Event: Visions of Scotland
Event hosted by Glasgow University and Reform Scotland with two politicians from different parties explaining which further powers they would like to see Scotland obtain and how they see the constitution developing.
Events: Game for debate
Three public engagement debates related to the Commonwealth Games, focused on elite sport, national sport and physcial activity.
Equalities and the Referendum debate
Videos from a public debate about equalities and the Scottish independence referendum debate.
EVENT: Policy Reunion – Homelessness
The Policy Scotland homelessness policy reunion event is an opportunity to hear from those most closely involved in the development of the homelessness policy, the ‘inside story’ of how the policy evolved and its passage into legislation.
Film and the struggle for LGBT rights
Ahead of the series of events about LGBT lives in Russia and Lithuania, Marc David Jacobs of Edinburgh Film Guild New Cinema, discusses the way in which Russian and Lithuanian filmmakers have explored the experiences and challenges LGBT communities in Russia and Lithuania. This month, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, there is to be a series entitled LGBT…
EVENT: The David Frisby Memorial Lecture 2014
The Sociology subject area at the University of Glasgow are pleased to announce that this year Professor Nancy Fraser will be giving our annual Frisby Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Professor Nancy Fraser (University of Cambridge and New School for Social Research) on “Behind Marx’s ‘Hidden Abode’: Toward and Expanded Conception of Capitalism” Wednesday 12 February 2014,…
Regulatory Policy and an Independent Scotland
This paper was presented at the Policy Scotland Public Debate at the University of Glasgow on December 4 by Josef Konvitz, Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow, and Visiting Professor, Cities Group, Geography, King’s College London This presentation will address what Scotland must do and could do to assume sovereign regulatory responsibilities. This is not only…
John Swinney – Independence can meet economic challenges
Scotland’s economy will benefit from independence over the uncertainty that would face the country within the UK, Finance Secretary John Swinney said at the inaugural annual Policy Scotland lecture on 10th December 2013.
Public Debate: Regulation in an Independent Scotland
Policy Scotland‘s second public debate, this time on Regulation in an Independent Scotland. The debate will address issues such as: What kind of regulatory frameworks will Scotland need to maximise its economic performance? What aspects of the economy should Scotland regulate itself, or jointly with rUK? How will be financial sector be regulated in a…
Public Lecture: What is the Welfare State?
Lecture to explain in clear and simple terms, what the welfare state is, how it works, and why it matters.