Policy Scotland launched Monday 24 June 2013
The launch of Policy Scotland with inaugural seminar, was attended by 80 people and hosted by the Principal of the University of Glasgow, Professor Anton Muscatelli.
Are some powers more equal than others?
Introduction to a research project by Professor Stephen White focusing on the relationship between social inequality and political stability in China and Russia.
Healthcare in China: getting better?
Professor Jane Duckett introduces a project to explore the relationship between Chinese people’s attitudes to the healthcare system and how they use it.
Key education policy announcements made during lecture at Glasgow University
Professor Chris Chapman asks whether school partnerships are promising for equitable change and improvement in education.
I’m a migrant, get over it
Linda Ekblom Jacobsson writes about the Migrant Manifesto
Punishment, rehabilitation and progress
A talk from Professor Fergus McNeill about how imprisonment breaks down social ties and cohesion, destroying the reciprocities that justice should serve to restore.
The politics of accountability: bureaucracy and the struggle for regulation in the public sector
Dr Mark Murphy introduced a project to research public sector accountability across the professions.
Lookism: the case for prohibiting appearance-based discrimination?
Introduction to a research project into appearance-based discrimination intended to start a national debate on lookism in Scotland and the UK.
Indicating housing
Professor Ken Gibb examine issues around house prices, income ratios and housing markets.
The benefits of the ban
A study led by public health Professor Jill Pell indicates that the smoking ban has resulted in a decrease in preterm delivery in pregnancy.