This workshop brings together researchers from across the UK whose work provides insights into the scale and nature of UK welfare rescaling by examining sub-national, devolved and local employment and social security policies. The event seeks to share research findings, stimulate discussion, and consider social policy futures.

Northern Ireland’s politics is dominated by the question of its constitutional future. However, analyses have historically overlooked the ‘centre-ground’ of Northern Ireland’s contemporary politics - the parties and people who do not identify primarily or at all in constitutional terms.

How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers our Future

Professor Rob Ford explores the emerging patterns in public opinion and transformations in the broader political landscape since July

For over a decade, debates on nationalism and independence in Western Europe (and beyond) have been dominated by discussions on events in Catalonia and Scotland. Paul Anderson writes on the impact of momentous events such as the 2014 and 2017 independence referendums, the 2016 Brexit vote and the experience and implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on the evolution of territorial politics in both cases.

This panel will explore the evolving landscape of devolution in the UK following the 2024 general election.