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Beyond the dark room by DHI (@beyondadarkroom) National security threats - are we ignoring the biggest one? The UK government has just quietly published one of the most consequential security documents of recent years: the National Security Asses...

First thoughts from our new Substack
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Nearly three quarters of Scots expect economy to get worse in next year The Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker showed that 73 per cent of Scots expect the country’s financial situation to deteriorate in the next year.

Latest research in #ScotlandonSunday today #UnderstandingScotlandEconomyTracker www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
#Economy #Scotland

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.

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 
🎫 tikt.link/dannydorling

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.

What does it mean to be Scottish? Bruce Fummey discusses Enlightenment in Shades of Grey YouTube video by The David Hume Institute

The brilliant @bruce-fummey.bsky.social shared thoughts on the #enlightenment and what it means to be #Scottish at recent DHI event

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Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker - May 2025 Insights — David Hume Institute Join us to hear the latest insights from the Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker, our quarterly survey of over 2000 people in Scotland. The insights will be from new data, that will be collected in...

Our Head of Social Justice, Emma, will be speaking at the
@davidhumeinst.bsky.social
upcoming event, Understanding Scotland: Economy Tracker on Tuesday 27th May.
Don’t miss it 👉
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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 👇

Pragmatism, not politics, must drive the Scottish Budget as boom times gone The Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker figures provide a fascinating insight into the thinking of Scots, as Susan Murray writes

And here is the accompanying comment piece from our director, @s-murray.bsky.social

Food for thought for all politicians ahead of the #ScottishBudget #Economy www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Crisis 'nowhere near over' as one in three Scots families must borrow for emergencies Scots have listened to Keir Starmer’s warning the economy will get worse before it improves as it emerges that families with children are struggling to fix emergencies without borrowing.

Big thanks to #ScotlandonSunday #davidbol and #DaleMiller for covering our #UnderstandingScotlandEconomyTracker today on their front page, page 4+ 5 and page 8.

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This is a fascinating piece of work

Reflections: The Art of Asking Questions — David Hume Institute Graham Boyack shares reflections on our recent event with John Sturrock KC and how the next generation is developing questioning and listening skills.

Here are some reflections from Graham Boyack about the event and also an answer to one of the audience questions: davidhumeinstitute.org/latest-news/...

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
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Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker - November 2024 Insights — David Hume Institute Join us in-person or online to hear the latest insights from the Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker, our quarterly survey of economic attitudes and expectations, taken from data collected in Novem...

#Free Breakfast Briefing in #Edinburgh to discuss the latest results in the #UnderstandingScotlandEconomyTracker

#Economy #Society #People #Scotland

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Blog: When Paying Tax Could Save You Money — David Hume Institute Shelagh Young reflects on today’s budget announcements in the context of our recent Great Risk Transfer research on the changed relationship between employees and employers in the context of financial...

Budget reflections on #nics changes in context of #GreatRiskTransfer

#Productivity #Health #employers #Employees
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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).

Thanks for sharing. Important speech

It’s not rising across the whole of the UK. This graph from Prof Danny Dorling breaks down by area

#GreatRiskTransfer
Our latest research covered in The Herald

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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.

Blog: If directly elected mayors are the answer, what is the question? — David Hume Institute Esther Roberton shares her thoughts on if directly elected mayors are the answer, what is the question?

New blog from Esther Roberton - if directly elected mayors are the answer for #Scotland, what's the question?

#Mayors
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Blog: If directly elected mayors are the answer, what is the question? — David Hume Institute Esther Roberton shares her thoughts on if directly elected mayors are the answer, what is the question?

New blog from Esther Roberton - if directly elected mayors are the answer for #Scotland, what's the question?

#Mayors
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An even more contagious COVID strain is ‘just getting started’ amid California wave Doctors and scientists are keeping an eye on yet another coronavirus subvariant — XEC — that could surpass the latest hyperinfectious strain.

Well shit. It’s already ridiculously contagious. Does it now just quantum teleport into your nose?

Frank Luntz: The World's Most Prolific Pollster Can a pollster be apolitical? What issues are the American people most interested in Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tackling? How can politicians communicate th

Great quote “you can’t ask someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps if they don’t have boots”

Fascinating interview

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Is trust an undervalued ingredient for a thriving economy? — David Hume Institute When governments talk of increasing productivity and economic growth, are they focusing sufficiently on the challenges posed by an unhappy workforce or the hours lost in contract disputes?  This new...

Thanks to the Trust Alliance Group and @holyroodmag.bsky.social for the invitation to speak #SNPconference about #trust and the #economy
Here’s the link to the paper davidhumeinstitute.org/research-1/2...

Blog: Are we singing a new song? — David Hume Institute New blog from David Gow, DHI Trustee, are we singing a new song? Can things only get worse?

Blog from DHI trustee @davidgow are we singing a new song?

#UnderstandingScotlandEconomyTracker
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Additional perspective for discussions in #scotland #edinburgh #glasgow #NC500 #touristtax

Misinformed about misinformation Are ordinary citizens really helpless to distinguish truth from lies, and is misinformation as prevalent as we have been led to believe?

Misinformed about misinformation

https://www.ft.com/content/4b2ee578-0085-465f-b112-e8ad9061f14b