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.

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EVEL Proposals May Be the Beginning of the Road

The government’s detailed proposals for introducing English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) into the House of Commons are a significant moment in the UK's constitutional history, say Michael Kenny and Daniel Gover, but there is good reason to think that EVEL is unlikely to represent a sufficient answer to the English question.
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EVEL: 'A major moment in the constitutional history of these islands'

The UK Government's proposals for English Votes for English Laws appear simple but, finds Michael Kenny, the devil will prove to be in the detail.

UKIP didn’t invent English nationalism – it’s been brewing for years

Michael Kenny suggests that the notion of an English nationalism is a phenomenon that seems to lend itself, almost without exception, to the twin perils of overstatement and underestimation.

This other England

The election campaign has brought the issue of English attitudes towards their neighbours and the Union into sharp relief, with UKIP making much of socially conservative values. However, explains Michael Kenny, the reality is rather more complex.

England, Englishness, and the Scottish Referendum

Michael Kenny considers the impact of the Scottish Referendum on public opinion in England and the role the English might play in its outcome.