Centre on Constitutional Change

Leading research centre for the study of constitutional change and territorial politics in the UK & beyond - Researching the issues. Informing the debate.

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Institutional conflict in regional development: path dependence in the free trade zone and decentralisation of Batam, Indonesia

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Sutiyo, M. Zubakhrum Tjenreng, and Pratiwi Nurhascaryani

Find out more: https://t.co/9byqJd7b09

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🚨 SES Annual Lecture 2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Prof. Richard Wyn Jones

🥀 The Decline and Fall of Welsh Labour

🕗 6PM, 23rd of May

📍 Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh

Sign up https://t.co/5BzLfyOSjh

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When provinces borrow in dollars: Argentina’s lessons for federal debt governance

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Alcides Bazza and Juan Pablo Tedesco

Find out more: https://t.co/t9rCLF6b99

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Senedd Election 2026: Rupture and Radicalism in Welsh Politics

Read our latest blog from Nye Davies: https://t.co/kUgoPBSseU

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Irish Unity: Why the 'Others' Matter, North and South

In our latest blog, Mary C. Murphy and Cera Murtagh explore how identity shifts across the island are bringing new alignments and new dimensions to the debate on Irish unity.

Read more: https://t.co/4xn05zXRt5

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Contesting Sovereignty in Scotland

Continuing our new blog series, Michael Keating and David McCrone explore what Scots think about who has the right to decide on Scottish independence

Read more: https://t.co/u0ds4vSfQZ

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Diversity fuels cabinet conflict – and decentralisation can make it worse

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Maxime Vandenberghe and Nicolas Bouteca

Find out more: https://t.co/XU9nZfz7iZ

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A New Clash of Nationalisms: Reform UK and the erosion of Scottish exceptionalism

Continuing our new blog series, Judith Sijstermans articulates how the rise of Reform UK has eroded the power of the exceptionalist narrative in Scotland

Read more: https://t.co/lUDk8YsOeS

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When blame is shared, governments act: electoral incentives and crisis governance in federal systems

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Onsel Gurel Bayrali

Find out more: https://t.co/eSFMJ9opzJ

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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

Read more: https://t.co/PNSpceYvVU

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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. Read more: https://t.co/TbxwO55Dm0

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Regional presidents are insiders and incumbents (but few are women): evidence from Czechia and Slovakia.

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Michal Pink.

Find out more: https://t.co/Rdbc8Nu7vf

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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

Register/info: https://t.co/Xn8WlXiZI6

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Did subnational governments’ educational responses to the pandemic significantly vary? Evidence from Canada.

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Anne Lachance.

Read more: https://t.co/8zOV0TaEP7

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The Disunited States - Online Event

Join Ryan Griffiths and our panel to discuss his book, The Disunited States, which examines what a project of American secession would look like & why America is ill-suited for a peaceful national divorce

Register: https://t.co/PDzM7QVVba

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Do regions cooperate during crises? Analysing regional behaviour during the pandemic in Italy.

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Gaia Matilde Ripamonti

Read more: https://t.co/tDqbn62cqj

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What objectives shape the fiscal policy choices of regional governments?

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Carmen González & Diego Martinez Lopez

Read more: https://t.co/XE1ww9STsj

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Call for Papers!

'Place, Politics and Policies in Scotland and Wales'

The CCC & @RegFedSt invite submissions for this workshop (22 June 2026, Edinburgh)

Deadline for submissions: 20 April

Read more: https://t.co/aeGxetqget

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Potential and limits for a ‘democratization from below’ in Venezuela

Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Rogerio Schlegel and Juan C. Olmeda

Read more: https://t.co/MKK4JZJYGr