas from individuals and organisations that promote Scotland and bring together its diaspora around the world.
Always a pleasure to mark Independence Day with our dedicated colleagues at the US Consulate, Edinburgh
June 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Always a pleasure to mark Independence Day with our dedicated colleagues at the US Consulate, Edinburgh
A pleasure to be part of a broad and deep discussion on the #eu2025pl Presidency, the UK-EU Summit, the Security Action for Europe, soft power, and more.
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A pleasure to be part of a broad and deep discussion on the #eu2025pl Presidency, the UK-EU Summit, the Security Action for Europe, soft power, and more.
Words.
Literature.
Ideas.
Pleased to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for launch of 2025 @edbookfest.bsky.social
Literature.
Ideas.
Pleased to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for launch of 2025 @edbookfest.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Words.
Literature.
Ideas.
Pleased to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for launch of 2025 @edbookfest.bsky.social
Literature.
Ideas.
Pleased to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for launch of 2025 @edbookfest.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Beyond Borders Scotland
University Competition
Students from across Scotland are invited to enter.
University Competition
Students from across Scotland are invited to enter.
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Beyond Borders Scotland
University Competition
Students from across Scotland are invited to enter.
University Competition
Students from across Scotland are invited to enter.
Each year, the SCGA invites proposals for projects that support its core themes, offering funding to initiatives both within Scotland’s universities & beyond. In this piece we look at how they can give young researchers a platform to exchange ideas and explore meaningful teaching & research paths.
May 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Each year, the SCGA invites proposals for projects that support its core themes, offering funding to initiatives both within Scotland’s universities & beyond. In this piece we look at how they can give young researchers a platform to exchange ideas and explore meaningful teaching & research paths.
A fascinating and wide-ranging afternoon with @angusrobertson.bsky.social in the chair and Prof. Eliot Cohen (@csis.org) and Frances Guy (@intdevalliance.bsky.social) on US Foreign Policy and the impact on EU and beyond, and how much more we need to listen to what the rest of the world thinks
May 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A fascinating and wide-ranging afternoon with @angusrobertson.bsky.social in the chair and Prof. Eliot Cohen (@csis.org) and Frances Guy (@intdevalliance.bsky.social) on US Foreign Policy and the impact on EU and beyond, and how much more we need to listen to what the rest of the world thinks
SCGA helping to “enhance Scotland’s reputation”; a clip from a recent debate in the Scottish Parliament re the international situation: scga.scot/2025/05/08/s... @angusrobertson.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
SCGA helping to “enhance Scotland’s reputation”; a clip from a recent debate in the Scottish Parliament re the international situation: scga.scot/2025/05/08/s... @angusrobertson.bsky.social
Beyond the UK, beyond the EU. Join us on 11 May for a Festival of Europe event, which seeks to broaden insights by moving beyond relations between the UK & the EU to the majority of the world beyond those borders. scga.scot/2025/04/24/b... #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 #FestivalofEurope
April 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Beyond the UK, beyond the EU. Join us on 11 May for a Festival of Europe event, which seeks to broaden insights by moving beyond relations between the UK & the EU to the majority of the world beyond those borders. scga.scot/2025/04/24/b... #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 #FestivalofEurope
Delighted to welcome @ilvestoomas.bsky.social to @scga.bsky.social and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social - at a real moment of change in global affairs. 🇪🇪
April 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Delighted to welcome @ilvestoomas.bsky.social to @scga.bsky.social and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social - at a real moment of change in global affairs. 🇪🇪
@bblumenau.bsky.social and a great day it was too
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@bblumenau.bsky.social and a great day it was too
Are you a young person based in Scotland who is interested in peacebuilding, and in how people resolve and transform conflict?
Apply to join the @uofgsocsci.bsky.social CEASEFIRE! Project as a volunteer ‘Peace Gamer’.
Workshop 1: 15 April
Workshop 2: 1 May
www.rebeccasutton.net/ceasefire-pe...
Apply to join the @uofgsocsci.bsky.social CEASEFIRE! Project as a volunteer ‘Peace Gamer’.
Workshop 1: 15 April
Workshop 2: 1 May
www.rebeccasutton.net/ceasefire-pe...
March 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you a young person based in Scotland who is interested in peacebuilding, and in how people resolve and transform conflict?
Apply to join the @uofgsocsci.bsky.social CEASEFIRE! Project as a volunteer ‘Peace Gamer’.
Workshop 1: 15 April
Workshop 2: 1 May
www.rebeccasutton.net/ceasefire-pe...
Apply to join the @uofgsocsci.bsky.social CEASEFIRE! Project as a volunteer ‘Peace Gamer’.
Workshop 1: 15 April
Workshop 2: 1 May
www.rebeccasutton.net/ceasefire-pe...
World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and World Order - 24 April, @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-of-t...
March 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and World Order - 24 April, @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-of-t...
A wide-ranging and insightful contribution from Glenn Tiffert on #China, #AI and #NewEnergy to a knowledgable and appreciative audience at Edinburgh Futures Institute - with Principal Sir Peter Mathieson
March 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A wide-ranging and insightful contribution from Glenn Tiffert on #China, #AI and #NewEnergy to a knowledgable and appreciative audience at Edinburgh Futures Institute - with Principal Sir Peter Mathieson
Important to be part of debate on Ukraine and Europe, on this of all days, as well as wider discussion with another hugely impressive group of #JohnSmithTrust fellows from Wider Europe and Central Asia.
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
February 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Important to be part of debate on Ukraine and Europe, on this of all days, as well as wider discussion with another hugely impressive group of #JohnSmithTrust fellows from Wider Europe and Central Asia.
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
Delighted to welcome Leo Varadkar on ‘St Andrews and the SCGA: Looking at how nations like Scotland and Ireland can provide a hub for discussion on international affairs" with @johnswinney.bsky.social- as Chair of @scga.scot passes from @uofglasgow.bsky.social to @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Delighted to welcome Leo Varadkar on ‘St Andrews and the SCGA: Looking at how nations like Scotland and Ireland can provide a hub for discussion on international affairs" with @johnswinney.bsky.social- as Chair of @scga.scot passes from @uofglasgow.bsky.social to @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Hearing about #poland25eu from Polish Embassy and Consulate General and @angusrobertson.bsky.social for Scottish Government
January 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hearing about #poland25eu from Polish Embassy and Consulate General and @angusrobertson.bsky.social for Scottish Government