Past Events 2001

Past Events by Month:

January 2001
March 2001
May 2001
June 2001
September 2001
October 2001
November 2001
December 2001

January

'Transitions to Devolution: What's New?'
A conference of the British Territorial Politics Work Group of the UK Political Studies Association
11-13 January 2001
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Business School

March

'Researching England'
A joint seminar of the DETR Local and Regional Government Research Programme
and the ESRC Research Programme on Devolution and Constitutional Change
26 March 2001
University of Birmingham
(see programme of the seminar)

May

'European Governance:
Participation, Democracy and Efficiency'
A joint meeting of the European Policy Centre and the ESRC Research Programme on
Devolution and Constitutional Change
17 May 2001
The European Policy Centre, Brussels
(see report of the meeting)

June

ESRC European Workshop:
Business Regionalism
28 June 2001
Novotel Hotel, Arundel Gate, Sheffield

Political Communication and Devolution in Northern Ireland
22 June 2001
NIVCA, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast

Towards Regional Government:
Devolution for the West Midlands?
A seminar sponsored by
the ESRC Research Programme on Devolution and Constitutional Change
and the West Midlands Constitutional Convention
26 June 2001
University of Birmingham
(see programme of the seminar)

Multi-level Governance:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference
28-30 June 2001
University of Sheffield

September

EPOP 2001 Conference
14-16 September 2001
University of Sussex

Launch event for new book:
'New Governance - New Democracy? Post Devolution Wales'
Paul Chaney, Tom Hall and Andrew Pithouse (Eds.), University of Wales Press
Guest Speaker: Lord Elis-Thomas AM, Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales
18 September 2001
Glamorgan Building, Cathays Park, Cardiff University

October

'Public Policy: Divergence or Convergence?'
The first seminar in the joint
ippr/ESRC Devolution Programme project
'Devolution in Practice'
29 October 2001
ippr, London

View a paper by Michael Keating delivered at this seminar :
"Devolution and Public Policy in the United Kingdom:
Divergence or Convergence?" (PDF)

November

'Industrial & Regional Policy'
The second seminar in the joint
ippr/ESRC Devolution Programme project
'Devolution in Practice'
12 November 2001, 2pm - 4.30pm
at the offices of 'Yorkshire Forward', 2 Victoria Street, Leeds

December

Lesser-Used Languages:
Lessons from Comparative Experience
An international conference inspired by the comparative research
project into 'Devolution and Decentralisation in Wales and Brittany',
part of the ESRC Devolution Programme
(View the programme for the conference)
1 December 2001
Cardiff University

'Unequal opportunities?
The impact of devolution on the equality agenda'
The third seminar in the joint
ippr/ESRC Devolution Programme project
'Devolution in Practice'
3 December 2001
Queen's University Belfast

Devolution and Identity in Northern Ireland
An ESRC Devolution Programme Seminar
4th December 2001,
University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Londonderry
(email GM.Robinson@ulst.ac.uk for details)

State of the Union Annual Lecture 2001
Rt Hon Robin Cook MP will be speaking on
'A Modern Parliament in a Modern Democracy'
10 December 2001
6.30 p.m., The Cruciform Building, Gower Street, UCL


DTLR and LGA Lunchtime Seminar on Regional Governance
Wednesday 19 December 2001, 12.00-2.00
Venue: LGA, Smith Square, London
(view programme)