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The Centre on Constitutional Change is a leading hub for the comparative study of territorial politics and governance in the United Kingdom and beyond.

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Centre on Constitutional Change
10 September 2026

Are Scotland and Wales converging devolution cousins?

Richard Parry contrasts the election results and governmental formation in Scotland and Wales in the new context of English Labour politics under Andy Burnham.

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Regional and Federal Studies
09 September 2026

Building a loyal and stable political class: the Lega (Nord) in Italy

Sofia Marini and Gianluca Piccolino examine the Lega’s evolution through the career trajectories of its elected representatives, arguing that the composition of a party’s political class offers an important window onto its institutionalisation.

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Centre on Constitutional Change
08 September 2026

The Saxony-Anhalt Election: German Federalism Under Yet More Strain?

The Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt is not only another chapter in the rise of the far right in Europe. It also raises another question: what happens to German federalism when dramatic electoral shifts make Land governments harder to form and less predictable?

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Regional and Federal Studies
27 August 2026

Why crises may induce federalization of the European Union

Madeleine O. Hosli, Caterina Zamparini, Oliver Price, and Vahistha Jyalita summarise a recent article published in Regional & Federal Studies, examining how major crises can accelerate the gradual federalization of the European Union.

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09 February 2026, 1:00pm

Was Scottish devolution broken from the start?

Join Dr. David Rogers, the former Constitution and Cabinet Director at the Scottish Government, for a talk and Q&A session

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23 January 2026, 10:00am

Roundtable: An interdisciplinary conversation on the politics of place

An opportunity for academics and researchers broadly interested in spatial inequalities to share their research expertise

Still a Model? What We Can (and Can’t) Learn from German Federalism
11 November 2025, 6:00pm

Still a Model? What We Can (and Can’t) Learn from German Federalism

This event explores whether German federalism still offers useful lessons for Scotland and the UK. It will consider how Germany's system of territorial governance has evolved, what challenges it now faces, and how this experience might inform ongoing debates about devolution, democracy, and reform in Scotland and the wider UK.

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27 February 2025, 3:30pm

Functional Sovereignty in Contested Territories

Scholarship on international sovereignty generally adopts a binary conception: territories either have international recognition, or they lack it and remain unrecognized entities within fragmented states.

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