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  • 2016 Lecture

    Scottish Artists Union AGM

    Harrison was invited to be guest speaker at the 2016 AGM of the Scottish Artists Union, the union she has been a member of since 2010. She offered some insights into her research and work during The Glasgow Effect, in relation to some timeless trade union themes: solidarity and exploitation.

  • 2016 Lecture

    Get Glasgow Moving

    Speaking as founder of the Bring Back British Rail campaign at the Get Glasgow Moving! Building a citywide Public Transport campaign meeting, Harrison gives an account of her experience of various public transportation systems in cities around the UK to show how and why Glasgow must radically transform its own. (Timecode 08:54-19:25)

  • 2016 Lecture

    What can the world learn from radical approaches to socially engaged art-making?

    Harrison was invited to introduce the Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project as part of this panel discussion chaired by Anna Cutler at the third International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC3) exploring ‘Best, next and radical practice in participatory arts‘. (Timecode 00:56-09:05)

  • 2016 Lecture

    The RRAAF Founding Symposium

    Harrison outlines the vision, mission and values of the Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund at the start of its Founding Symposium at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow on 23-24 July 2016.

  • 2016 Lecture

    White Wood Forum

    Harrison answered questions from Deirdre Heddon about The Glasgow Effect project as part of the White Wood Forum event at Deveron Projects in Huntly exploring Art and Sustainability.

  • 2016 Lecture

    In Conversation with Doug Fishbone

    5 May 2016
    New Art Exchange, Nottingham

  • 2016 Lecture

    Data Dystopia

    19 Mar 2016
    Somerset House, London

  • 2016 Lecture

    The Glasgow Effect

    Harrison was invited by the Scottish Artists Union to speak via Skype to the Cross-Party Group on Culture at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on 1 March 2016. She screened The Glasgow Effect by Wee D before discussing his arguments in relation to wider debates about arts funding, economic policy and social change.

  • 2016 Lecture

    Think Global, Act Local!

    Harrison’s first public appearance following the start of The Glasgow Effect, was this Skype presentation to the Annual Symposium of the Centre for Environmental Change & Human Resilience at the University of Dundee, where she has been employed as a lecturer since 2013.

  • 2016 Lectures

    The Glasgow Effect: A Discussion

    A discussion about The Glasgow Effect chaired by Roanne Dods & Gerry Hassan with Darren McGarvey, Katie Gallogly-Swan & Ellie Harrison, held at the Glad Cafe as part of Imagination: Scotlandโ€™s Festival of Ideas.

  • 2015 Lectures

    The RRAAF Report Launch Event

    Harrison outlines the ideas behind her new Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project at the Launch of The RRAAF Report at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.

  • 2015 Lectures

    The RRAAF Debate

    Harrison outlines the ideas behind her new Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project at the Shifting Power event at Beaconsfield in London.

  • 2015 Lectures

    Sustainability in Practice

    Speaking at the Culture & Sustainability event organised by Julie’s Bicycle at The Tetley in Leeds, Harrison discusses the challenges and consequences of putting ‘sustainability’ into practice; specifically: her life-long project Early Warning Signs, her Environmental Policy and how her breaches of its Transportation section led to The Glasgow Effect.

  • 2015 Lecture

    Data Traces

    4 Jul 2015
    Academy of Art & Design FHNW, Basel (Switzerland)

  • 2015 Lectures
    Ethics: Extremism & Compromise

    Ethics: Extremism & Compromise

    A talk by Ellie Harrison exploring the relationship between her life choices and her work as an artist for Artquest’s Practice 360ยฐ programme at Camden Arts Centre in London.

  • 2015 Lecture

    Dark Days Discussion

    14 Mar 2015
    Glasgow's Green: Imaging a Sustainable City, Tramway, Glasgow

  • 2015 Lecture

    Dark Days: Artist’s Talk by Ellie Harrison

    5 Mar 2015
    Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

  • 2015 Lectures
    Transmediale

    Transmediale: Capture All

    Harrison discusses her strategies for monitoring and redressing the work-life balance, as part of the Time & Motion panel at Transmediale 2015: Capture All.

  • 2014 Lecture

    Artist’s Talk

    20 Nov 2014
    Brandts 13, Odense (Denmark)

  • 2014 Lectures

    Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

    Talk by Ellie Harrison to students at Funen Art Academy in Denmark, presenting the ideas behind the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills – a title borrowed from the UK Government for her studio during her six-week residency at the academy.

  • 2014 Lecture

    Create & Sustain

    15 Oct 2014
    Glasgow School of Art

  • 2014 Lectures
    Ewa Jasiewicz

    In conversation with Ewa Jasiewicz

    Harrison in conversation with journalist and activist Ewa Jasiewicz at Talbot Rice Gallery as part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2014, discussing her referendum-themed installation / event After the Revolution, Who Will Clean Up the Mess? and the relationship between art, activism and social change.

  • 2014 Lecture

    Some People Think Iโ€™m Bonkers

    18 Jun 2014
    LIFT, The Yard Theatre, London

  • 2014 Lecture

    Practices in Motion

    26 Apr 2014
    Dundee Contemporary Arts

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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 โ€“ 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 ๐Ÿ˜น LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' ๐Ÿ“š

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Another massive win for our campaign today! ๐Ÿฅณ Slowly but surely we will get all Scotland's buses back in public control ๐ŸšŒ โœŠ @followers ...

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Today marks 40 years since โ€˜D-Dayโ€™ โ€“ the day that Margaret Thatcherโ€™s ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป was implemented everywhere across England, Scotland & Wales, except London ๐Ÿš Iโ€™ve devoted the last 10 years of my life fighting to undo the damage that this policy caused. On Saturday, I was proud to be part of this special online event to mark the occasion ๐Ÿ‘ You can watch the recording here ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers
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This is Massive! ๐Ÿ“ข Did you hear First Minster John Swinney announce that all buses in Scotland will be brought back into public control by 2031? ๐Ÿš๐Ÿฅณ After 10 years' campaigning with Get Glasgow Moving and Better Buses for Strathclyde, it's just amazing to see The Scottish Government finally starting to listen! Hear my reaction in this special podcast for The National Newspaper ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ...

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This weekend Wasps Artists' Studios - Hanson Street, Glasgow is celebrating its 25th anniversary! ๐Ÿฅณ Iโ€™ve been based here for sixteen of those years, since 2010. On ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—ฎ๐—บ-๐Ÿฐ๐—ฝ๐—บ Iโ€™m opening my studio to visitors as part of the buildingโ€™s special anniversary open studios event: waspsstudios.org.uk/news/hanson-street-studios-celebrates-25th-anniversary-this-october/ Please come down and say hello! @followers ...

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On Thursday night we launched the Get Glasgow Moving public transport campaignโ€™s 10th Anniversary Exhibition at The New Glasgow Society ๐Ÿ™Œ Itโ€™s only on until Weds 23rd Sept, so please make sure you visit! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Open every day until Weds 23rd September, 12noon-5pm
๐Ÿ“ 1307 Argyle Street, G3 8TL

Itโ€™s been a total labour of love to bring this exhibition together โ€“ four daysโ€™ solid to install and a whole summer spent sorting through the archives and organising more than 240 photographs, sixty press cuttings, fifty films, alongside many old placards, banners and leaflets to the tell the story of our campaign over the last decade ๐Ÿš ๐Ÿš‡ ๐Ÿš†

If you donโ€™t know much about Get Glasgow Moving or just want to find out how Iโ€™ve been spending a massive chunk of my time over the last 10 years as the campaignโ€™s co-founder and chairperson โ€“ then please make sure you come along!

Iโ€™ll be invigilating from Monday โ€“ Weds, so come and say hi ๐Ÿ˜Š

We are also selling our popular campaign t-shirts, designed by yours truly, for just ยฃ10 โ€“ so don't miss your chance to get one ๐Ÿ‘•

And thanks, as always, to Neil Scott for the wonderful photos!

Presented as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2026

#GlasgowDoorsOpenDaysFestival #GlasgowGoesOut #CulturalHeritage #GlasgowEvents #GDODF26 @followers
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Opening this Thursday! ๐Ÿ“ข Please don't miss this special exhibition I've curated to celebrate the Get Glasgow Moving campaign's 10th Anniversary ๐Ÿฅณ I've been working on it all summer and it's ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ at The New Glasgow Society as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival #GDODF26 @followers ๐Ÿ™ ...

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I was delighted to be back in Liverpool City Region this week for the launch of Merseytravel's new publicly-controlled bus network ๐ŸšŒ๐Ÿฅณ I staged 'Bus Regulation: The Musical' here in 2022 and 2023 as part of the campaign which led to Steve Rotheram's decision to become the 2nd UK city region to roll-out bus franchising, after Greater Manchester. Find out more here: ellieharrison.com/merseyside @followers ...

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After 10 years campaigning, it's just brilliant to see The Scottish Government finally taking action to regulate bus fares in Glasgow ๐Ÿ‘ But their ยฃ2 fare cap will do nothing to improve services, create new routes or integrate timetables and tickets with other transport modes ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš† For that we must bring our bus network back into public control. Please support Better Buses for Strathclyde to make it happen โœŠ @followers ...

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