Centre on Constitutional Change

Votes and preferences for de/centralisation in Brazil. Join Rogerio Schlegel to explore the electoral landscape of Brazil and examine the relationship between partisanship and preferences for de/centralisation. 29 April, 3-5pm, Edinburgh Register/info: edin.ac/4ddP5iH

Did subnational governments’ educational responses to the pandemic significantly vary? Evidence from Canada. Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Anne Lachance. Read more: edin.ac/4lBeXqx

The Disunited States - Online Event Join Ryan Griffiths and our panel to discuss his book, The Disunited States, which examines what a project of American secession would look like & why America is ill-suited for a peaceful national divorce Register: edin.ac/40MwMcG

Do regions cooperate during crises? Analysing regional behaviour during the pandemic in Italy. Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Gaia Matilde Ripamonti Read more: edin.ac/4sAhoMC

What objectives shape the fiscal policy choices of regional governments? Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Carmen González & Diego Martinez Lopez Read more: edin.ac/4rdL0hD

Call for Papers! 'Place, Politics and Policies in Scotland and Wales' The CCC & @RegFedSt invite submissions for this workshop (22 June 2026, Edinburgh) Deadline for submissions: 20 April Read more: edin.ac/4rCbQBb

Potential and limits for a ‘democratization from below’ in Venezuela Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Rogerio Schlegel and Juan C. Olmeda Read more: edin.ac/3MEwilr

Who Really Shapes Affordable Housing Policy in Federal States? Mapping Responsibility Beyond Formal Authority Read our latest blog from @RegFedSt by Johanna Schnabel & Antonios Souris Read more: edin.ac/4coqYgz

Social Security and Poverty Join us & partner organisations to discuss current challenges in relation to poverty & flourishing, reflecting on the post General Election period & looking ahead to the Devolved Parliament elections Register/info: edin.ac/4ahWXMZ

Social Security and Poverty Join us & partner organisations to discuss current housing challenges in relation to poverty & flourishing, reflecting on the post General Election period & looking ahead to the Devolved Parliament elections Register/info: edin.ac/4ahWXMZ

Was Scottish devolution broken from the start? Join David Rogers, former Constitution and Cabinet Director at the Scottish Government, to discuss whether the flaws in the devolution settlement are fundamental & how they might be addressed. Info/register: edin.ac/3O6v7LW

New blog! After its pre-election budget on 13 January, the Scottish Government faces unenviable dilemmas resulting from the mark 2 version of devolution it accepted after the independence referendum. Read more by Richard Parry: edin.ac/3ZCC8GO

How interest groups lobby on multiple levels to influence national laws in Germany. Read our latest blog with @RegFedSt by Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger and Felix Goldberg. Read more: edin.ac/3Nv6Ej4

Japan’s new sub-capital plan: regional revival, disaster insurance or the start of a Tokyo–Osaka mega-region? Read our new blog with @RegFedSt by Naoki Fujiwara & Andrew Stevens Read more: edin.ac/3XXKxnx

New blog! How state and sub-state nationalists subsume crisis into longstanding territorial conflicts By @j_sijstermans, Coree Brown Swan & Paul Anderson, for the CCC & @RegFedSt Read more: edin.ac/3M6RGPV

New blog! For our series by @RegFedSt, Nigussie Daba Heyi writes that Ethiopia’s regions are de jure autonomous, but de facto power remains centralised Read more: edin.ac/3M28zev

New blog! For our series by @RegFedSt, Onyedikachi Madueke writes that Nigeria is drifting towards federal autocracy as power concentrates across every tier of government. Read more: edin.ac/4oTR92h

We are delighted to support the publication of a new blog series by @RegFedSt, identifying and analysing emerging issues in the study of federalism, regionalism, and multi-level governance. The first blog in the series is live here: edin.ac/43V8AH0

By @DavideVampa @AriannaGi, Paul Anderson & Sean Kippin

New report! Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. We make the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations. 👉edin.ac/3JonpLb