ALT text reads: Dr Lukas Lehner honoured for research impact by Wiley Research Heroes Prize Lukas was honoured in the Impact Beyond Academia category for his research on job guarantees, which aim to abolish long-term unemployment. This category is for researchers ‘whose work has made a tangible difference in policy, industry or society’.

ALT visual of report cover. text reads: Experts call for urgent reforms to better protect and support children affected by parental domestic homicide. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are calling for urgent reforms to better protect and support children affected by parental domestic homicide, following a major new study examining the long-term impact on young people across the UK and Ireland.

ALT text reads: AI is challenging the core values of mathematics: researchers call for urgent action .As the rise of artificial intelligence forces mathematicians to rethink what makes their field reliable and valuable, an international group of researchers has warned that AI is putting fundamental values of the discipline under threat.

ALT Screen showing a busy crowded street. Text reads: University of Edinburgh experts strengthen pandemic preparedness. A new initiative led by University of Edinburgh researchers will help the world prepare more effectively for future pandemics by addressing one of the major lessons of COVID-19 – that pandemics affect far more than healthcare systems alone.

ALT Text on blue background: “The University of Edinburgh: School of Social & Political Science. Book Launch. Racializing the Ummah. Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White. Dr Rahman is assistant professor of anthropology at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Her research has been published in Africa, Religions, and an edited volume of The Anthropology of White Supremacy.15 May, 2:30-4:00 pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Floor 6, Chrystal Macmillan Building. The poster also includes a photo of Dr Rahman smiling at the camera. The right-hand side of the poster includes the front cover of the book ‘Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White’, which features Islamic tile designs.

ALT text reads: 2026 Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture. The decline and fall of Welsh Labour. Welsh Labour has a claim to have been the world’s most successful democratic party. It has been the largest party in terms of votes and seats in Wales for a remarkable 28 success five UK general elections and, until now, had repeated that feat in every devolved election. That appears set to change with Labour trailing in third place behind Plaid Cymru and Reform in polling ahead of the next Senedd election. In this lecture, Richard Wyn Jones will draw on survey data in Wales and consider the future of Welsh politics after Labour hegemony.

ALT Cover of ageing in society journal and image of Laurence Rowley-Abel from University of Edinburgh. text reads: Economic insecurity linked with frailty in later life, study finds. Older people who experience unstable finances, poor housing and fuel poverty are at increased risk of more rapid physical and mental decline as they age, a study suggests.

ALT A figure in a hooded sweatshirt stands centered against a patterned digital background, with vertical lines obscuring any facial features. The person is in a waist-up shot. The digital background consists of various technology-related icons within hexagons. The mood is moody and intense, and the overall color scheme emphasizes shades of blue. Text reads: AI fails to make inroads with cybercriminals, study finds. Cybercriminals have been struggling to adopt AI in their work, reports a first-of-its-kind study that analysed a dataset of 100 million posts from underground cybercrime communities.

ALT text reads: Dr Kirsten Jenkins joins RSE’s new Research Leadership Scheme to support Scotland’s green future Dr Kirsten Jenkins is among 13 of Scotland’s most promising academics chosen for the inaugural cohort of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s new Research Leadership Scheme.

ALT illustration of electric car and charger. Text reads: Electric car-sharing scheme shows vehicle-to-grid technology is ready to scale A new policy report co-authored by University of Edinburgh researchers finds that Utrecht’s pioneering vehicle-to-grid car-sharing project demonstrates that EV batteries can deliver grid flexibility at scale - and offers a replicable model for cities around the world.