The Human Rights Q&A: Political artist Carla Novi
Interview with artist Carla Novi, 33, from Mexico City, about her film , Desaparecidos about students campaigning for truth and justice for 43 trainee teachers who disappeared in Mexico in 2014.
Poetic Politics Conference
An inter-institutional, publicly engaged symposium focused on cultural responses to the Independence referendum.
Legacy Conference 2015 Submissions Deadline
Submissions for the Legacy Conference 2015 are now due on 29th July 2015. For more information please visit the tab on our homepage or click here.
Investors versus the State: can the TTIP be fair?
A review of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States and role of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
In or out? The European Union in the parties’ manifestos
By Dr Marco Goldoni, Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Glasgow As it was predictable, most of the electoral campaign and the parties’ manifestos have focussed on one EU-related topic: the in/out referendum. This is not to say that other topics were completely absent, but one would have expected a wider debate, for…
Thursday Video Election Special – Gender and the 2015 General Election Podcast
This is the last Friday before what is sure to be an historic UK General Election on 7 May 2015. To celebrate, Policy Scotland are replacing this week’s Friday Video with a special podcast from our interns, Sarah Hamlin and Amy Watson. In this podcast, Sarah and Amy have a look at issues relating to…
Gender and the General Election 2015
In this podcast, Sarah Hamlin and Amy Watson discuss some of the ideas about gender and ‘women’s issues’ present in the manifestos of the Conservative Party, Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP. This podcast was recorded live on 21st April 2015, and reflects information current at the time of recording. We will be…
Video: Sylvia Walby presents the 2015 David Frisby Memorial Lecture
Professor Sylvia Walby on whether the financial crisis is cascading into a democratic crisis in Europe.
Event: 4 March 2015 – The Great War and the mechanisation of warfare
Moral Victories event in association with Policy Scotland Wednesday 4 March 2015 Michael N. Schmitt of the Naval War College, Newport The Great War and the mechanisation of warfare
About the Legacy Research Network
Aim and Purpose Learning lessons from legacy is central to the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Recent events such as the London Olympics and dating back at least as far as to Manchester Commonwealth Games demonstrates the growing scrutiny of claims made suggesting lasting legacy effects that are increasingly important strands of longer term urban regeneration…