Craig Fairnington, Associate Fellow

Craig took part in the Debating Matters Competition in 2006 before graduating with a BSc in Physics from the University of St Andrews in 2009. He helps organise our annual Battle of Ideas festival, where he’s organised and spoke at sessions on topics such as gay politics, climate change and sci-fi. He has written on Scottish politics and science funding for the online magazine spiked, as well as for the Independent and DIVA magazine. He also contributed an essay to the Academy’s publication What is science education for?.