Ellie Harrison

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Get Glasgow Moving

  • 2024 Media

    A Quiet Revolution in Public Transport

    1 Feb 2024
    Scottish Left Review (Issue 138 p.8-9)

  • 2023 Lecture

    Centre for Cities Report Launch

    Speaking on behalf of the Get Glasgow Moving campaign, Harrison introduces Andrew Carter, Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities, at the launch of their new report Miles better: Improving public transport in the Glasgow City Region at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh.

  • 2023 Lecture

    Taking our buses back into public control: What can Glasgow learn from Manchester & Liverpool?

    6 Sep 2023
    Unite Scotland

  • 2023 Media

    Glasgow’s night bus crisis

    14 Aug 2023
    BBC Reporting Scotland, BBC One

  • 2023 Media

    Glasgow searches for transport integration

    9 Aug 2023
    RAIL magazine (Issue 989 p.48-52)

  • 2023 Lecture

    Campaigning for Outstanding Bus Services

    17 Jun 2023
    Yorkshire & Humber Pensioners Association, York

  • 2023 Lecture

    Cycling the hidden Molendinar Burn

    19 May 2023
    OnBikes, Glasgow

  • 2023 Lecture

    Transport, Community & Climate

    15 Mar 2023
    Scotstoun Community Centre, Glasgow

  • 2023 Lecture

    GCPH Small Grants Project Showcase

    8 Mar 2023
    University of Glasgow

  • 2023 Lecture

    Chair’s Report

    25 Feb 2023
    Get Glasgow Moving AGM, Unite Scotland

  • 2023 Media

    Taskforce on Sustainable Public Transport Investment, Funding & Fares

    23 Feb 2023
    International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF Global)

  • 2023 Media

    Bus cuts across Scotland

    20 Feb 2023
    Lunchtime Live, BBC Radio Scotland

  • 2022 Lecture

    Transport Justice in Glasgow

    17 Nov 2022
    SPIRU Autumn Pledginar, Glasgow Caledonian University

  • 2022 Media

    Get Glasgow Moving protest outside SPT offices in Glasgow

    1 Oct 2022
    The Scotsman

  • 2022 Lecture

    Global Challenges, Local Solutions

    29 Sep 2022
    GCPH Small Grants Programme Showcase Event, University of Glasgow

  • 2022 Lecture

    Whose Railway Is It Anyway?

    7 Sep 2022
    New Internationalist, Mount Florida Books

  • 2022 Media

    Railways: Back on track?

    1 Sep 2022
    New Internationalist (p.21-22)

  • 2022 Media

    Transport for All: Ellie Harrison on bringing back publicly-owned buses

    6 Jul 2022
    Common Weal Policy Podcast, The Common Weal

  • 2022 Lecture

    Alternatives: mobility industry & public ownership

    28 Jun 2022
    Automotive Industry: Just Transition & the development of alternatives in the international value chains, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels (Belgium)

  • 2022 Media

    Publicly-owned buses discussion

    27 Jun 2022
    Drivetime, BBC Radio Scotland

  • 2022 Lecture

    Transport Workshop

    17 Jun 2022
    Cost of Living Summit, Scottish Trades Union Congress

  • 2022 Lecture

    Local Elections – Voting for the Climate

    2 May 2022
    Rising Clyde, IndependenceLive

  • 2022 Media

    Why I… fight for better buses

    1 Apr 2022
    New Internationalist (p.6)

  • 2022 Lecture

    Everyone Aboard: Transport, poverty & climate justice

    4 Mar 2022
    The Poverty Alliance, Scottish Labour Conference Fringe

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 – 2023).
In 2021 the Second Edition of Harrison’s book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was launched at the UN Habitat’s Innovate4Cities conference to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. Her Early Warning Signs were also exhibited at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library during COP26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project.
Harrison’s Vending Machine continues to feature in the 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival šŸ™Œ @followers

It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival and Carnival šŸ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Published today! Check out The Artists Bonds 14th Annual Report, detailing our third best performing year with 3 cash prizes totalling Ā£125 šŸ„³šŸ’· This means an annual payout of Ā£0.79 for each or our 159 artist members šŸ‘ @followers Read more here šŸ‘‡
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Published today! Check out The Artists' Bond's 14th Annual Report, detailing our third best performing year with 3 cash prizes totalling Ā£125 šŸ„³šŸ’· This means an annual payout of Ā£0.79 for each or our 159 artist members šŸ‘ @followers Read more here šŸ‘‡
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This š—Ŗš—²š—±š˜€ šŸ² š—”š˜‚š—“š˜‚š˜€š˜ šŸ®šŸ¬šŸ®šŸ±, šŸ³š—½š—ŗ! šŸ“£ Don't miss our FREE Cultivating Community Activism: Learning from Cathy McCormack’s ā€˜The Wee Yellow Butterfly’ event as part of Govanhill International Festival šŸ™Œ Listen to my interview on Sunny Govan to find out more! @followers tune in from 1:04:09 šŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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I was delighted to be interviewed about the Bring Back British Rail campaign for 14-year-old Riku Fryderyk's brilliant new documentary about rail re-nationalisation šŸš‰ Well worth a watch! šŸ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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It was such an honour to be part of this wonderful event on Saturday, and to help launch the new freely-available audiobook of The Wee Yellow Butterfly by Cathy McCormack šŸ¦‹šŸ“š Find out more at: glasgowenergy.coop/audiobook @followers

It was such an honour to be part of this wonderful event on Saturday, and to help launch the new freely-available audiobook of The Wee Yellow Butterfly by Cathy McCormack šŸ¦‹šŸ“š Find out more at: glasgowenergy.coop/audiobook @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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