EU Membership and Scotland’s Long Term Growth
The outcome of the EU Referendum has the potential to be a significant shock to the economy but also a transformational change in how we operate across a range of sectors.
Economic analyses and critiques, including a focus on sustainability, inclusive growth and the community economy.
Brexit: Balancing Scotland, the UK and the EU
Report by Ken Gibb from a Brexit event featuring a keynote speech from the First Minister.
Brexit and Public Policy Capacity
The challenge of dealing with Brexit when there is an underlying problem with policy capacity and huge implications for the devolved governments.
Forget Project Fear, Time to hear the Positive Case for the EU
Professor Anton Muscatelli, economist and Principal of the University of Glasgow, writing in a personal capacity, makes the positive case for European Union membership.
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.
‘Five Years, that’s all we’ve got’: the Scottish election and challenges for the new Parliament
With a minority administration in Holyrood, will one consequence be more focus on the Scottish Parliament committees? asks Ken Gibb.
Leave or Remain: the Economics of Brexit
Seminar at which Professor David Bell will analyse the economic position of the UK – and particularly Scotland – within the EU.
Brexit: A midsummer’s night’s ‘mare
The mixture of fantasy and reality on which the Leave campaign is basing its arguments may be buiging but have the potential to do serious harm to the UK economy.
Video: Melanie van de Velde – Social Enterprise
Melanie van de Velde shares her exciting research around key challenges in the field of social enterprise. Her consultancy business Big Tree Global helps companies to create effective impact strategies for good outcomes for people and planet, as well as business benefits.
Growing public and political interest in urban land reform
People are beginning to realise that land reform in Scotland may become just as important in urban areas as rural ones, especially in tackling urban vacancy and dereliction