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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
07 July 2026

Constitutional visions from the grassroots

Across these British-Irish islands, constitutional change is on the agenda. Jennifer Todd, Joanne McEvoy & Shelley Deane explore how grassroots deliberation allows ordinary people to create some shared visions of the future and shared priorities for politics.

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Regional and Federal Studies
06 July 2026

Puerto Rico and an Unfulfilled PROMESA: Reflecting on Ten Years of the Territorial Bankruptcy Regime

Ten years after the passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), Puerto Rico’s debt crisis continues to expose the unresolved colonial foundations of its relationship with the United States, argues Mariely López-Santana.

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Centre on Constitutional Change
01 July 2026

The Mayor of England

Michael Keating responds to Andy Burnham's first speech as Prime Minister-in-waiting

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Centre on Constitutional Change
30 June 2026

British elections deepen British-Irish political entanglements

Political events and processes are increasingly entangled across Britain and Ireland, reflecting historical and contemporary interdependencies and the common impact of European and international change. Paul Gillespie explores what this might mean going forward.

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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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