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The Future of Democracy in the UK: Public Attitudes and Policy Options,听27 November 2023
This seminar marked the launch of the project's final report. It gathered听leading figures from Westminster, together with an expert on public attitudes and members of the project team, to explore its findings.
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- Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister
- Wendy Chamberlain MP, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Commons
- Damian Green MP, former First Secretary of State, and chair of the One Nation Conservatives
- Professor Maria Sobolewska, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester
- Professor Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit
Chair: Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit
Integrity and Accountability in Politics: what does the public want? 23 March 2023
This seminar marked the launch of the project's third report. It听explored public attitudes on some of the fundamental questions about how the UK鈥檚 democratic system functions.
Speakers:
- Professor Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit
- Professor Paula Surridge, Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol, and Deputy Director of UK in a Changing Europe
- Professor Joe Tomlinson, Professor of Public Law, University of York
- Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government
Chair: Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit.
Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Democracy in the UK听28 April 2022
This seminar marked the launch of the project's second report, containing the conclusions of the citizens' assembly on democracy in the UK.听In the seminar, the key conclusions were presented and discussed with leading experts and some of the Assembly鈥檚 members.
Speakers:
- Professor Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit and Project Lead
- Kaela Scott, Director of Innovation and Practice at Involve and Design and Facilitation Lead for the Citizens鈥� Assembly on Democracy in the UK听
- Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law, University of Cambridge
- Frances Foley, Deputy Director of Compass; Members from the Citizens鈥� Assembly
Chair:听Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit
What Kind of Democracy Do People Want? 10 February 2022
The Unit held this seminar to discuss听the findings the project's first major survey of attitudes to democracy in the UK, originally fielded in July 2021.听
Speakers:
- Professor Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit听
- Paula Surridge, Deputy Director of UK in a Changing Europe
- James Johnson, founder of J.L. Partners听
Chair: Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit
Attitudes to Democracy in the UK Today, 25 February 2021
To mark the formal beginning of the Democracy in the UK after Brexit project, the听Unit hosted a launch seminar, exploring what we do and do not already know about attitudes to democracy in the UK.听
Speakers:
- Professor Jane Green, University of Oxford听
- Deborah Mattinson, Co-founder of Britain Thinks听
- Professor Claudia Landwehr, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Chair: Dr Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit
Other events
Other听events involving the Democracy in the UK after Brexit project have included:
- Meg Russell speaking at UK in a Changing Europe: , 21 November 2023
- Alan Renwick speaking at the Institute for Government: ,听17 April 2023
- Alan Renwick speaking at the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College Oxford: ,听18 January 2023
- Alan Renwick speaking at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung webinar:听, 25 April 2022
