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Policy Insights: Next steps for city-region policy in Scotland

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:41:00 GMT

13 November 2025: Experts from the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde share insights into their work on Scottish city-region policy, and their engagement with policymakers to capture what has been working well and what is next for city-region working.

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A photo of lady justice statue with text that reads Policy Insights

Policy Insights: Beyond doubt - The case against ‘Not Proven’

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:34:00 BST

19 September 2025: This week, the Scottish Parliament passed the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, which will abolish the ‘Not Proven’ verdict, a third verdict unique to Scotland. In this Policy Insights piece, Professors James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick, and Vanessa Munro explore the argument they made for abolishing the verdict in 2021 and crucially what happens next.

Exterior of Scottish Parliament building
Exterior of Scottish Parliament building

SPICe Report: A review of intergovernmental cooperation and communication during Ukraine resettlement efforts in Scotland

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:19:00 BST

A new briefing from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) written by Dr Dan Fisher at the University of Glasgow Centre for Public Policy, offers learnings from the implementation of the Homes for Ukraine and Scottish Super Sponsor schemes in Scotland, after the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces in February 2022.

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A photo of the debating chamber in the Scottish Parliament

Commissioned Report: The Scottish Government-Scottish Parliament Written Agreement on Intergovernmental Relations: Still Fit for Purpose?

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:19:00 GMT

A new commissioned report written by Professor Nicola McEwen and Dr Coree Brown Swan considers the 2016 Written Agreement on Intergovernmental Relations between the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament, asking, is it still fit for purpose?

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A mockup of the report cover on a blue background, text reads Westminster Rules? The United Kingdom Internal Market Act and Devolution

Report: Westminster Rules? United Kingdom Internal Market Act and Devolution

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:49:00 BST

This impartial analysis of the context, content and operational impact of the UKIMA brings together leading academics from the Universities of Glasgow, Liverpool, Stirling and Queens University Belfast and offers pragmatic policy ideas that could lead to a new, more consensual way forward.

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An image of the front cover of the report, reading Scotland and the Constitution: Agreeing a way forward

Scotland and the Constitution: Agreeing a way forward

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:13:00 BST

Co-authored by Prof. Kezia Dugdale, Associate Director and Stephen Noon, Research Associate, this report marks both the 10th Anniversary of the Independence Referendum and 25th Anniversary of the Scottish Parliament.

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