Graduates’ work showcased at Stromness gallery exhibition
An exhibition of work by 2026 MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates opens at the Northlight Gallery, Stromness, on Friday, November 13.
Category: Climate Change
Video: PhD student a keynote speaker at international climate change and heritage conference
Adam Markham, a UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student is one of the keynote speakers at next week’s International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) conference in Chile.
Climate, crops and crisis – Professor Ingrid Mainland outlines ongoing research in Norway
Professor Ingrid Mainland talks to BBC Radio Orkney’s Cameron Stout on the Climate, Crops and Crisis research project under way in Norway.
Institute researchers heading to Norway for project investigating prehistoric climate change
Professor Ingrid Mainland and Associate Professor Scott Timpany have been awarded funding to participate in the international ‘Climate, Crops and Crisis’ research project.
Institute director shares knowledge at sustainable development conference
Professor Jane Downes was among the experts participating in the NORA – UNESCO Network Conference in Edinburgh on Friday.
Funded PhD studentship looking historic landscapes and climate change adaptation
Newcastle University is inviting applications for a four-year PhD studentship looking at historic landscape character and climate change adaptation
Institute’s island issues experts welcome group from USA and Ireland
The UHI Archaeology Institute and Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT) hosted a field trip to Rousay earlier this month.
South Pacific cultural heritage survey – new reports now available
Earlier this year, Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards were back in the Cook Islands and Niue as part of an ongoing project to document endangered cultural heritage sites.
New project to document endangered heritage sites in Pacific islands
The UHI Archaeology Institute is one of the partners in a new research project to assess methods to document endangered cultural heritage sites in the Cook Islands and Niue.
Video: Island Stories – archaeology and climate change
The recording of Professor Jane Downes’s welcome seminar for students, which looks the effect of climate change on archaeological heritage.
Archaeology and Climate Change – free talk by institute director in Stromness
Professor Jane Downes, the director of the UHI Archaeology Institute, will deliver a free talk in the Stromness Golf Club, Orkney, next Friday evening.
Get up close to Skara Brae with new 3D model of 5,000-year-old settlement
A new 3D model of Skara Brae is offering online visitors an immersive digital experience of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic settlement in Orkney.
Archaeology Institute director delivers 2021 Dalrymple Lectures
Professor Jane Downes will be in Glasgow next month to deliver the 2021 prestigious Dalrymple Lectures.
The lectures are taking place during COP26 and explore the role of archaeology and heritage in addressing the central concerns of this global meeting.
Talks consider how Westray can adapt to the impact of climate change
On Thursday evening, Professor Jane Downes will deliver a talk in Westray on her research into climate change causes and effects and how these impact our communities.
Online seminar to explore impact of climate change on culture and heritage
Climate change and its effect on culture and heritage is the subject of a CVI Africa online seminar next week.
‘Gateway to the Atlantic’ project outlined at international science coalition’s inaugural assembly
A presentation on the Orkney Gateway to the Atlantic project was delivered by Dr Ingrid Mainland, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, on Monday as part of the inaugural assembly of the BRIDGES UNESCO Sustainability Science Coalition.
Official launch for CVI Africa project
To mark Africa Day, a new international project focusing on the impact of climate change on African heritage sites officially launches today, May 25.
Coastal erosion at Skara Brae in the spotlight
Julie Gibson, Orkney’s county archaeologist and UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer, features on tonight’s BBC1 Scotland programme Disclosure: how you can stop climate change at 7.30pm.
‘Learning from Northern people’ seminar on Friday
What the people of the Arctic can teach us to help respond to climate change is the subject of a University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute research seminar this Friday, November 27.
Orkney experience contributes to African climate-change project
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is part of a new project focusing on the impact of climate change on African heritage sites.