Coree Brown Swan

Queen’s University Belfast
Lecturer in Comparative Politics

Biography

Dr Coree Brown Swan is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Queen's University Belfast.

Coree Brown Swan's Queen's University Belfast profile: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/coree-brown-swan

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She is currently working on the ESRC-funded Between Two Unions project, with a focus on institutional dynamics and relations. Her research interests include intergovernmental relations, comparative territorial politics, self-government parties and movements, and qualitative research methods.

Key publications include a co-authored report Reforming Intergovernmental Relations in the United Kingdom (McEwen et al 2018) and Intergovernmental Relations and Parliamentary Scrutiny, prepared for the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee of the Scottish Parliament. (McEwen et al 2015). She has also published chapters on the currency union (Petersohn and Brown Swan, 2015) and the independence question in the Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics (forthcoming). She has presented her research extensively at academic conferences and at events aimed at public audiences.

Coree convenes a course on Scottish Politics at the University of Edinburgh and has tutored on courses on comparative politics and qualitative research. She also co-convenes the Territorial Politics Research Group and co-organises the Scottish Parliament’s External Experts Panel. Coree completed her MsC and PhD in politics at the University of Edinburgh and her MA in European Studies at Jagiellonian University.

Expertise

Comparative Politics

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SCOTLAND THE NEW CASE FOR OPTIMISM

A new vision of independence?

The highly-anticipated publication of 'Scotland: A New Case for Optimism' outlines the new economic case for independence but, asks Coree Brown-Swan, it remains to be seen whether this will prompt a constructive debate by Unionists and Nationalists alike about some of Scotland's economic woes.
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Ask an Expert: Article 50

In a special series, we’ll be gathering together a team of experts from the Centre on Constitutional Change and beyond to answer your questions about Article 50, the High Court ruling, and what happens next.
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What We’re Reading: Brexit & Indyref2

In the first of an occasional series, Coree Brown Swan takes a look at the blogs and highlights some of what our fellows and friends have been doing.

Teaching Politics in a Changing Scotland

Teaching the politics of a country that is changing rapidly presents some unusual challenges, says Coree Brown Swan. There is, however, help at hand in the shape of websites, blogs, surveys - and even a quiz.

Smith Commission: Blog round-up

Coree Brown, rounds-up The Smith Commission responses from our experts.

Scotland's Decision: So Who Voted Yes and Who Voted No?

John Curtice from What Scotland Thinks on who voted yes and who voted no.