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Centre for Public Policy
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Based at the University of Glasgow, we exist to help prepare the next generation of policymakers by sharing evidence, nurturing skills and creating spaces for fresh thinking.

Website 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/publicpolicy
Spotlight podcast 💡 www.uofgspotlight.com
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Good morning and Hello! We're the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow - the place where evidence meets practice. Follow us for podcasts, policy insights and first class research on key public policy issues.
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📣Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop.

This one-day workshop in Glasgow explores how welfare institutions, labour markets, and systems of care can be re-imagined to ensure equity and wellbeing within ecological limits.

📅Deadline: 12 December 2025

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Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop - Social Policy Association
Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop 12th March 2026 The University of Glasgow  We are living in a time of polycrisis, where related and interdependent [...]
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November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
WATCH: How @uofgpolicy.bsky.social supports policymakers to tackle the challenges facing the world today 🎬💡

Watch our new video and learn how the Centre works to connect policymakers with academic expertise here at our world-changing @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🌍

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UofG Centre for Public Policy: Connecting policymakers with academic expertise and evidence
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November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Such a fantastic session with great questions from our students!

Thanks for letting us borrow Kezia, @uofgpolicy.bsky.social!
Our @kezdugdale.bsky.social interviewed UK government's Chief Security Officer Vincent Devine last week for UofG Cabinet Office Conversations 🔐

With a packed room of students they discussed Vincent's career, and National Security, from AI to energy blackouts.

Thanks @uofgcareers.bsky.social! 🌟
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Our @kezdugdale.bsky.social interviewed UK government's Chief Security Officer Vincent Devine last week for UofG Cabinet Office Conversations 🔐

With a packed room of students they discussed Vincent's career, and National Security, from AI to energy blackouts.

Thanks @uofgcareers.bsky.social! 🌟
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Public workshop on how to use composite stories💡 ✏️

On 6 November our @thomasrochow.bsky.social hosted a public workshop exploring how composite stories can bring lived experience into research and policymaking.

Learn more on our website 🔗
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New insights on the UK Budget from @graemeroy.bsky.social 💷💡

In his latest piece for The Herald, Professor Graeme Roy explores the fiscal and political implications of the upcoming UK Budget and what it could mean for Scotland.

Read 🔗
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Listen to the newest episode of the #UofGSpotlight podcast, which features a discussion by the School of Law's Fiona McPhail and @jena.ng about the Scottish Government's potential Legal Aid reform:
New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode

This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.

We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.

Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Why does Legal Aid matter, is it there for you when you need it and what will it take to make it better? All covered in this stellar podcast 🎙️👇
New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode

This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.

We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.

Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
NEW Policy Insights: Next steps for city-region policy in Scotland 💡📝

Where does policy need to go next and what opportunities are there to strengthen regional working?

@davidwglasgow.bsky.social @graemeroy.bsky.social @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social, Niall MacKenzie

🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode

This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.

We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.

Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Are you a PhD student with an interest in devolution, Scottish politics, elections? 🗳️ 🚨

We have an exciting opportunity for a Scottish Graduate School of Social Science @sgsss.bsky.social PhD student to join our 'Election team' next year.

Find out more:
www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Watch: A milestone EGPA 2025 at the University of Glasgow 📹 👏 🎬

In August 2025, we hosted the 50th Anniversary of the European Group for Public Administration Annual Conference, bringing more than 750 scholars to the University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social.

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European Group for Public Administration Conference 2025 at the University of Glasgow
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I have had the pleasure of 2 visits to @uofglasgow.bsky.social in the past 24 hours for the #ESRCFestival I was presenting on AI and the future of work yesterday, in the context of career guidance and then this morning I was back attending the excellent @uofgpolicy.bsky.social event on childcare.
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Are you a PhD student with an interest in devolution, Scottish politics, elections? 🗳️ 🚨

We have an exciting opportunity for a Scottish Graduate School of Social Science @sgsss.bsky.social PhD student to join our 'Election team' next year.

Find out more:
www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Thank you for organising such a fantastic event! We were delighted to be part of it, and we’re grateful to the audience for their thoughtful comments and questions.
Now into our panel discussion chaired by CPP Associate Director @kezdugdale.bsky.social 💬

🎤 Carole Erskine, Pregnant Then Screwed
🎤 Carmen Martinez, @swbg.bsky.social
🎤 Eleanor Passmore, Thrive at Five
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🎤 Lorna Kettles, @eyscotland.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Great to have everyone join us this morning for our second #ESRCFestival event, with Pregnant Then Screwed, Working 9-5: How does childcare fit? 💬

📸 Our @drcmacrae.bsky.social and Carole Erskine from Pregnant Then Screwed kicking us off with insights from recent research.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We’re kicking off our workshop this afternoon, Using Stories to Understand Systems, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science! #ESRCFestival 💡📝

Attendees will learn how to create composite stories, based on data, that will help to better understand multi-level policy systems related to poverty.
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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You know that Trump doesn't care about climate change. But did you know that his tariffs may also prevent *other* countries from taking climate action?

New by me for @uofgpolicy.bsky.social on the Trumpian shadow over COP30: tinyurl.com/mpf7thee
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Calling students! 📣 Don’t miss the first @uofgcareers.bsky.social Cabinet Office Conversations event of the year.

With Vincent Devine, UK Government’s Chief Security Officer, in conversation with our Prof @kezdugdale.bsky.social

🗓️ Tues 11 Nov, 1pm

More info and book: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New blog 🚨

What impact is the election of Donald Trump having on geopolitics and climate ahead of COP30? 🌎

Read a new blog from Dr @maharafiatal.bsky.social exploring how US trade and regulatory changes are reshaping global climate efforts.

🔗 tinyurl.com/mpf7thee

@uofgsps.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A reminder of this event this Friday! 🚨

Open to all - please do join us for the discussion on challenges and opportunities in early learning and childcare provision.

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Join us for a public event with #PregnantThenScrewed on challenges and opportunities in early learning and childcare provision 🗓️

💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social

Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...

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November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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2/💬 Working 9 to 5: How does childcare fit?

🗓️ Friday 7 Nov, 10.30am
📍Glasgow | Open to all

In partnership with Pregnant then Screwed, this event explores how childcare policy shapes opportunities for families and communities.

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Join us for a public event with #PregnantThenScrewed on challenges and opportunities in early learning and childcare provision 🗓️

💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social

Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...

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October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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New #ChallengePovertyWeek Spotlight episode! Exploring the governance of poverty - not just through policy, but through systems.

Insight from @drcmacrae.bsky.social & @thomasrochow.bsky.social. Then Clackmannanshire Council & the Hunter Foundation on local system change

Tune in 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Join us for a public event with #PregnantThenScrewed on challenges and opportunities in early learning and childcare provision 🗓️

💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social

Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...

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October 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM