Director wins grant for 'Conversations on Constitutional Change'

The Academy's Director has won a presitigious ESRC grant to deliver a series of high level conversations about the political economy of constitutional change in Scotland.

Professor Charlie Jeffery,in partnership with the David Hume Institute, will develop this project designed to deliver a  series of high-level 'conversations' involving social scientists, businesspeople and policy-makers in Scotland. The aim is to foster knowledge exchange that uses social science research to inform business and policy-maker views in policy debates on constitutional change in Scotland.

The focus is on the political economy of constitutional change and the ways in which alternative constitutional choices may impact on economic policy and performance.

This knowledge exchange activity will be designed by a liaison group of academics, businesspeople and policymakers to produce and evidence base, and make possible evidence-based analysis of the economic dimensions of constitutional change in the run-up to the constitutional referendum planned by Scotland's SNP government.

The evidence and analysis will be presented in four 'conversations' that bridge different sectors and bring social science research to the benefit both of the Scottish policy community and the business community. A liaison group of academics, businesspeople and policy-makers convened by the Academy of Government and the David
Hume Institute will identify sources of evidence, commission analysis, identify key interlocutors across the three sectors to
engage in the conversations, and disseminate the content and conclusions of the conversations through channels targeted to distinct business, policy and academic audiences.

This page was published on 12 January 2012