The Constitution Unit

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The Constitution Unit conducts timely, rigorous, independent research into constitutional change and the reform of political institutions. Our research has significant real-world impact, informing policy-makers engaged in such changes - both in the United Kingdom and around the world. On this channel, you will find the audio recordings of the Constitution Unit's past events.

Episode Date
Should military action require parliamentary approval?
Apr 11, 2024
Do protests affect what politicians say?
Mar 13, 2024
UK Governance Project: proposals for reform
Mar 05, 2024
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales: UK-Wide Implications
Mar 01, 2024
How Parliaments Question Prime Ministers
Jan 25, 2024
The Future of Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland
Jan 19, 2024
The Future of Democracy in the UK: Public Attitudes and Policy Options
Dec 08, 2023
Mark D’Arcy - Reflections on over 20 years of reporting on parliament
Oct 25, 2023
Ian Dunt’s How Westminster Works … and Why It Doesn’t
Sep 18, 2023
Conference 2023: Panel 4 Elections and Electoral Reform
Aug 08, 2023
Conference 2023: Panel 6 Implementing Constitutional Change
Jul 22, 2023
Conference 2023: Panel 5 Constitutional Standards
Jul 21, 2023
Conference 2023 Panel 3: Courts and the rule of law
Jul 14, 2023
Conference 2023 Panel 2: Devolution and the Union
Jul 13, 2023
Conference 2023 Panel 1: Parliament
Jul 07, 2023
Combatting democratic backsliding: what works?
Jun 12, 2023
How can we fix our democracy?
May 26, 2023
Ministers also have rights - balancing executive prerogatives and executive scrutiny
May 22, 2023
The Parliamentary Battle over Brexit
May 04, 2023
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement at 25: What Should London’s Priorities Be?
Apr 29, 2023
The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit and the Constitution
Mar 28, 2023
Integrity and Accountability in Politics: What Do the Public Want?
Mar 23, 2023
The Brown Commission: What Next?
Jan 25, 2023
A Primer on Reform of the House of Lords
Dec 21, 2022
Reform of the Prerogative
Dec 14, 2022
How should politicians’ behaviour be regulated?
Nov 30, 2022
What does the new Prime Minister mean for the constitution?
Nov 24, 2022
Parliament’s Role in Brexit
Nov 04, 2022
Planning for the next Coronation, and the new Reign
Oct 27, 2022
Caretaker Conventions in British Government
Oct 18, 2022
The ‘Brexit Freedoms’ Bill and Retained EU Law
Jul 25, 2022
Keynote Speech by Rory Stewart - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Jul 15, 2022
Parliament: the decline of scrutiny? - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Jul 14, 2022
The Role of the Courts - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Jul 12, 2022
The Future of the Union and Devolution - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Jul 07, 2022
Northern Ireland: how can power-sharing be revived? - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Jul 05, 2022
Constitutional Standards - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Jun 30, 2022
The 1997 Labour government's constitutional reform programme: 25 years on
Jun 24, 2022
Politics in Northern Ireland
May 12, 2022
Citizens’ Assembly on Democracy in the UK
Apr 29, 2022
What role should party members have in leadership elections?
Apr 11, 2022
What Kind of Democracy Do People Want?
Feb 14, 2022
What can be done about the House of Lords?
Jan 14, 2022
Riding the Populist Wave: the UK Conservatives and the Constitution
Dec 02, 2021
Improving standards of conduct in public life
Nov 18, 2021
Reforming elections: assessing the government’s proposals
Sep 24, 2021
The Gun, the Ship & the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World
Aug 09, 2021
Devolution and the future of the Union
Jul 16, 2021
Judicial review, human rights and judiciary
Jul 12, 2021
Elections and referendums - updating campaign regulation for a digital era
Jul 07, 2021
Re-balancing between parliament, executive and the courts
Jul 05, 2021
Review of Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Jul 02, 2021
Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland discusses the government's constitutional reform agenda
Jun 30, 2021
Launch event: Final Report by the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland
Jun 10, 2021
Deciding Northern Ireland’s Future
Jun 03, 2021
Does the UK Still Have a Political Constitution?
May 28, 2021
Ministerial Standards
May 26, 2021
Regulating public appointments
Apr 30, 2021
Ideas of Democracy
Mar 25, 2021
Can Johnson prevent indyref2?
Mar 23, 2021
The Prerogative Powers of Governments
Mar 12, 2021
Attitudes to Democracy in the UK Today
Feb 25, 2021
Boris Johnson and Parliament
Jan 27, 2021
Taking Back Control: Why the House of Commons Should Govern its own Time
Jan 22, 2021
Devolution and the Union
Dec 04, 2020
Launch event: Interim Report by the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland
Dec 04, 2020
Populism and the Rise of Autocracy
Dec 03, 2020
Constitutional Reform, Then and Now
Nov 27, 2020
Monarchy in Modern Democracy
Oct 22, 2020
Checks and Balances in Democracy
Oct 07, 2020
The Johnson government's constitutional reform agenda: prospects and challenges
Jan 14, 2020