New report – Housing: Taming the Elephant in the Economy
A new report recommends immediate institutional reform to stabilise Australia’s dysfunctional housing market.
Reports and papers published by Policy Scotland and associated programmes and projects.
Report: A Scotland of Better Places
How Scotland’s places can play a central role in Scotland’s just and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the actions needed for places to ‘build forward better’.
COVID-19 micro briefing 2: Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic – exploring the unequal social and economic burden on women
Briefing that presents a range of evidence of the disproportionate impact of the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women.
Democratic Governance through Intermediary Bodies: A Case Study of Third Sector Interfaces in Scotland
Access this summary of research which explores the relationship between the third sector and the state in Scotland.
Edinburgh-Glasgow economic system: research paper and policy briefing
What is the possibility of an Edinburgh-Glasgow economic system and why have policy efforts to promote the system have come and gone?
The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: January 2021
Third working paper that uses publicly available Department for Work and Pensions data on Universal Credit in Glasgow and Scotland to investigate the income crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Achieving equity post-COVID-19?
Paper exploring some of the key medium and longer-term considerations for educational decision makers who are attempting to create more equitable education systems post-pandemic.
The impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people in South Lanarkshire
This research by CNS explores the unequal impacts of COVID-19 and how these have been experienced by families, children and young people in high poverty neighbourhoods in South Lanarkshire.
International Council for Education Advisers – School exams ‘outdated technology’ in the 21st century
Report from the Scottish Government’s International Council for Education Advisers about the future of exams.
Rural poverty and social exclusion with a focus on children and young people
A critical review published by Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland of how poverty and social exclusion are experienced by children and young people in rural areas of Scotland.