State of the debate: The Economic Consequences of Scottish Independence
David Eiser discusses the Scottish Economic Society and University of Stirling economists latest book which aims to bring together economic research that informs the debate, and presents it in a clear and succinct fashion.
It has been another week where economic issues have been at the fore of the independence debate, including the acknowledgment for the first time by the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney that the central bank has been contingency planning for the outcome of the referendum.
Has the Referendum Campaign Made a Difference?
Scotland's voters go to the polls on 18th September in order to choose whether to stay in the United Kingdom or to leave and become an independent country. In this briefing we assess what impact the referendum has had on public attitudes towards independence, using new evidence from the 2014 Scottish Social Attitudes survey conducted earlier this summer.
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Scottish independence: Everything is still to play for.
In a post originally published by the Washington Post's The Monkey Cage blog, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski examines the polling data on the independence referendum.
Social media in political debate
Mark Shephard spoke to TedxGlasgow about the role of social media in political debate. Watch his TedTalk here.
Arkadiusz Wiśniowski in the Washington Post: Referendum result 'too close to call'
Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Research Fellow at the ESRC Research Centre for Population Change (CPC) at the University of Southampton was published by the Washington Post's The Monkey Cage blog. In the post, he shares the work conducted by the Centre and outlines the model used to predict the referendum result.
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Settled wills? The psychology behind stable referendum polls
Rob Johns of the University of Essex explores the possible reasons behind the stability seen in the polls.
Scotland's constitutional future - from both sides in the debate
Charlie Jeffery discusses how both sides in the debate see Scotland's constitutional future in different ways.
It is striking how insular Scotland's constitutional debate is. Both sides in the debate see Scotland's constitutional future in different ways as bound up firmly in relationships with the rest of the UK.
From twitter to town halls
James Mitchell looks at how the referendum has captured the attention of voters on social media and at public events across the country, asking whether this might indicate an increase in civic engagement beyond the referendum.