Some of Scotland’s funniest academics will use their expertise to apply some humour to the referendum campaign at the next Bright Club Dundee event.
Comedian Rory Bremner last year called for more humour in the debate and the event led by Dundee University’s Revealing Research team aims to do just that.
Dr Karen Petrie from the School of Computing will be joined by academics from Glasgow University for the event at Braes on Perth Road at 8.30pm on Tuesday, hosted by comedian Bruce Morton.
Six researchers-turned-comedians will be bringing laughter to the debate from a range of perspectives.
Organiser Dr Jon Urch said: “Academia and politics share a similar reputation as being a bit serious but our events over the past year have shown how much humour there is to be derived from research, which helps people understand it in a different way.
“Comedians and social commentators have been satirising politics for centuries but, as Rory Bremner noted, this great tradition has been missing from the referendum debate so far so we aim to help redress the balance.”