21 August 2025
3.00pm – 4.30pm
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
Chair: Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP
Panellists:
Professor Danny Dorling is Professor of Human Geography, University of Oxford, and the UK’s best -known social geographer. In his latest book, The Next Crisis: What We Think About the Future, Professor Dorling uses the most up-to-date research to redraw our assumptions about where our greatest threats come from and solutions that lie in politics and collective social organisation to tackle our uncertain future. His books, Peak Injustice, Seven Children, Shattered Nation and All That Is Solid, are crucial reading for anyone interested in the impact politics has had on the UK’s housing, education, poverty and inequality levels, together with robust solutions on how to address these challenges of our age.
Dr Elisabeth Loose is the Research and Engagement Manager for The John Smith Centre, where she works towards empowering young people to engage in and enter UK politics, as well as monitoring trust in politics and politicians. Recently, Elli has led the work for the Centre’s UK Youth Poll 2025.
Ellie Craig MSYP is the chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament and has been an MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart since 2019. Ellie also runs a campaign called ‘Grieving and Growing’, to raise awareness of the effects loss can have on young people. She has also worked with ‘It’s Time’, a charity supporting young people who have lost parents. In her role as an SYP board member, Ellie sits on the Scottish Government’s gender equality in education taskforce and represents the organisation on the board of YoungScot.
Amanda Amaeshi is a British Nigerian activist, campaigner, and writer specialising in gender equality, anti-racism, and youth political participation. She is a First Class Honours LLB Law graduate from University College London (UCL), in which she critically engaged with the law’s role in advancing human rights and social justice. Amanda serves on the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG) and a Trustee for the Young Women’s Movement, providing strategic oversight and governance for Scotland’s national young women’s organisation.