Podcast

25 years of Scottish Social Attitudes

Attitudes to Gaelic, national identity, Independence and EU membership
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  • Publishing date:
    16 January 2025

2024 marked 25 years since Scottish Devolution, as well as 25 years since NatCen established their Scottish arm in Edinburgh and a dedicated attitudes survey, Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA). In our last episode of this series, Sierra is joined by Alex Scholes, Research Director, and Lucy Dean, Senior Researcher, who both have worked regularly on the SSA, amongst other projects at the Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen). Also a guest on this episode is Fiona O'Hanlon, a Senior Lecturer in language education at the University of Edinburgh, where one of her focus' is on the development of Gaelic-medium education in Scotland.

Together their discussions range from the importance of a dedicated attitudes survey in Scotland, to attitudes to Gaelic and also Scots, as well as attitudes regarding national identity, Scottish Independence, and the EU.

Our host

Sierra Mesplie Cowan
Sierra Mesplie-Escott, Senior Survey Methodologist at NatCen 

Our guests

Alex Scholes
Alex Scholes, Research Director at NatCen

 

Lucy Dean
Lucy Dean, Senior Researcher at ScotCen
Fiona O'Hanlon
Fiona O'Hanlon, Senior Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
 

For more information about the British Social Attitudes survey, see https://natcen.ac.uk/british-social-attitudes 

For more information about the Scottish Social Attitudes survey, see https://natcen.ac.uk/scottish-social-attitudes

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