Who Can Speak on Behalf of “Us”? Centre on Cons… Thu, 11/04/2024 - 14:41 Hero image Date and time of event Wed, 04/17/2024 - 14:00 - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:30 Body text Join Antoine Bilodeau, Professor of Political Science at Concordia University, for this in person event.  Who Can Speak on Behalf of “Us”? An Experiment Exploring the Role of Accent and Ethnicity in Representing the Voice of Scotland. Centre on Constitutional Change ..read more

Does territorial autonomy redirect violence from the national to the subnational level? Centre on Cons… Wed, 20/03/2024 - 10:52 International Attitudes and Behaviours Tags: Territorial politics Centre on Constitutional Change Body text By Andreas Juon To safeguard peace in ethnically divided states, scholars and practitioners often recommend territorial autonomy, for instance in the form of federalism or decentralization. In line with this prescription, evidence shows that territorial autonomy can help prevent and terminate civil wars. However, there is increasing concern that territ ..read more

Local Turnout in Europe: The Roots of Municipal Politics Centre on Cons… Wed, 20/03/2024 - 10:45 International Attitudes and Behaviours Tags: Europe Municipal Politics Centre on Constitutional Change Body text Silvia Bolgherini, Selena Grimaldi, Aldo Paparo Between Tradition and Innovation Although electoral participation is a traditional topic in political science, there is still a lack of large-scale comparative research on voter turnout in municipal elections. Consequently, the understanding of local electoral participation has been limited and not easily generalizable. Our book addr ..read more

Kirsty Hughes in conversation with Dr Anwen Elias Centre on Cons… Mon, 18/03/2024 - 15:40 Hero image Body text Following the presentation held on 28th February at The University of Edinburgh (The Final Report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales), Kirsty Hughes interviewed Dr Anwen Elias and the conversation is available on Kirsty Hughes' Europe and Scotland substack.  Listen now to 'The Constitutional Future of Wales: Options and Challenges'. Centre on Constitutional Change ..read more

Giorgia Meloni’s triumphal march stops in Sardinia: a regional election with national implications Centre on Cons… Thu, 29/02/2024 - 15:38 International Attitudes and Behaviours Centre on Constitutional Change Body text As I write this piece, the votes cast in the Sardinian regional election on 25th February are still being counted, nearly four days after the polls closed. This situation perhaps speaks to the state of democracy in Italy: a slow, convoluted, and cumbersome process, where citizens’ preferences are filtered through the bureaucratic lenses of a not particularly responsive stat ..read more

New Blog series – Call for contributions Centre on Cons… Tue, 27/02/2024 - 14:57 Hero image Body text The Centre on Constitutional Change (CCC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new blog series focusing on various aspects of territorial politics and constitutional debates throughout the entire UK in the lead-up to the upcoming general election. We invite submissions of contributions that will be featured in the ‘News and Opinion’ section of the CCC website and will be widely disseminated through CCC channels.  We welcome contributions from academics at any stage of their career, p ..read more

The same, but different? A return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland Centre on Cons… Thu, 15/02/2024 - 14:59 Brexit Attitudes and Behaviours Devolution Centre on Constitutional Change Body text Dr Clare Rice is a political analyst and researcher, specialising in Northern Ireland, power-sharing, Brexit and identity.  It’s hard not to question where and when challenges might arise that could trigger the next political crisis in Northern Ireland when the process of stop-start politics has become a perverse norm of governance here. Has anything changed this time around, and what does it ..read more

Territorial inequalities under devolution: do Scottish and Welsh residents perceive a gap between capital cities and their local communities? Centre on Cons… Mon, 12/02/2024 - 12:09 Independence and the Union Attitudes and Behaviours Devolution Tags: Wales Scotland Centre on Constitutional Change Body text One of the key goals of devolution is to bring institutions and representation closer to citizens. Creating an intermediate level of government between central and local authorities may also help effectively address spatial inequalities, thereby avoiding the overconcentration of power ..read more

What Russia’s war Against Ukraine means for Self-Determination Claims Around the World Centre on Cons… Thu, 01/02/2024 - 15:29 International Tags: Ukraine Russia Centre on Constitutional Change Body text By Lesley-Ann Daniels and Marc Sanjaume The causes and consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine have been discussed extensively during the past two years and will likely keep international analysts busy for some time to come. There is a justified concern for the future of the liberal world order and the rules established in 1945. However, there has been less reflection on the lon ..read more

Federalism and Regime Change Centre on Cons… Thu, 04/01/2024 - 11:50 International Attitudes and Behaviours Tags: federalism Authoritarianism De/Centralisation Centre on Constitutional Change Body text Most of the world’s federations have been governed by non-democratic regimes for long periods of time and have experienced several transitions between authoritarianism and democracy and vice versa. What impact has regime change had on their federal system, in particular on the distribution of powers between the federal government and the constituent units, which we can refer to as de/cent ..read more