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John Smith Centre (@johnsmithcentre.com) 🚨 New research blog alert 🚨 UofG's @silviab.bsky.social shares her research on the differences in how young women and men enagage in politics via both electoral and non-electoral activities - read…

📢 ICYMI: last week, we published @silviab.bsky.social's research blog on gender differences in young people's political interest expressions. Read it below! 👇

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Read our latest research blog by Dr Rachel Moreland on the concept of smart trust to find out how Scotland can harness its soft power to strengthen its democracy 👇

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🍂 Big things coming this autumn 👀

Our Chair @andersoniain.bsky.social shares what’s ahead and why now’s the time to get involved.

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Yesterday, @eddiebarnes.bsky.social and Dr Elli Loose spoke to young people about whether or not they were voting and why ahead of the Hamilton by-election 🗳️

Here's what they had to say!

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THE BETTER POLITICS YOUNG PEOPLE WANT - John Smith Centre The headlines from our Youth Poll launch yesterday have focused on some of the more topical questions we asked – for example, on support for a social media ban for under 16s and the rise of toxic masc...

💡'The better politics young people want'

Our Director @eddiebarnes.bsky.social reflects this morning on some of the core findings from our #UKYouthPoll2025 about what young people want from our political culture.

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Our #UKYouthPoll2025 launch is getting closer – here's a little update from our Director, @eddiebarnes.bsky.social, of where we’re at.

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Interested in our Parliamentary Internship Programme?

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WHY POLITICS IS FOR YOU. YES, YOU. - John Smith Centre This piece has been written by Niamh Geddes, one of the Centre’s current Parliamentary Internship Programme interns. Like many other young Scots, my formative years were backdropped by the campaigns o...

‘Politics is for you – yes, you!’ 💡

Our current intern Niamh Geddes shares her journey into politics and why public life needs people from all backgrounds.

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Ever wondered what an internship with an MSP is like?

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