This research course can be offered in most areas of social anthropology, but we have particular expertise in the areas listed below. The Anthropology of the North - Scotland and The North - Diaspora, emigration and immigration in Scotland, Canada and Siberi, Comparative anthropology of the post-Soviet era, Religion, politics and identity - Relations between indigenous peoples and nation states - the anthropology of the state and Biodiversity, sustainability and resource management - systems of knowledge, practice and enskilment - perceptions and constructions of society, nature and environment.