Category: Research at St Andrews
Research at the University of St Andrews is conducted across all subjects to make new discoveries and improvements, both within and without academia.
What’s in a name? Evolving the Internet Architecture
In the School of Computer Science, Professor Saleem Bhatti is working on a solution to enhance Internet Architecture with a new protocol called the Identifier Locator Network Protocol (ILNP). A fundamental property of the Internet architecture – the use of …
June 28, 2019 | Computer Science
Coastal heritage at risk: PhD internship diary
In late 2018, the School of History needed a PhD intern to assist in the development of the evidence base for Scotland’s Dynamic Coast by integrating and analysing observed coastal erosion data of archaeological sites and coast edges. They found …
June 24, 2019 | History
In defence of the wolf
Wolves are returning to their former ranges across Europe and North America, resurrecting a centuries’ old war with humans. Yet wolves are losing this battle, because in our arsenal we possess not only guns, traps, and poison, but something much more powerful: the human imagination. Despite the …
June 24, 2019 | English
Syrian Stories: Female Voice
On 22 May at 5pm in The Byre Theatre there will be a screening of short films featuring the perspectives and experiences of Syrian women filmmakers followed by a conversation with the Stories Project Mentor, Noe Mendelle. Women in Syria …
May 21, 2019 | Events
Virginia Woolf in Tehran
The novel, ‘Vanessa and Virginia’, by Susan Sellers, a Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, has been translated into Farsi by Zahra Amini, a graduate of the University of Tehran where she studied English Literature. ‘Vanessa and …
May 3, 2019 | English
Heritage Futures and Community Archaeology in Tanzania
The Kilwa Kisiwani site off the coast of Southern Tanzania was occupied from the 9th century and was one of the most powerful settlements along the Swahili Coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, much of the trade in …
April 3, 2019 | Archaeology
Lake Victoria research: Win-win for human health, food security and economic development
Fisheries ecologists from the University of St Andrews are working with human-health and fishery partners around Lake Victoria on connected, multidisciplinary projects to sustainably manage fish stocks, and to examine the potential role for ‘biocontrol’ by fish of a debilitating …
April 2, 2019 | Biology
Life without the Wolf: The future of threatened and endangered species
Join researchers from the University of St Andrews for an afternoon of talks exploring the latest research into endangered and threatened species, followed by a final presentation from renowned BBC wildlife cameraman, Doug Allan. In addition to talks, a variety …
January 25, 2019 | Earth and Environmental Sciences
Docs@The Byre: Celebrating the Cinematic Documentary
Documentaries don’t just inform us about the world. They inspire, delight, and immerse us in the world. They engage and exhilarate with their stories, characters, images, and sounds. They take us places we haven’t even imagined of going. And yet, …
January 18, 2019 | Events
What Difference Does It Make? Philosophy’s Impact Beyond Philosophy
2nd CEPPA Graduate Conference in Moral and Political Philosophy 8-10 February 2019 in St Andrews, Edgecliffe 104 The second CEPPA Graduate Conference provides a platform for early-career moral and political philosophers to discuss their work in a constructive and …
January 17, 2019 | Events