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Tag: Academic Engagement

Guest blog: Strengthening the use of lived experience in the Scottish Parliament

November 5, 2025 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis guest blog by Dr Clementine Hill O’Connor introduces and links to the findings and recommendations arising from a fellowship project exploring the ways that lived experience is understood as a form of evidence and features in committee scrutiny.

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Guest Blog: Opening Up Scrutiny – Reflections on Creativity, Collaboration, and Evidence in The Scottish Parliament

April 29, 2025 SPICe

Reading Time: 7 minutesThis guest blog sets out the findings of a SPICe fellowship project with Dr Cara Broadley, Glasgow School of Art, who used an immersive Participation Action Research approach to explore how creative, participatory and visual approaches can enhance public involvement and the effectiveness of evidence in scrutiny. Cara’s full research report is embedded and downloadable from this blog.

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UKRI Policy Internships at the Scottish Parliament – what are they all about?

April 3, 2025 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutesAcademic research can have a crucial role in the formation and scrutiny of policy. One of the ways in which PhD students can engage with

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Scottish Parliament launches Areas of Research Interest pilot to support climate scrutiny

March 27, 2025 SPICe

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Scottish Parliament has launched its first Areas of Research Interest. This blog why we are keen to pilot ARIs and how researchers can engage with them.

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