Past Events 2023
Video and audio recordings of our events and supporting documentation when available.
Professor Sir Dieter Helm discusses the economy with Journalist Clare English and Susan Murray, Director of the David Hume Institute as part of our the Economy in Plain English series.
Professor Graeme Roy discusses the economy with Journalist Clare English and Susan Murray, Director of the David Hume Institute as part of our the Economy in Plain English series.
The Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker, produced in partnership with the Diffley Partnership, marks its second birthday, showing many Scots continue to take extreme measures to navigate turbulent economic times.
Global experts Professor Jan Bebbington and Professor Ian Thomson make a compelling case for corporate biosphere stewardship as a critical part of managing current and future risk.
Why does the latest Understanding Scotland economy tracker (USET) raise concerns about government policy on nutrition? And how is this a ticking time bomb for public health, the labour market and productivity? Consider these questions and many more in August’s USET results discussion.
Professor Danny Dorling, the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at University of Oxford joined us in Edinburgh to preview his new book “Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State".
Find out more about our Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker discussion from May 2023.
This webinar hosted by the David Hume Institute explored trust as a hidden component of a successful economy using Charlie Wood’s most recent discussion paper “Is trust an undervalued ingredient for a thriving economy?”
This event is hosted jointly by the David Hume Institute and Built Environment Forum Scotland to discuss a new report written by land reform expert Andy Wightman about ScotLIS, Scotland’s land information system.
Catch up with the February 2023 findings of our quarterly research series, Understanding Scotland: Economy, which tracks economic confidence and buying intentions over time, as well as helping us to understand and monitor economic attitudes and public opinion.