The UK’s Integrated Review and its implications for Scotland
Summary and video of a Round Table discusssion of the UK Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
Scotland in a post-Brexit and post-pandemic world
Public lecture and Q&A with Michael Russell MSP, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs, about the COVID-19, Brexit, and Scottish independence.
First Minister’s referendum call rivets Scottish constitution workshop
Dr Alex Benchimol and Professor Philip Schlesinger, who recently ran workshops on the press, civil society and constitutional identity in Scotland, reflect on how real world-politics and academic analysis may coincide.
The Choice Between Two Unions
Professor Michael Russell MSP gives his first reaction to the outcome of the European Referendum and its implications for Scotland.
Policy Referendums and Buses Come in Twos
Parallels between the Brexit referendum and the Scottish Independence referendum.
Through a glass, darkly: Glimpsing Scotland’s constitutional future
Ful text of lecture by Professor Jim Gallagher reflecting on where Scotland stands a year after the Independence Referendum.
Through a Glass Darkly: The Shape of Scotland’s Constitutional Future
Lecture by Professor Jim Gallagher one year on from the Independence Referendum in which he argues that it’s time for an act of “constitutional generosity”.
Indyref One Year On: Rhetoric and Remembering
Reflection on language on the first anniversary of the 2014 Referendum on Scottish Independence.
How the Yes social media strategy helped SNP effect seismic change in Scottish politics
How social media play a role in broadening the conversation during the 2014 independence referendum.
Poetic Politics Conference
An inter-institutional, publicly engaged symposium focused on cultural responses to the Independence referendum.