Comparing Refugee Dispersal Policies: Varieties of Responsibility-Sharing in Europe

Former Fellow Dr Walter Bartl (Visiting Research Fellow 2024) from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg has recently published a paper in the journal Governance emerging from his IASH project. With co-author Philipp Lutz, he explores the fair and equitable distribution of refugees across Europe, a pressing issue.

“In poems I tried to understand what was happening to my body and to communicate that lived experience to others”

A new Fellow, who found that poetry can help explain a complex medical condition that affects thousands of people in Scotland, has teamed up with a national charity to enable more people to benefit from her findings. Dr Georgi Gill, from Fife, spent six years exploring how writing poems could help people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) understand their condition better themselves, and more easily explain it to others.

Aye Write Festival: "Women Who Dared"

Event date: 
Saturday 8 November 2025
Time: 
19:45
Location: 
Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN

Editor Professor Jo Shaw leads a discussion with contributors Dr Chisomo Kalinga, Dr Ioulia Kolovou, and Margot McCuaig about IASH's new book, Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten

Gathering 46 essays from writers around the globe, this collection explores the twin themes of women and daring through the lives of monarchs, prophets, suffragists, soldiers, scientists, activists and artists.

Women Who Dared book cover

Book Launch: "Women Who Dared"

Event date: 
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Time: 
17:30-19:30
Location: 
IASH Seminar Room, first floor, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW

Join us to mark the publication of our latest essay collection, exploring women's stories throughout history.

Register on Eventbrite: https://womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk