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A conversation with Demet Çaltekinon on ‘Conscientious Objection in Turkey’
Read moreby Demet Aslı Çaltekin Can you tell us a bit about Conscientious Objection in Turkey: A Socio-legal Analysis of the…

Stands Scottish Literature Where It Did? Revisiting Devolution

The ACEs Movement in Scotland: policy entrepreneurship and critical activism
By Gary Walsh The purpose of this blog post is to introduce my article about the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)…

How did the Festival industry repurpose Edinburgh’s public policy making?
By Cliff Hague COVID-19 brought Edinburgh’s tourism boom to a screeching halt, and wiped out the city’s main festivals in…

Incorporating ACEs in relationship-based social work practice: The ‘Family Life Stories’ Workbook
By Suzanne Mooney, Lisa Bunting and Stephen Coulter If you work in the helping professions across the UK and Ireland,…

Sexual abuse survivors: forgotten victims of ACEs?
By Sarah Nelson In Scotland and internationally, most policy on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has placed overwhelming emphasis on children.…

How COVID-19 crisis measures reveal the conflation between poverty and adversity
By Morag Treanor Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as stressful events in childhood argued to have devastating consequences on…

Scottish Affairs Special Issue on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Whose interests does an ACEs agenda for Scotland actually serve?
By Ariane Critchley, Emma Davidson, Laura H.V. Wright The guest editors of the November 2020 edition of Scottish Affairs share…

Scottish Fashion Influencers and Contemporary Illustrations of Scottish Identity
When considering the definition of Scottish fashion and what constitutes the Scottish fashion industry, most of us probably think immediately…

A century of temperance in alcohol policy and licensing law
By Stuart MacLennan “Crackdowns” on alcohol my well be de rigueur, but they are most certainly not novel. The early…