Dr Rebecca Sutton (Senior Lecturer in International Law), has been announced as a new member of the Young Academy of Scotland.
The RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) has announced the appointment of 48 new members. The group represents some of the nation’s most innovative young professionals from across the arts, business and industry, government, the public sector, research, and academia, the third sector, and beyond. They will join YAS’s existing members in realising its mission to achieve transformative societal change through citizenship, innovation, collaboration, evidence, and leadership.
Rebecca’s main expertise is in the areas of International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, humanitarianism, civilian agency, youth peacebuilding, and conflict transformation. Dr Sutton is currently a Co-Investigator of the Beyond Compliance Consortium, an academic-NGO partnership researching civilian harm in war, funded by the FCDO (5 million GBP, 2024-2027). She is the Principal Investigator of Flourish and Rest, a 2-year collaborative project to develop a new ECR support programme based on creative practices, funded by the Chancellor’s Fund (2023-2025).