Michael Kenny

Governance, Centre on Constitutional Change
University of Cambridge
Professor of Public Policy

Biography

Professor Michael Kenny is Director of the Cambridge Institute for Public Policy. Prior to moving to Cambridge, he held posts at Queen Mary Univresity London, Queen’s University, Belfast, the College of William and Mary in the US, and Sheffield University. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at: Wolfson College, Oxford; the Centre for Research into the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge; and, most recently, the Centre for Science and Policy at Cambridge. From September 2012 to August 2014 he held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship.  In addition to being a fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change, he is currently a Visiting Fellow at the UCL’s Constitution Unit, sits on the Leverhulme Trust’s Advisory Committee, is co-director of the British Academy’s “Governing England” programme, and is a member of an external experts panel convened by the Scottish Parliament to advise on the constitutional implications of Brexit.

Twitter - @michaelkenny_

 

Posts by this author

EVEL

This Other England

The notion that English nationalism has played a causal role in the EU referendum debate has widely been both accepted and promoted. Alongside this is a portrait of two Englands; one progressive and cosmopolitan, the other populist and nationalist. Mike Kenny argues that this Manichean dichotomy is too stark and ignores a more complex reality.
EVEL

Sunday Trading and the Limits of EVEL

The UK government's recent defeat on its proposals to relax Sunday trading rules saw the votes of Scottish MPs prove decisive, although the policy would have applied only in England and Wales. Daniel Gover and Michael Kenny discuss why the English Votes for English Laws rules could not help the government win the day.

Managing England’s unions: the Conservatives’ challenge

Michael Kenny discusses a number of distinct, pulsating national questions which will do much to affect the outcome of the European referendum.
EVEL

The Triumph of EVEL: What next for the English Question?

Michael Kenny and Daniel Gover consider the constitutional implications of parliament's approval of English Votes for English Laws.
UK and England Flag

Referendum Echos

As Scotland considers the last year and the enduring legacy of indyref, Prof Michael Kenny suggests that some of it has also had a significant impact south of the border.
Westminster by night

The Problems of EVEL II: Politics

In their efforts to give the government a bloody nose over foxhunting, says Michael Kenny, the Labour Party and the SNP are strengthening the hands of those on the Tory right who want to see a far more vigorous version of EVEL.