Writing

In Defense of Sociology & Geography

Why Social Science? Why Higher Education?
Looking Behind Strathclyde’s Disinvestment Strategy

Reflections on Technology

The technology that is indispensible to modern research, and low-tech solutions for the problems it creates.

Luck and the Waiting Game

In the scramble for limited funding, it's a game of hurry up and wait -- for students and departments alike.

What's in a Name? Colonial Dynamics in Spiritual Practice

The politics of domination can manifest even in our spiritual practices.... How we might begin to recognize and heal our attitudes. Published in PanGaia Magazine.

Fundraising and Pride

The reality of American universities' fundraising strategies.... Does Scotland really want to cultivate a "culture of giving?"

Funding

The politics of funding for international students: subsidising the wealthy and excluding the poor in a country that wants "fresh talent."

Tuition Fees Create a Debtor's Prison

The reality of student debt in America, its effects on wider society, and hard questions for Scotland. Published in the Scotsman.

Danger of Top-Up Fees

Warning that student debt brings heavy social burdens. Letter to the Editor in the Scotsman.

Portrait of a Civilized Country

On what Scots take for granted.

G8 Report

Notes from the G8 protests in Scotland and related events.

Scottish Immrams

My journal from the 22-day vision quest of my failed emigration. Combination of reflection, freewriting, poetry, and trance writing.