What does it say about the UK as a nation and the future of the Refugee Convention in the UK?This event will be an opportunity to discuss the UK Government’s plans for reforming the asylum system and what this means for Scotland’s approach to the integration of migrants and asylum seekers, an issue on which the RSE recently submitted a response to the proposed Government plans. Members of the RSE’s asylum working group will unpack and stimulate discussion on the future of asylum policy and bring together wide-ranging expertise and practitioner experience, including those with lived experiences of asylum, as well as the public.

Please note that this event might contain sensitive or upsetting content related to refugee experiences include issues of sexual violence, imprisonment, trafficking and torture.

Speakers

Dr Professor Michael Keating FRSE, University of Aberdeen; Professor Christina Boswell FRSE, University of Edinburgh; Dylan Fotoohi, Justice Together/ Refugees for Justice, YAS; Professor Alison Phipps OBE FRSE, Unesco Chair Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, University of Glasgow; Professor Jo Shaw FRSE, Salvesen Chair, University of Edinburgh

Curious times call for curious minds

The RSE invites you to Curious, its summer events programme running from 09-27 August. All eyes will be on Scotland’s leading thinkers and practitioners in this thought-provoking series of free online talks and intimate conversations designed to question and be inspired by the world around us to reach new insights.

• Our planet: with a particular focus on the climate crisis in the lead up to COP26.

• Health and wellbeing: covering the dichotomy of mental and physical health, while examining broader wellbeing matters.

• Innovation and invention: from the innovation that drives our path forward, to the inventions which created the modern world.

• Covid-19 Living within a Pandemic: exploring our lives through the pandemic and lessons that can be learned.

You can view the full line-up at www.rse-curious.com

If you have any accessibility requirements that we can support with for this event then please get in touch with the Public Engagement team public_engagement@therse.org.uk