Who Can Speak on Behalf of “Us”?

Wednesday 17 April
2pm - 3:30pm,
Room 3.15, CMB

Join Dr. Antoine Bilodeau for this in-person event! No booking required.
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Reform at Holyrood
Tuesday, April 2
4pm - 6pm

The Consultative Steering Group set out key principles governing the operation of Holyrood.

Join Eddie Barnes, Johann Lamont, Alex Neil and mandy rhodes
as they discuss Holyrood 25 years on.

Book: bit.ly/CCC-ReformAtHo…

Know a great student keen to do a PhD on Scotting voting behaviour?
Send them our way! Fully funded scholarship available

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📢Reminder for the two events on parliaments co-hosted by Centre on Constitutional Change on 2 April.

Registration
Event on Canadian Parliament 🇨🇦 (12pm): eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-life-of-…

Event on Scottish Parliament 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (4pm): eventbrite.co.uk/e/reform-at-ho…

On 2 April Centre on Constitutional Change will focus on parliaments and co-host two fascinating events on Canada 🇨🇦 and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Join us at 12pm and 4pm!

Centre of Canadian Studies & Centre on Constitutional Change

Seminar
The Life of the Canadian Parliament

Ian Brodie shows the ways in which the Canadian Parliament does constrain the government’s and in particular the prime minister’s powers.

Booking:
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A new contribution to the ongoing debate about whether territorial autonomy reduces or stokes conflict. Based on Andreas Juon's recent publication in American Political Science Review American Political Science Review

Great discussion at our second Territorial Politics workshop, with presentations on secessionist parties in Catalonia & Scotland, devolution capability in UK, LGBTQ+ movement in Quebec, multi-level electoral instability in Western Europe Centre on Constitutional Change

New on the blog

There is increasing concern that territorial autonomy can generate new violence at the subnational level, in the form of communal clashes. Does territorial autonomy redirect violence from the national to the subnational level?

More:
bit.ly/CCC-Territoria…

New on the blog

Local Turnout in Europe
The Roots of Municipal Politics

New book based on the study of electoral results at the municipal level of more than 70,000 municipalities.

By Silvia Bolgherini, Selena Grimaldi and Aldo Paparo

Read full post:
bit.ly/CCC-Municipal-…

Reform at Holyrood
Tuesday, April 2
4pm - 6pm

The Consultative Steering Group set out key principles governing the operation of Holyrood.

Join Eddie Barnes, Johann Lamont, Alex Neil and mandy rhodes
as they discuss Holyrood 25 years on.

Book: bit.ly/CCC-ReformAtHo…

COMING UP TOMORROW
Interested in how the war in Ukraine has influenced the domestic and international politics of the Western Balkans?
Join us at tomorrow, March 7, at New College from 3 to 5pm. Register here: buff.ly/3UJGafz

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EVENT
The Balkans between Russia and the West
7 Mar, 3-5pm

Dejan Jovic will examine how the domestic actors in the Western Balkans interpret the role of Russia and the West in their region.

Co-sponsors Edinburgh Europa Institute Scottish Council on Global Affairs
Booking: buff.ly/3UJGafz

New on the blog
Giorgia Meloni’s triumphal march stops in Sardinia
A regional election with national implications

Davide Vampa
Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics

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School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh

EVENT
The Balkans between Russia and the West
7 Mar, 3-5pm

Dejan Jovic will examine how the domestic actors in the Western Balkans interpret the role of Russia and the West in their region.

Co-sponsors Edinburgh Europa Institute Scottish Council on Global Affairs
Booking: buff.ly/3UJGafz

We are launching a new blog series on relevant aspects of territorial politics and governance in the run-up to the UK general election! Centre on Constitutional Change welcomes contributions from academics at any level, political commentators, think tanks, policymakers👇
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Great turnout at today's Centre on Constitutional Change event! Anwen Elias gave an excellent overview of findings & recommendations from Comisiwn y Cyfansoddiad / Constitution Commission 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, while Ailsa Henderson discussed opinion data used in the final report. All followed by a 1-hour engaging Q&A session with the audience.

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NEW: Coree Brown Swan - on social media hiatus - email!, Dr. Judith Sijstermans and Paul Anderson analyse the Covid Inquiry’s hearings in Scotland.

They argue that the pandemic was political for both the UK and Scottish governments, but this should not necessarily be seen as inappropriate 👇

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Excellent event Anwen Elias Ailsa Henderson on Commission on Constitutional Future of Wales. Its 3 main options: enhanced devolution, federal UK, independence. Many lessons for Scotland's debate, both on serious public consultation & on cross party participation Centre on Constitutional Change