When blame is shared, governments act: electoral incentives and crisis governance in federal systems
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Onsel Gurel Bayrali
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The Unfinished Constitution
In the first blog from our new series, Michael Keating assesses the state of the UK Constitution 27 years after devolution.
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Across Britain and Ireland: A new blog series from the Centre on Constitutional Change
This series will bring new thinking to the changing constitutional order across Britain and both parts of Ireland. Contributions are welcome - for details please follow the link to our website: edin.ac/4ccxKnV
Regional presidents are insiders and incumbents (but few are women): evidence from Czechia and Slovakia.
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Michal Pink.
Find out more: edin.ac/4bA99KT
Our event on @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social's new book, The Disunited States, is fast approaching. Join Ryan and panelists @erinjenne.bsky.social and @karlobasta.bsky.social next Monday, March 30, at 3pm BST.
Register/info: edin.ac/40MwMcG
Votes and preferences for de/centralisation in Brazil.
Join Rogerio Schlegel to explore the electoral landscape of Brazil and examine the relationship between partisanship and preferences for de/centralisation
29 April, 3-5pm, Edinburgh
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Did subnational governments’ educational responses to the pandemic significantly vary? Evidence from Canada.
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Anne Lachance.
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The Disunited States - Online Event
Join author Ryan Griffiths and our panel to discuss his new book, The Disunited States, in which he examines what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful national divorce.
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Do regions cooperate during crises? Analysing regional behaviour during the pandemic in Italy.
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Gaia Matilde Ripamonti
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What Objectives Shape The Fiscal Policy Choices of Regional Governments?
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Carmen González & Diego Martinez Lopez
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Call for Papers!
'Place, Politics and Policies in Scotland and Wales'
The CCC & @regfedst.bsky.social invite submissions for this workshop (22 June 2026, Edinburgh).
Deadline for submissions: 20 April
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Potential and limits for a ‘democratization from below’ in Venezuela
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Rogerio Schlegel and Juan C. Olmeda
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Who Really Shapes Affordable Housing Policy in Federal States? Mapping Responsibility Beyond Formal Authority
Read our latest blog from @regfedst.bsky.social by Johanna Schnabel & Antonios Souris
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Social Security and Poverty
Join us and our partner organisations to discuss current housing challenges in relation to poverty and flourishing, reflecting on the post General Election period and looking ahead to the Devolved Parliament elections.
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Social Security and Poverty
Join us and our partner organisations to discuss current housing challenges in relation to poverty and flourishing, reflecting on the post General Election period and looking ahead to the Devolved Parliament elections.
Register/info: edin.ac/4ahWXMZ
Was Scottish devolution broken from the start?
Join David Rogers, former Constitution and Cabinet Director at the Scottish Government, to discuss whether the flaws in the devolution settlement are fundamental & how they might be addressed.
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New blog!
After its pre-election budget on 13 January, the Scottish Government faces unenviable dilemmas resulting from the mark 2 version of devolution it accepted after the independence referendum.
Read more by Richard Parry: edin.ac/3ZCC8GO
Was Scottish devolution broken from the start?
Join David Rogers, former Constitution and Cabinet Director at the Scottish Government, to discuss whether the flaws in the devolution settlement are fundamental & how they might be addressed.
Info/register: edin.ac/3O6v7LW
How interest groups lobby on multiple levels to influence national laws in Germany.
Read our latest blog with @regfedst.bsky.social by Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger and Felix Goldberg.
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Japan’s new sub-capital plan: regional revival, disaster insurance or the start of a Tokyo–Osaka mega-region?
Read our new blog with @regfedst.bsky.social by Naoki Fujiwara & Andrew Stevens
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New blog!
How state and sub-state nationalists subsume crisis into longstanding territorial conflicts
By @jsijstermans.bsky.social, Coree Brown Swan & @paulanderson88.bsky.social for the CCC & @regfedst.bsky.social
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New blog!
For our series by @regfedst.bsky.social, Nigussie Daba Heyi writes that Ethiopia’s regions are de jure autonomous, but de facto power remains centralised
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New blog!
For our series by @regfedst.bsky.social, Onyedikachi Madueke writes that Nigeria is drifting towards federal autocracy as power concentrates across every tier of government.
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Great turnout last night at Edinburgh Uni for “Still a Model? What We Can (and Can’t) Learn from German Federalism” — a joint BGA & @ccc-research.bsky.social event. Thanks to @angusrobertson.bsky.social, Elke Heins, David Smith, and everyone who joined us! 🙌📸 #GermanFederalism #Edinburgh
Recent blog post by me for @ccc-research.bsky.social looking at Welsh Labour’s prospects ahead of 2026.
Labour's majorities, which Gwyn Alf described as the 'Stonehenge of Welsh politics', are beginning to crack
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/cr...
We are delighted to support the publication of a new blog series by @regfedst.bsky.social, identifying and analysing emerging issues in the study of federalism, regionalism, and multi-level governance.
The first blog in the series is live here: edin.ac/43V8AH0
By @davidevampa.bsky.social @sekip.bsky.social @paulanderson88.bsky.social @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social
New publication!
Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. Our new report makes the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations.
Read more: edin.ac/3JonpLb
New blog
Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future
Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat
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It's not too late to register for our upcoming event with Angus Robertson on what we can and can't learn from German federalism.
More info here: edin.ac/46JYj2v