Professor Jo Shaw appointed to General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Mon 16 December 2024

Head of Edinburgh Law School, Professor Jo Shaw has been elected as the new General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
Professor Jo Shaw will hold the role for four years when she takes over the position in April 2025 from the current RSE General Secretary Professor Michael Keating.
Professor Shaw said: “I am honoured to take on this role at the Royal Society of Edinburgh and to commit myself to helping this member-led society achieve its core purpose, to ‘make knowledge useful’.”
The RSE is Scotland’s National Academy which was established in 1783 for ‘the advancement of learning and useful knowledge’ and provides independent expert advice to policymakers as well as inspiring the next generation of innovative thinkers.