15 November 2016

CenSE played host to three important events as part of the Festival over the last week. This Festival is dedicated to bringing the best of the social sciences to the wider public across the UK.
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On Monday Stephen Osborne and Charlotte Gilmore presented a panel of some of the major leaders from across the Arts in Scotland to ask ‘what value can the Arts create for Scotland?’. Together with the audience the panel explored the nature of value and the role of audiences in co-creating this as part of the Arts in Scotland.

In the middle of the week, Sophie Flemig coordinated a major event, Robots in Wigs, which explored the changing nature of the legal profession in the face of digital transformation and smart technology.

Finally on Thursday Elisabetta Mocca hosted a spirited panel that explored the nature of solidarity in Scotland across a number of dimensions and asked what role social movements have had over the last decade in facilitating and supporting it.

All three of the events were part of ’s commitment to public engagement in Edinburgh and beyond.