What’s the point of trees?
As part of my work at Edinburgh Napier University with Forest Research I’m involved in some projects looking at what tree species we should be […]
A new Scotland-France Partnership: Hardwood springboard to propel underused wood species into construction
A new partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and the École nationale supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), funded under a Springboard grant by the British council, […]
ICF Conference post
This post is for the Institute of Chartered Foresters National Conference “Innovation for a Resilient Tomorrow – Reimagining Forestry & Arboriculture” (19-20 May 2026). Thanks […]
Building from forests display and symposium
The Building from England’s Woodlands project might have finished, but things continue. There is now an exhibit currently on at the V&A museum in London […]
Call for papers is open for WSE2026
The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE 2026). WSE […]
Transatlantic academic collaboration
Edinburgh Napier University has been named as one of eight UK institutions to take part in a new transatlantic academic collaboration. The programme, entitled Queen […]
WSE2025 Växjö, Sweden – papers
The 21st Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE 2025) takes place next week. The conference website has published […]
Future productive species for Scotland
Forest Research has published its report “Future productive species for Scotland”. The report describes work led by Forest Research, and commissioned by Scottish Forestry, to […]
What’s known about non-mechanical properties?
Books on timber properties, like the BRE Handbook of hardwoods (Farmer, 1972), give vast amounts of information, but it is not often clear which data […]
The Wood Technology Group
With thanks to Andrew True for most of the text Introduction The Wood Technology Group (WTG) is a technical community in the Institute of Materials, […]