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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.

To what extent has Catalan society depolarized over the national question after the failed 2017 push for unilateral secession? And what factors have shaped the evolution of depolarization in Catalonia?

This session will explore the composition of the newly elected UK Parliament, focusing on key aspects of representation.

This talk will explore the legislative progress, cabinet appointments, and major policies that have characterised the early days of Keir Starmer’s Labour administration.

For the best part of a decade, Scottish politics was dominated by the issue of independence. However, nationalism is a complex phenomenon. Often, it is about constitutional change and sometimes that involves independence, but it also maps onto other political and social issues in complex ways.