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We will now be joined on 11 June by Niall Kerr: Senior Analyst for Energy and Environment at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre

Net Zero: Governance Through Goal Setting and Competing Knowledge Claims

Register: https://t.co/ze4opzxwae

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Event announcement - NEXT WEEK!

Join us for: Net Zero: Governance Through Goal Setting and Competing Knowledge Claims - Where to next for science, knowledge and policy?

11 June, 1pm-3pm with lunch.

Register: https://t.co/ze4opzxwae

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Seminar announcement

A Critique of Epistemocracy, with Ambrosio Velasco Gómez

5 June, 12pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online (hybrid)

Register: https://t.co/PONHAjctcK

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ICYMI!

SKAPE Seminar: ‘Is there enough evidence?’ Challenging health promotion policies in a World Trade Organization committee

With Gabriel Siles-Brügge (Bristol)

21 April, 12.3-2pm, 1.55, EFI

Register: https://t.co/LCniuddZsg

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SKAPE Seminar: A Critique of Epistemocracy, with Ambrosio Velasco Gómez

5 June 2026, 12-1pm, VLR

Register here: https://t.co/PONHAjctcK

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SKAPE Seminar: ‘Is there enough evidence?’ Challenging health promotion policies in a World Trade Organization committee

With Gabriel Siles-Brügge (Bristol)

21 April, 12.3-2pm, 1.55, EFI

Register: https://t.co/dJOCgtm2la

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There is still time to register!

How do scientists use policymaking power if they have it?, with Erik Baekkeskov, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Melbourne.

25 Feb, 12.30-2pm, Room 2.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Register: https://t.co/qzGosQrDWs

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Join us next week!

How do scientists use policymaking power if they have it?, with Erik Baekkeskov, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Melbourne.

25 Feb, 12.30-2pm, Room 2.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Register: https://t.co/qzGosQrDWs

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There is still time to register!

Knowledge and expertise as a paradigm in international politics research: What we know, and where to next

11 Feb, 11:30-13:00, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online

More info and register here: https://t.co/vxSg9pksYd

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ICYMI

Knowledge and expertise as a paradigm in international politics research: What we know, and where to next

11 Feb, 11:30-13:00, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online

More info and register here: https://t.co/vxSg9pksYd

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Event announcement

Knowledge and expertise as a paradigm in international politics research: What we know, and where to next

11 Feb, 11:30-13:00, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online

More info and register here: https://t.co/vxSg9pl0NL

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📢 ICYMI! 📢

SKAPE Seminar: Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19

23 Oct, 1-2pm
VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online via Zoom

More info and registration: https://t.co/LtzdwydLyw

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Our first seminar of 25/26 is now hybrid:

Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19

23 Oct, 1-2pm, VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online via Zoom

More info and registration: https://t.co/Ltzdwyejo4

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We are pleased to announce that we are now on Bluesky!

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In case you missed it!

The 25/26 SKAPE Seminar Series kicks off with:

Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19

23 Oct, 1-2pm, VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building

More info and registration: https://t.co/lBmYzavkSX

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We would like to welcome everyone back after the summer break! The 25/26 SKAPE Seminar Series kicks off with:

Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19

23 Oct, 1-2pm, VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building

More info and registration: https://t.co/lBmYzavSIv

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Join us as Aurélien Goutsmedt and Francesco Sergi present on 'Central Banks Between Science and Politics'

More info: https://t.co/0BvRN9R6Mw

16 May
4pm - 5:30pm
Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh

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Join us on Wednesday as Ewan Robertson presents on 'Whose Knowledge? Patterns of Committee Witnesses in Spain's Congress of Deputies'

More info: https://t.co/0BvRN9R6Mw

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Join us as Ewan Robertson presents on 'Whose Knowledge? Patterns of Committee Witnesses in Spain's Congress of Deputies'

More info: https://t.co/0BvRN9R6Mw

23 April
1pm - 2pm
Room 2.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh

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Join us as Ewan Robertson presents on 'Whose Knowledge? Patterns of Committee Witnesses in Spain's Congress of Deputies'

More info: https://t.co/0BvRN9R6Mw

23 April
1pm - 2pm
Room 2.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh

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Join us next week as Justyna Bandola-Gill delivers a seminar on 'Narrating Numbers: Expertise in the Age of Datafied Governance'

More info: https://t.co/0BvRN9R6Mw

19 Mar 1pm - 2pm
Chrystal Macmillan Building, Edinburgh