Remote killing and victory in war
A review of how drones are currently being employed in combination with, rather than as a straightforward replacement for, many other types of military asset.
Moral Victories Project
This project ran from 2015 to 2018. “What constitutes victory? I think that is a fundamental question, and it is good for each of us in this country to ask ourselves that from time to time. When we try to decide whether or not we’ve been victorious, we have to think, for just a second,…
Welfare Reform Network
About the Welfare Reform Network The Policy Scotland Welfare Reform Network was set up in 2015 designed to bring together people interested in welfare reform in Scotland, who may be: experiencing or concerned about welfare reform working with or for those affected by welfare reform working in agencies affected by or delivering welfare reform involved…
The Many Forms and Consequences of Devolution
Report of a conference organised by Policy Scotland and the Urban and Regional Economics Seminar Group. on devolution and federalism in a post-referendum United Kingdom.
We are all risk managers: developing resilience in social housing
A report exploring the challenges facing the Scottish social housing sector, the external risks they face and the ways in which organisations are trying to embed resilience both in terms of individuals and as organisations.
Scottish Risk and Resilience Study of Housing Organisations asks: ‘What is 21st century social housing for’?
A report in partnership with the Wheatley Group, which found that non-market housing, primarily housing associations and council providers, are a bulwark against poverty, provide shelter and often playing leading community anchor roles.
The return of the rentier?
Piece reflecting on the peak in home ownership, now at a 25 year low, and how has been redistributed into the quickly growing buy-to-let rental market .
Helping the SME builder through Help to Buy
Piece on the debates around the need to shift the preponderance of new housing supply from the large volume house builders towards small and medium-sized builders.
Housing, the long term and the 2015 UK election
Professor Ken Gibb writes on the policy choices to be presented in UK General Election in May 2015.
The Junker Commission: politics, European style
Analysis of the European Commission mission to bring the European Union closer to its citizens.