it is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of David Hume Institute trustee, David Gow. Our thoughts are with his wife and family.
03.11.2025 10:17 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
In Conversation with Professor Danny Dorling - Buy tickets
Join Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP in conversation with Professor Danny Dorling, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford and the UK’s best-known social geographer.
Join Liam McArthur MSP @orkneymsp.bsky.social in conversation with Danny Dorling, the UK’s best-known social geographer, to discuss his new book The Next Crisis – What We Think About the Future. In partnership with @davidhumeinst.bsky.social
📆 21 Aug, 11 am-12:30pm
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13.08.2025 16:09 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
08.07.2025 16:41 — 👍 33503 🔁 10529 💬 1022 📌 524
YouTube video by The David Hume Institute
What does it mean to be Scottish? Bruce Fummey discusses Enlightenment in Shades of Grey
The brilliant @bruce-fummey.bsky.social shared thoughts on the #enlightenment and what it means to be #Scottish at recent DHI event
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTwq...
04.07.2025 14:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tomorrow! Catch Emma, speaking at the @davidhumeinst.bsky.social where she will be sharing evidence and insight from across the Citizens Advice network in Scotland on the solutions we need to see for our economy to work for all of us 👇
26.05.2025 10:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This is a fascinating piece of work
20.11.2024 07:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Art of Asking Questions with John Sturrock KC — David Hume Institute
In partnership with EICC Live we explored the art of asking questions with John Sturrock KC and former BBC journalist Clare English.
Thanks to John Sturrock KC, @claremenglish and @eicc for their expertise and energy to make this event on the Art of Asking Questions so informative and #fun
If you missed it, you can catch the recording here
davidhumeinstitute.org/past/2024/11...
15.11.2024 20:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Extraordinary.
A news report from 2022 in Asheville & Western North Carolina on people moving there to AVOID climate change impacts & extreme weather.
Credit to @wxnb.bsky.social for finding this (posted on X).
01.10.2024 11:12 — 👍 69 🔁 30 💬 4 📌 6
Thanks for sharing. Important speech
25.09.2024 20:07 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It’s not rising across the whole of the UK. This graph from Prof Danny Dorling breaks down by area
19.09.2024 16:06 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
CNN news alert saying that this week’s school shooting underscores the role tech can play in prevent further bloodshed.
Tech solutions to prevent further bloodshed?
Personally, I’d start with the guns.
08.09.2024 22:07 — 👍 25 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
Additional perspective for discussions in #scotland #edinburgh #glasgow #NC500 #touristtax
30.08.2024 05:16 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks Karen, glad you enjoyed it
28.08.2024 06:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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