Adam Smith's Panmure House

26/07/2022

Our congratulations to Dr Ganesh and his team of co-applicants whom he dedicates this award to.

Join us in congratulating ’s Dr. Aravind Ganesh, MD’12, for winning the 2022 Panmure House Prize!

The neurologist and assistant professor has been awarded US$75,000 to help drive stroke research through a new crowdfunding platform he has helped launch, called Collavidence.com. The platform connects members of the public and philanthropists to simplified and peer-reviewed information about leading-edge research projects. The aim is to increase trust in medical research projects and, in turn, to encourage more investment.

“Over the next year, we will examine the extent to which this platform can engage members of the public in viewing and funding research projects. We will also examine whether projects on Collavidence.com can achieve better funding success rates than traditional grant-funding agencies.”

Read more: https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2022/2022-panmure-house-prize-winner-announced.htm

Collavidence

Adam Smith's Panmure House

26/07/2022

Come along to Venue 305 and see us this August! 🎭

21/06/2022

PANMURE HOUSE PRIZE RESEARCH RESULTS PRESENTATION:

The Panmure House Prize is an annual award of $75,000 for research into long-term investing and its relationship with innovation. It is awarded to emerging leaders in academia who are planning to produce outstanding research on the topic of the long-term funding of innovation in the spirit of Adam Smith.

The 2021 Prize is awarded to a team led by Professor Rachelle C. Sampson from the University of Maryland. Looking at US patents between 1980 and 2017, their project aims to demonstrate that long-term-oriented firms – supported by government-funded R&D, stronger scientific orientation, a more centralised organisation and greater investment– are more likely to produce breakthrough innovations such as Dupont’s nylon or AT&T Bell Labs’ transistor.
Professor Sampson will deliver an original lecture describing the research undertaken and the results. This will be chaired by Professor Sir John Kay, a member of our judging panel and former Dean of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.

Date: 19 July 2022
Time: 14:00-15:30 BST
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9016515900298/WN_1XYr2hjcQQuQwxpyi39vKg

19/05/2022

Are you a primary teacher, secondary teacher, upper primary teacher, secondary teacher, and SLT?

Would you like to learn new creative ways of teaching the critical skills of , and in your classroom?

Join our training session at Panmure House, the final and only remaining home of Adam Smith, for an exciting afternoon of learning and sharing with other teachers.

Friday 27th May 2022 from 15:30-17:00 at Panmure House

Register now to join us: https://www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/smith-schools-series/clpl-training/

22/04/2022

Today is and we invite you to take a moment to read our interactive Report outlining ten key priorities, innovations & actions to mitigate the climate crisis: https://www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/hutton-series/series-reports-perspectives/hutton-series-on-climate-change-final-report/

James Hutton, the father of modern geology, was the executor of Adam Smith’s will and a frequent visitor to .

The discussions held there then, at the dawn of the industrial revolution, resonate strongly with those required now as we grapple with a global energy use transition.

This series is designed to provide open discourse around energy, climate change and resource use and availability, in recognition of the increasing need for reasoned debate between industry, NGOs, government and the public.

The Hutton Series on Climate Change is a series of events at Adam Smith’s Panmure House, bringing together a diverse cross-section of experts, business leaders, scientists, and concerned citizens in the service of one simple aim:

to identify ten key priorities, innovations & actions to mitigate the climate crisis.

05/04/2022

'How to Read Robert Louis Stevenson' by Dr Caroline Howitt is now available to watch on our website, for free: https://www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/lights-of-caledonia/lights-of-caledonia-with-caroline-howitt/

is designed to celebrate Scotland’s intellectual and cultural contributions to the world. In this lecture, Dr Howitt reveals the golden thread that links together Stevenson’s often disparate, experimental body of work, illuminating his theories on the necessity of fiction and its positive long-term impacts.

Dr Caroline Howitt presents 'How to Read Robert Louis Stevenson' from Panmure House.

31/03/2022

It's event day‼️

Don't miss out on the opportunity to ask our Lights of Caledonia speaker your pressing questions on today at 14:00 [BST].

Caroline Howitt is Programme Director here at Adam Smith's Panmure House.

Like Smith 200 years before her, Caroline attended the University of Glasgow before undertaking postgraduate study at Balliol College, Oxford under the Snell Scholarship. She later wrote her PhD on the work of Robert Louis Stevenson, and taught English Literature at the University of St Andrews. Caroline will be presenting a keynote on 'How to Read Robert Louis Stevenson' before taking your questions in a live session chaired by Professor Heather McGregor, incoming Provost of Dubai, Heriot-Watt University.

Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gqsZjR-nTVGQRGUPbi5wFw

15/03/2022

Curious to learn more about our series of events?

This series of events is designed to celebrate Scotland’s intellectual and cultural contributions to the world, aptly delivered from the final home of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics.

Watch our video to find out more & register for the next event taking place digitally on 31 March (14.00-15.00 BST): https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7016458057553/WN_gqsZjR-nTVGQRGUPbi5wFw

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08/03/2022

Our team is growing!

We are hiring a Programme Executive to join our team and help us accelerate our growth and programmes. The Programme Executive will have responsibility for the practical delivery of key external engagement strands, including the Lights of Caledonia Series, the Fringe at Panmure, the Society of Panmure House, the Founder Sponsorship Programme, and Panmure House Perspectives.

Read more about the role and apply before 3 April 2022: https://www.panmurehouse.org/get-involved/work-with-us/

28/02/2022

We are pleased to announce details of our event:

Dr Caroline Howitt will discuss 'How to Read Robert Louis Stevenson'

Stevenson is one of Scotland’s greatest authors – a master storyteller with an indelible global legacy. But how – and why – did the mind behind the ultimate pirate yarn and boys’ adventure story (Treasure Island) also produce the gothic horror of the world’s greatest allegory on human duality (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)? This lecture reveals the golden thread that links together Stevenson’s often disparate, experimental body of work, illuminating his theories on the necessity of fiction and its positive long-term impacts.

📅31 March 2022

⏲️14.00-15.30 BST

The audience Q&A will be chaired by Professor Heather McGregor, incoming Provost, Dubai campus, Heriot-Watt University

Register here: https://www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/lights-of-caledonia/lights-of-caledonia-with-caroline-howitt/

Caroline is Programme Director at Adam Smith's Panmure House, a centre for new economic and social debate and research.

Like Smith 200 years before her, Caroline attended the before undertaking postgraduate study at Balliol College, under the Snell Scholarship. She later wrote her PhD on the work of Robert Louis Stevenson, and taught English Literature at the .

14/02/2022

We're looking for Primary 6 and 7 teachers who share our vision to help develop the next generation of and .

The provides a suite of resources, lesson plans & creative ways to bring Smith's ideas to life.

Our lessons are linked to the and

Teaching units:

- Scottish Enlightenment

- Adam Smith

- Trade

Curriculum for Excellence areas: , , , , and

We are currently offering ‘Trade’ as a unit of 10+ lessons and 10+ Scottish Enlightenment lessons to teach P6 and P7 classes. We also provide lessons about , , and . Our Trade lessons explore , , , and more!



We provide teachers with:

- Lesson plans (linked to the & )

- Lesson handouts

- Working wall materials – alphabet, map etc.

- Content and additional information

- Class presentations



We present all of this in 'Adam Smith's Edinburgh' - an interactive animated map, portrait gallery and library of key works from the Enlightenment, timeline and an online escape room. We've created quizzes and suggested debate topics and techniques.

Our animated Smith will keep your students engaged throughout.

Interested? Get in touch via our website or social media channels.

https://www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/smith-schools-series/

11/02/2022

We're heading into the weekend reflecting on 's musings and writings, some famous and some lesser-known. What are your favourite Smith quotes?

‘Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another.’

‘Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.’

‘The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.’

‘No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.’

‘It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.’

‘A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of its people.’

‘The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.’