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General elections can be divided into a long campaign that can run from as early as the previous poll and the more intense short campaign that kicks off towards the end. The Scottish independence referendum…
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There seems to be a contradiction in the media reports about young people and their voting intentions in the Scottish referendum. While many polls and the Scottish Social Attitudes survey have found that…
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Chancellor's Fellow, History of Medicine, Emotions and Modern British History, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor of International Child Protection Research and Director of Data at the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute , The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Corporate and Insolvency Law, The University of Edinburgh
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Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, The University of Edinburgh
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, The University of Edinburgh
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Chancellor's Fellow, Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Usher Institute Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, The University of Edinburgh
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PhD Researcher in Evolutionary Biology, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy, The University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow, Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, The University of Edinburgh
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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Biomedicine, Self and Society, The University of Edinburgh
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Féminisme, Mouvements sociaux, Travail, Agriculture, Politique, The University of Edinburgh
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Reader in Astrobiology, The University of Edinburgh
