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Reports and papers published by Policy Scotland and associated programmes and projects.

COVID-19 microbriefing 4: Consolidating evidence of the impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people

Briefing, Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Education, Children and Families, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Pandemics & health security, Research project - outputs, Scotland, Social Recovery TaskforceBy admin March 7, 2022

Evidence concerning the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people in Scotland

Holiday closure 2021/2022

Data and statistics, Digital, Event report/resources, Inequalities, Policy briefing, SeminarBy admin December 23, 2021

Policy Scotland is closed from 23 December 2021 to 5 Jan 2022.

SHAPE of data – Seminar and Policy Briefing

Culture, Data and statistics, Digital, Event report/resources, Policy briefing, SeminarBy admin December 15, 2021

Seminar and policy briefing exploring new ways of innovating with social and economic data for societal wellbeing in inclusive, progressive, and trusted ways.

COVID-19 microbriefing 3: The disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black and minority ethnic groups

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Discrimination, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Policy briefing, Research project - outputs, Scotland, Social Recovery TaskforceBy admin December 8, 2021

Introduction to the key evidence concerning the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 among BME groups.

Podcast: Truths, Damn Truths, and Government Statistics – 19th century data collection

Data and statistics, PodcastBy admin October 20, 2021

First in a podcast series by Professor Tomas J Scotto on government statistics, featuring an interview with a historian and genealogist on 19th centiry data collection.

Policy Briefing: Disability and Assisted Dying Laws

autonomy, healthcare, Policy briefing, Professor Ben Colburn, School of HumanitiesBy admin September 20, 2021

Policy briefing analysing the evidence on the effects that assisted dying laws might have on people with disabilities.

The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: September 2021

City economies, Commentary, Coronavirus / COVID-19, Dr Sarah Weakley, Glasgow, Laura Comincini, Poverty, Welfare & social security, Working paperBy admin September 9, 2021

The fourth and final working paper in the series on Universal Credit in Glasgow and Scotland this paper reports on trends over the COVID period and considers the implications for policy and practice.

New report – Housing: Taming the Elephant in the Economy

Australia, City Futures Research Centre, Housing, Housing economics, Housing market, Jinqiao Long, Professor Duncan Maclennan, Research project - outputs, Research reportBy admin June 15, 2021

A new report recommends immediate institutional reform to stabilise Australia’s dysfunctional housing market.

Report: A Scotland of Better Places

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Coronavirus / COVID-19, David Hume Institute, Economy, Governance, Place-based, Professor Duncan Maclennan, Research report, Sustainability, Tax, Think pieceBy admin June 2, 2021

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

Employment and labour market, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow Women’s Voluntary Sector Network, Governance, Inequalities, Policy briefing, Research project - outputs, Social Recovery Taskforce, Wise WomenBy admin May 10, 2021

Briefing that presents a range of evidence of the disproportionate impact of the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women.