Brexit and Crisis Management – Gas Supplies Policy Briefing
Policy briefing on the impact on Brexit on crisis management of UK gas supplies.
Reports and papers published by Policy Scotland and associated programmes and projects.
Publication: Building a New Life in Britain: The Skills, Experiences and Aspirations of Young Syrian Refugees
Report examining the skills, training needs, work aspirations, lived experiences, and ethical perspectives of young Syrian forced migrants in three host countries: Lebanon, Greece, and the United Kingdom.
Making Better Economic Cases for Housing Policies
A report examining the relationship between pressured housing markets in Sydney and economic growth.
Reflecting on the Child Poverty Strategy 2014-2017
Evan Williams argues that the success of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will rely on policy initiatives that explicitly target welfare and housing provision.
Issues Paper on City Deals and Inclusive Growth
This paper sets out the issues that researchers and policymakers will be confronted with when considering the parallels and possible links between the inclusive growth agenda and the deal-based decentralisation agenda (to sub-national entities).
Brexit and environmental law
Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe has published a position paper focussing on the implications of Brexit on environmental law in Scotland.
Trade and the EU Referendum: Why the Leave campaign has simply got it wrong
The EU Leave campaign’s arguments about trade are based on out-dated, irrelevant assumptions and models and following them would be catastrophic for the UK economy.
Urban Land Reform in Scotland
New Briefing Paper: response to Scottish Government Report to Sounding Board In May 2014, the Land Reform Review Group submitted its final report to the Scottish Government. The First Minister announced in November 2014 that the Government would consequently bring forward a Land Reform Bill, which was published in June 2015 and is currently under…
Submission on Local Tax Reform
A written submission from Policy Scotland to the Commission on Local Tax Reform.
Thursday Video: Kainde Manji discusses welfare and disabilities in Scotland
Urban Studies postgraduate researcher Kainde Manji talks about her work on welfare reforms and people living with disabilities in Scotland.