Event listings

Erratic Drift

Date: Saturday 12 June 2021 - Wednesday 01 December 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: in-person

A performance and film project following a series of drifts/walks around Glasgow in the company of rocks, stones, silt, artists, archaeologists, geomorphologists, and architects. Erratic Drift explores relationships between human and geological timeframes, movements, and structures. Launched as part of the 2021 Architecture Fringe.

Whistler: Art and Legacy

Date: Friday 09 July 2021 - Sunday 31 October 2021
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

The Hunterian is home to one of the world’s largest collections of the work of American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). This major new exhibition showcases the collection's strength and richness, exploring the development of Whistler’s artistic practice and the role that Glasgow played in supporting him and forming his artistic legacy.

Soundwalk: self-led audio tour of Glasgow

Date: Thursday 12 August 2021 - Wednesday 01 December 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: in person, West End of Glasgow

In collaboration with Glasgow-based postgraduates, Sound Thought presents a curated soundwalk of locations around Glasgow, exploring notions of acoustic ecology and the impact of humans and noise pollution on our local environments. To take part, simply download the free audio files onto your mobile device or stream from the website.

Revisiting consumption for a climate friendly future. In conversation with Professor Tim Jackson

Date: Wednesday 18 August 2021 - Thursday 18 August 2022
Time: 09:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Available on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Anchor, Pocketcasts, Radio Public and Youtube
Speaker: Professor Tim Jackson

Join Deirdre Shaw, Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Solutions and Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, University of Glasgow as she discusses this important topic with Tim Jackson*, Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.. Over three “bite-size” Podcasts they will explore key questions, including: How can we transform current consumption behaviours? What do climate friendly consumption lifestyles look like? How can we support and embed behavioural transformation?

Bright Edge Deep | Online Exhibition

Date: Monday 20 September 2021 - Monday 03 January 2022
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Bright Edge Deep: peatlands in history, cultural heritage, and climate | Online Exhibition

ÚNA Podcast

Date: Friday 24 September 2021 - Sunday 24 October 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: online

ÚNA Festival presents a podcast series featuring artists, creatives and representatives of Indigenous and BME communities to nurture our knowledge of sustainability and community.

Terrestrial Archaeology Seminar Series: Archaeology for a Changing Planet

Date: Wednesday 29 September 2021 - Wednesday 08 December 2021
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, COP 26 Online
Venue: Seminars will be held on Zoom. Register on eventbrite for your free ticket to attend.

In November 2021 the COP26 Meeting will be held in Glasgow. This year the University of Glasgow Archaeology seminar series highlights the diverse contributions of archaeological and heritage researchers through their work relevant to the central concerns of COP26 including: impacts of climate change, human – environment interactions, landscape change, social responses to environmental and climate change, activist scholarship to promote sustainability, and an overarching commitment to social justice. This seminar series aims to engage a broad research and public community with this work.

Carbon Cost Calculathon

Date: Tuesday 05 October 2021 - Monday 10 January 2022
Time: 10:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: online

An online calculathon activity involving students, local schools, and you - the public! - aiming to crowdsource the environmental costs and illustrate the elusive carbon footprint of gaming.

The Hunterian Black History Month Talk Series

Date: Tuesday 05 October 2021 - Tuesday 26 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Hunterian Curators

Join Hunterian curators every Tuesday at 1.00pm this October for a special series of talks. Each will explore The Hunterian collection's cultural legacy from a different area of expertise, investigating Scotland's complicity in slavery and colonialism to reveal a more truthful rendering of the past.

Creative Conversations: Alasdair C Whyte

Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Alasdair C Whyte

Alasdair C Whyte in conversation for Creative Conversations (co-organised and supported by Gaelic Books Council)

Ingrid Pollard Artist Talk

Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Ingrid Pollard

Hear from artist Ingrid Pollard as she shares recent work in response to items from the Lesbian Archive (part of Black History Month).

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future

Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online
Speaker: Kim Stanley Robinson

We're delighted to host legendary sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson for a discussion about his new novel, 'The Ministry for the Future'.

The Path to Net Zero: data, evidence and policy

Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures, Alumni events, COP 26 Online
Venue: On-line
Speaker: Chris Stark and Keith Bell, UK Climate Change Committee

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is a high profile body which was established by Government to provide independent advice on how to reach 'net zero'. In this public lecture, two members of the CCC will review what needs to be done and progress so far in achieving this. High quality data and clear quantitative thinking lie at the heart of the issues.

Taking a Strategic Approach to Diversity and Inclusion

Date: Tuesday 19 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online
Speaker: Uzma Hamid-Dizier

During her talk, Uzma Hamid-Dizier will explore the pressure being put on employers to address how they will tackle a lack of diversity within their organisation and make suggestions on how progressing diversity and inclusion can be done in a strategic way.

Climate change and the challenge of a green economy: Scotland/UK & China

Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021 - Thursday 21 October 2021
Time: 11:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, COP 26 Online
Venue: Online (Zoom webinar)
Speaker: Ronald MacDonald, Jinny Yan, Xu He, ZhongXiang Zhang, Mike Danson, etc

This public online forum will be an opportunity to consider some of the economic imperatives that form part of the puzzle for achieving meaningful climate action. It will focus on the economies of Scotland/UK and China. The forum will bring together experts from around the UK and China over two days.

Climate change & the challenge of a green economy - Scotland/UK & China: Session 1 Climate change & the economy

Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VWvLq_fQSbGO0jZ3dwhHUw
Speaker: Professor Ronald MacDonald, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow; Jinny Yan, Managing Director & Chief China Economist, ICBC Standard Ba

This online forum brings together experts in various fields of economics from around the UK and China over two days. In each session, presentations by the speakers will be followed by discussion and Q&A.

Climate change & the challenge of a green economy - Scotland/UK & China: Session 2 Energy policy

Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021
Time: 12:40 - 14:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/events/climate-change-the-challenge-of-a-green-economy-scotland-uk-china/
Speaker: Professor Zhong Xiang Zhang, Founding Dean and Distinguished University Professor, Ma Yinchu School of Economics, Tianjin University; Professor Mike

This online forum brings together experts in various fields of economics from around the UK and China over two days. In each session, presentations by the speakers will be followed by discussion and Q&A.

The Big Brave Q&A with Electrical and Electronic Engineer, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company, Carol Ofafa

Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Carol Ofafa

Are you looking for career inspiration or hoping to build your confidence before you start applying for jobs? Well, we have invited alumnus Electrical and Electronic Engineer, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company, Carol Ofafa to chat honestly about her career and help inspire you.

Sensation of Blackness

Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Tawona Sitholé, Ropafadzo Zinyuke, Bella Matambanadzo, Jamal Lee and Shanon Bobinger

Discussion about blackness with Tawona Sitholé, Ropafadzo Zinyuke, Bella Matambanadzo, Jamal Lee and Shanon Bobinger for Black History Month

Climate change & the challenge of a green economy - Scotland/UK & China: Session 3 Green Finance

Date: Thursday 21 October 2021
Time: 11:00 - 12:20
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VWvLq_fQSbGO0jZ3dwhHUw
Speaker: Professor Li Zeguang, Acting Head of Department of Finance, Nankai University; Professor David Dickinson, Department of Economics, University of Bir

This online forum brings together experts in various fields of economics from around the UK and China over two days. In each session, presentations by the speakers will be followed by discussion and Q&A.

Women Entrepreneurship Week Event 2021

Date: Thursday 21 October 2021
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Online (Zoom webinar)

A panel of empowering women celebrating female entrepreneurs

A’ Chailleach – The Cailleach

Date: Thursday 21 October 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:15
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Visual-artist Judith Parrott and singer-songwriter Gillebride MacMillan collaborate to present a creative response to A' Chailleach – The Cailleach - goddess of the weather, creator of Scotland and maker of mountains.

COP 26 in Glasgow: Music Workshop - Learning the Songs from Taizé

Date: Thursday 21 October 2021
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Wellington Church of Scotland, 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LE
Speaker: Taize Brothers

Come and prepare the music for worship led by the Taizé community during COP 26! All singers are welcome! If you play an instrument please contact glasgow2021@taize.fr beforehand.

Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Summit 2021

Date: Monday 25 October 2021 - Wednesday 27 October 2021
Time: 09:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: online

Restore, reset, rebuild: an online conference. Over three days, we will challenge the current practices of university leadership.

World Changing Glasgow Conversations: Reparative Justice & the role of universities

Date: Monday 25 October 2021
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: World Changing Glasgow Conversation
Venue: Online

In the latest in our series of World Changing Glasgow: Conversations, we bring together an expert panel to discuss what a university should be: institutions of courage and action, uniquely placed to tackle the biggest issues facing the world.

Creative Conversations: Jane Goldman

Date: Monday 25 October 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Oran Mor Auditorium
Speaker: Jane Goldman

Jane Goldman in Conversation for Creative Conversations

Programmable Nature: Conversations with Artists

Date: Tuesday 26 October 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: online

A series of video interviews presented by the Digital Departures Lab profiling the work of three of the most exciting artists working at the cross section of art, science and technology, exploring the condition of ‘programmable nature’.

Science Fair

Date: Wednesday 27 October 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:45
Categories: Student events
Venue: Online
Speaker: A series of panel sessions and talks will take place with key industry players. along with a virtual careers fair. Details can be found here: https://

The Science Fair brings an exciting line-up of panel sessions and talks with key industry people. You can also visit the virtual fair for job vacancies, gather information and research the different types of opportunities available to you.

COP26 Organ Recital

Date: Wednesday 27 October 2021
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP26 Physical
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Kevin Bowyer

University organist Kevin Bowyer will perform Charles Camilleri's Missa Mundi (Mass of the World) in full, as part of COP26.

Global Environmental History and Climate Change

Date: Wednesday 27 October 2021
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Two panels of leading experts in global environment history will introduce their work how historical research is important to the struggle against climate change.

The Big Brave Q&A with WWF UK, Polar Oceans Specialist, Rhona Kent

Date: Wednesday 27 October 2021
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Rhona Kent

Are you looking for career inspiration or hoping to build your confidence before you start applying for jobs? Well, we have invited alumnus Rhona Kent, Polar Oceans Specialist, WWF to chat honestly about her career and help inspire you.

Building resilience with equity - Perspectives from cities and neighbourhoods in the Global South

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

The event is co hosted by UN-Habitat and the Centre for Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (University of Glasgow). The panel will bring together SHLC researchers, policy makers and neighbourhood residents to explore innovative approaches to build resilience in cities and neighbourhoods in the Global South.

Creative Conversations: Vanessa Onwuemezi

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online Event
Speaker: Vanessa Onwuemezi

Vanessa Onwuemezi in Conversation for Creative Conversations

Lomond Brass

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 13:30 - 14:20
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

The brightest, best and boldest brass from Scotland! 5 of Scotland's top brass players take a break from their day jobs (with the RSNO, BBC SSO and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera no less) to combine together for the first time in a chamber music setting.

So help me, cabbage

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:20
Categories: Films and theatre, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

A conversation, illustrated with newly commissioned short films, between a sustainable food expert, a contemporary artist working with cabbage motifs, and a classicist researching the ancient roots of ecological materialism.

The James Wood Lecture 2021: Free Speech and Hate Speech

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online
Speaker: Professor Adam Tomkins

The 34th annual James Wood Lecture will be delivered by Adam Tomkins, John Millar Professor of Law, on the topic “Free Speech and Hate Speech”.

Anar, with translators Hari Rajaledchumy and Fran Lock

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online Event
Speaker: Anar

Poet Anar in conversation with translators Hari Rajaledchumy and Fran Lock, in association with Poetry Translation Centre

Growing Glasgow

Date: Friday 29 October 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Films and theatre, COP26 Physical
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls Cinema

Screening of two films which stress the issues of our current food system by presenting the efforts of workers, activists and academics to increase the quality, accessibility and sustainability of food in the city of Glasgow.

Hope against Hope: Spirituality & Climate Change Vodcasts for COP26

Date: Sunday 31 October 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Hosted by Theology & Religious Studies, this series will feature scholars, religious leaders & climate activists reflecting on spiritual challenges of the climate crisis.

COP26: Climate change: Corporate reporting and lobbying

Date: Monday 01 November 2021
Time: 09:30 - 12:30
Categories: Conferences, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

Programme will be announced shortly. 

RCC at the COP – An Environmental Humanities Exhibition

Date: Monday 01 November 2021 - Friday 12 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Conferences, Exhibitions, Public lectures, COP26 Physical
Venue: The New Glasgow Society. 1307 Argyle Street, G3 8TL Glasgow

In partnership with the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society, this exhibition profiles global groundbreaking humanities & social science work on climate & society.

RCCGlasgow: a pop-up exhibition

Date: Monday 01 November 2021 - Friday 12 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 17:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: The New Glasgow Society – 1307 Argyle Street

Ever wondered why it is so hard to make the clear science on climate change into social change? Only a fraction of the money given to climate science each year makes it to people working in social sciences and humanities, but their work is critical to fighting climate change and transforming society. In partnership with the world-leading Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society, this exhibition profiles groundbreaking work on climate and society from around the world.

Creative Conversations: Samantha Walton

Date: Monday 01 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Samantha Walton

Samantha Walton in Conversation for Creative Conversations

Sustainability in Healthcare and Education: Global Challenges and Solutions

Date: Tuesday 02 November 2021 - Thursday 04 November 2021
Time: 08:30 - 17:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

Climate change impacts on health in multiple ways. This meeting will focus on three different but related areas that highlight challenges, stress the importance of the youth voice and, importantly, suggest positive ways forward.

Net zero & the economic future of cities

Date: Tuesday 02 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online
Speaker: Jim Coleman

Jim Coleman will explore how far Net Zero pathways and low carbon transitions can be utilised as mechanisms for inclusive economic development in cities and can this be sustained for the whole cross section of urban communities into the future?

Mobilising the rule of law in climate change

Date: Tuesday 02 November 2021
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online, Conferences
Venue: Senate Room, Gilmorehill Building, University of Glasgow; Online
Speaker: Mary Robinson and Vanessa Nakate

Follow up to summer Hausfeld-BIICL conference on climate litigation. It will feature a keynote address by Mary Robinson and Vanessa Nakate and two panel discussions.

Rivers of Peace: the rights of nature, biodiversity conservation and peacebuilding in Chocó, Colombia

Date: Wednesday 03 November 2021
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Hunter Halls, Gilbert Scott Building

Our panel brings together researchers, social leaders and NGOs to explore the intersections of natural habitat and biodiversity conservation.

#WalkCreate Gallery Launch

Date: Wednesday 03 November 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Academic events
Venue: Online

At this event you will be able to hear from the project team, guest speakers and see the work of those who submitted artwork to the #WalkCreate Gallery as part of the Walking Publics/Walking Arts research project.

Finance, governance and sustainability

Date: Thursday 04 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 13:00
Categories: Conferences, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: Senate Room, Gilmorehill Building, University of Glasgow; Online

The role of ‘green bonds’ and fiduciary duty in green finance.

COP26: Smart and connected services for CO2 emission monitoring and optimisation: Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) Panel Discussion

Date: Thursday 04 November 2021
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events, COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

Full event details announced shortly.

‘What’s Going On’ at 50: Marvin Gaye, Music & Politics

Date: Thursday 04 November 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online
Speaker: Led by DJ & broadcaster Trevor Nelson, four expert panelists – musicians Emeli Sandé & Corinne Bailey Rae, and writers Nelson George & Stuart Cosgrove

A panel discussion around Marvin Gaye’s album ‘What’s Going On’ and its ground-breaking social and ecological politics.

‘What’s Going On?’ at Fifty: Marvin Gaye, Music & Politics

Date: Thursday 04 November 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, COP 26 Online
Venue: online
Speaker: Trevor Nelson, Emeli Sandé, Corinne Bailey Rae, Nelson George, Stuart Cosgrove

Trevor Nelson and four expert panellists – musicians Emeli Sandé and Corinne Bailey Rae, and the writers Nelson George and Stuart Cosgrove will discuss the ground-breaking social & ecological politics of Gaye's seminal album, 'What's Going On?'

ESG and Climate Finance Conference— A University of Glasgow ASBS COP26 Event

Date: Friday 05 November 2021
Time: 09:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

As part of our COP-26 programme of events the ESG and Climate Finance Conference event takes place online on Friday 5th November (GMT). Full event programme will be announced shortly.

Climate Law and Governance Day

Date: Friday 05 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Categories: Conferences, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: Kelvin Gallery, Gilmorehill Building University of Glasgow; online

A convening of international experts to increase ambition, harness knowledge, and advance insights in climate law and governance.

Climate Law and Governance Day

Date: Friday 05 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow
Speaker: Leading climate law and governance counsel, experts and practitioners

A convening of international experts to increase ambition, harness knowledge, and advance insights in climate law and governance.

Eco Echoes: Tinderbox Music and Game Jam

Date: Saturday 06 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join a day-long creative jam where we'll write songs & make games around an environmental theme, with a songwriting workshop, live play-through, and open-mic session to share the games and songs!

COP26: Introducing the Global Soil Health Programme - Restoring the health of the world's soil at scale and on time

Date: Monday 08 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 10:30
Categories: COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow & Online
Speaker: Professor Rattan Lal, Ronald Vargas, Arlene Cotie, Leigh Ann Winowiecki plus more TBA

Taking place on Monday 8 November, this event will outline the vision and activities of the Global Soil Health Programme and will include guest speaker presentations and a panel discussion.

COP26: Agriculture to deliver on Net Zero

Date: Monday 08 November 2021
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow & Online

How to make a net-zero, nature-positive agriculture a reality.

COP 26 in Glasgow: Prayers with Songs from Taizé

Date: Monday 08 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Glasgow University Catholic Chaplaincy
Speaker: Taizé Brothers and University Chaplains

Taizé prayers and songs for the earth and its people during COP26 in Glasgow, especially welcoming students and young people, but open to all! Midday prayer at Glasgow University Catholic Chaplaincy, Turnbull Hall, 13-15 Southpark Terrace, G12 8LG

Creative Conversations: Frances Poet

Date: Monday 08 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Frances Poet

Frances Poet in conversation for Creative Conversations

Knowledge Exchange and Impact – A Workshop for Students and Early Career Researchers

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: The Fore Hall, Gilbert Scott Building
Speaker: Dr Michelle Wilson-Chalmers, SEFARI Gateway; Anne-Marte Bergseng, ClimateXChange

The Scottish Government’s Centres of Expertise (CoE) work at the interface between policy and research and provide responsive work in areas of high policy importance: climate change, animal disease outbreaks, plant health, water, knowledge exchange and impact.

The Centre for Sustainable Solutions COP26 Exhibition

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, COP26 Physical
Venue: Hunter Halls, University of Glasgow

This event takes place within the The Centre for Sustainable Solutions COP26 Exhibition taking place within the Hunter Halls at the University of Glasgow.

Sustainable Solutions Showcase – A COP26 Exhibition from the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Sustainable Solutions.

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Hunter Halls

For COP26 we've brought together research projects, innovative technologies, and fun activities from all areas of the University into a one day-long exhibition in the University's beautiful and historic Hunter Halls

SMART Climate Action: Inclusive Youth Engagement & Sensing & 5G Technology

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Hunter Halls, Gilbert Scott Building

SMART Climate Action is a public engagement event, which offers an exciting opportunity for children and young people and the public to have a hands-on, interactive experience to explore cutting-edge sensors and 5G technologies that contribute to cutting carbon emissions and adaptations to climate change, during COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

COP26: Visual dialogue: using graphic art to account for carbon emissions

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Hunter Halls, University of Glasgow

This project explores how graphic art can be used to present data on carbon emissions. This exhibition forms part of the Centre for Sustainable Solutions COP26 Exhibition.

COP 26 in Glasgow: Prayers with Songs from Taizé

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Taizé Brothers and University Chaplains

Taizé prayers and songs for the earth and its people during COP26 in Glasgow, especially welcoming students and young people, but open to all! Midday prayer at Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ

Knowledge Exchange: Lessons from High Impact Research – the Scottish Centres of Expertise Model

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: The Fore Hall, Gilbert Scott Building
Speaker: Panel Session. Chair - Professor Lorna Dawson, SEFARI Gateway

The Scottish Government’s Centres of Expertise (CoE) work at the interface between policy and research and provide responsive work in areas of high policy importance drawing upon the expertise of the researchers of the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI), universities, government agencies and research organisations across Scotland.

Vectors and their impact on plant, animal, and human disease

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: The Fore Hall, Gilbert Scott Building
Speaker: Professor Dominic Mellor, EPIC and Professor Ian Toth, PHC

The Scottish Government’s Centres of Expertise (CoE) work at the interface between policy and research and provide responsive work in areas of high policy importance: climate change, animal disease outbreaks, plant health, water, knowledge exchange and impact.

Carbon reduction, older tenements and the retrofit challenge in Glasgow

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Queen's Park Govanhill Church of Scotland, 170 Queen's Drive, Glasgow

Are you concerned about climate change? Do you want to learn about how we can reduce carbon emission by retrofitting Glasgow's pre-1919 tenement blocks?

Choral Contemplations III: Singing for the Environment

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Join the Chapel Choir for a concert of music inspired by COP26 and the environment, featuring a new commission by recent graduate, Harold Thalange.

Young Civic Engagement with Climate Change: Developing research-practice partnerships between Scotland and Chile

Date: Wednesday 10 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Fore Hall

By creating an international dialogue on climate change between young people from Chile and Scotland, our goal was to bring children’s voices into policy discussions on environment and support youth action for change at neighbourhood level. In this mini-conference, we present on our process and findings with the help of youth partners in Scotland and Chile. Come and join us!

COP 26 in Glasgow: Prayers with Songs from Taizé

Date: Wednesday 10 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Wellington Church
Speaker: Taizé Brothers and University Chaplains

Taizé prayers and songs for the earth and its people during COP26 in Glasgow, especially welcoming students and young people, but open to all! Midday prayer at Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue, G12 8LE

Built Environment and Net Zero Conference

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 16:30
Categories: Conferences, Academic events, COP 26 Online
Venue: Online
Speaker: Opening Address from Patrick Harvie MSP, Scottish Minister for Net Zero Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights, and Co-Leader of the Scottish Gr

Centre for Sustainable Solutions Built Environment and Net Zero Conference, including UofG colleagues from across the University, and external partners such as Glasgow City Council. Will coincide with the Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day at COP26 itself.

From Cooling Towers to Stone Circles: the heritage of Sighthill

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021 - Saturday 20 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

This online exhibition tells the story of the heritage of Sighthill, an area of Glasgow currently being reborn as one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in Europe.

Feel Field: Artist Residency at the Climate Portal

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021 - Saturday 20 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP26 Physical
Venue: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street. Glasgow G2 3DB

Join Paria Goodarzi & Francisco Llinas-Casas from our pop up 'bothy in the city’ for an immersive art experience exploring the connection between movement, migration & climate justice.

Local Women of the World | Exhibition (Being Human Festival)

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021 - Saturday 20 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP26 Physical
Venue: TBC

This exhibition showcases the creative work of women from diverse & marginalised backgrounds, supported by University of Glasgow student mentors, offering unique perspectives on the climate emergency.

Green Finance Green Futures

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

This live webinar is the final session in the Green Finance Green Futures programme. The webinar will feature panelists from the Bank of England, Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Government, and the experts will discuss questions submitted by students.

COP 26 in Glasgow: Prayers with Songs from Taizé

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Taizé Brothers and University Chaplains

Taizé prayers and songs for the earth and its people during COP26 in Glasgow, especially welcoming students and young people, but open to all! Midday prayer at Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ

Water Music: Source to Sea

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall
Speaker: Sequoia Duo

Sequoia Duo presents Water Music: Source to Sea, a musical imagining of the journey taken by a raindrop as it travels along Scotland’s waterways, presented as part of Music in the University and The Dear Green Bothy.

Poetry and the Climate Crisis: Scotland and India (Session I)

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 16:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join a host of poets, readers & interdisciplinary thinkers as we explore urgent questions about the climate crisis through the work of Patrick Geddes & Rabindranath Tagore (First of two sessions).

COP 26 in Glasgow: Prayers with Songs from Taizé

Date: Friday 12 November 2021
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: Glasgow University Catholic Chaplaincy
Speaker: Taizé Brothers and University Chaplains

Taizé prayers and songs for the earth and its people during COP26 in Glasgow, especially welcoming students and young people, but open to all! Midday prayer at Glasgow University Catholic Chaplaincy, Turnbull Hall, 13-15 Southpark Terrace, G12 8LG

Every Mind Matters - Neurodiversity & Disability Equality Talks

Date: Friday 12 November 2021 - Monday 29 November 2021
Time: 13:00
Categories: Public lectures, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Various

The University of Glasgow's Every Mind Matters project is excited to host a series of free talks on neurodiversity and disability equality in the Higher Education context. Talks will be delivered by University of Glasgow staff along with a great range of UK and international speakers.

For Freedom Space with Rivers: Workshop

Date: Friday 12 November 2021
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, COP26 Physical
Venue: James Arnott Theatre, Gilmorehill Halls. 9 University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Join art practitioners Rachel Clive & Kirsty Stansfield for an interactive, cross-arts workshop, exploring how we can connect creatively with rivers, and with each other, when we are confined and separated.

Games Sustainability Hackathon

Date: Saturday 13 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: Social events, Academic events, Student events, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join us for a boundary-busting, creative hackathon as we develop new strategies for making board & video games more environmentally conscious.

Designing neighbourhoods: the value of good design

Date: Saturday 13 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: thestudio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow

What makes a well-designed neighbourhood? Come to our interactive workshop to explore the value of good design & get busy with some Lego!

Creative Conversations: Gerrie Fellows

Date: Monday 15 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Gerrie Fellows

Poet Gerrie Fellows in conversation for Creative Conversations

Greening Choirs

Date: Monday 15 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: Langside Parish Church, 167 Ledard Raod, Glasgow G42 9QU

Join community musician & activist Penny Stone for a workshop on how we can use community singing & song writing to explore environmental & social justice issues.

Experiencing Places and Spaces: City Planning with your Senses

Date: Wednesday 17 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Categories: COP26 Physical
Venue: University of Glasgow campus

Inspired by COP26 to make some potential changes in your local area? Curious about how city planners see places and what you might be able to do to influence change? Come and find out more about how to use creative methods rooted in social science and urban studies to explore and explain your area.

Imagining Ecological Pasts and Futures

Date: Wednesday 17 November 2021
Time: 18:45 - 21:45
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join UofG Fantasy for an evening exploring how fantasy engages us with climate emergency, with an interactive creative writing session from authors Ruth EJ Booth & Oliver Langmead.

Routed//In Green Channels

Date: Thursday 18 November 2021 - Sunday 21 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, COP26 Physical
Venue: Main Building, University of Glasgow. Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Sound Thought presents an audiovisual installation and ambient soundscape investigating the echoes of our presence and the symbiotic relationship between nature and technology.

Poetry and the Climate Crisis: Scotland and India (Session II)

Date: Thursday 18 November 2021
Time: 16:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join a host of poets, readers & interdisciplinary thinkers as we explore urgent questions about the climate crisis through the work of Patrick Geddes & Rabindranath Tagore (Second of two sessions).

Collective Care: Renewing Perspectives on Museum Collections

Date: Thursday 18 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, Academic events, Student events, COP26 Physical
Venue: The Hunterian Museum

Come see The Hunterian collections through new eyes at an interactive evening of music performances, art installations, family trails, craft activities, and a COP26-themed museum tour.

Creative Conversations: Apphia Campbell

Date: Monday 22 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Apphia Campbell

Apphia Campbell in conversation for Creative Conversations

Creative Conversations: Peter Ross

Date: Monday 29 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Peter Ross

Peter Ross in Conversation for Creative Conversations

Demystifying corporate Net Zero targets; the status and how to set robust Net Zero targets to reach global climate goals

Date: Tuesday 30 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online
Speaker: Amir Safaei

Amir will look at the role of business in combating the climate change, and how they are doing so through setting science-based targets and through signing up to 1.5°C Ambition pledges.

Building Hopeful Futures: Climate Change and the Climate Crisis

Date: Tuesday 14 December 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Cheryl McGeachan & Dr John MacDonald

This lecture is open to all High School pupils and Teachers and is designed to showcase topics taught and studied in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. This year's lecture focuses on issues of climate change and the climate crisis, demonstrating how we can work together to create more hopeful and just futures. In the Q&A session we can answer questions about studying Geography and/or Earth Science at the University of Glasgow. Sign up for free on Eventbrite:​​​​​​​ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-geography-christmas-lecture-university-of-glasgow-tickets-180174265077

22nd Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Date: Tuesday 18 January 2022
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building, Main Campus
Speaker: Dame Stephanie Shirley CH

The 22nd Holocaust Memorial Lecture will take place on Tuesday, 18 January 2022. The speaker will be announced soon along with the date for registration.

Once and Future Fantasies Conference

Date: Wednesday 13 July 2022 - Sunday 17 July 2022
Time: 9:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: University of Glasgow
Speaker: Nalo Hopkinson, Professor Dame Marina Warner

Once and Future Fantasies is the first conference co-sponsored by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts to take place outside North America. The conference will be hosted by the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow on 13-17 July 2022. The art of the fantastic has never been more visible than it is today. This conference asks what the fantastic in the arts has to offer at this time of crisis, rooted as it is in the distant and recent past, while remaining extraordinarily sensitive to the shifting landscape of the present and the infinite possibilities of the future.