Welcome to Devolution and Constitutional Change, one of the Research Programmes funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council. The Devolution and Constitutional Change Programme was set up by ESRC in 2000 to explore the series of devolution reforms which have established new political institutions in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London and the other English regions since 1997. 35 research projects have been selected to pull together a critical mass of researchers from across the social sciences to dissect the implications of devolution for the UK state, society and economy. This website introduces the Programme and its projects. It provides a record of the research which comes out of the Programme, and includes details of all Programme workshops, conferences and publications. It will also be developed as a wider reference resource for research on devolution. More.... |
