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Northern Ireland’s Political Future

A project examining the future of power-sharing government in Northern Ireland since 2022.
 

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Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement

A project examining perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement through interviews, focus groups, and documentary analysis. It ran between 2021 and 2023.

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Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland

A project examining how any future referendum on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland would be best designed and conducted. The project ran between 2019 and 2021.

 
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Options for an English Parliament

Although the idea of establishing a parliament for England is often raised, little detailed work has ever been done on the design options for such a body. This project seeks to fill that gap. It ran between 2016 and 2018.

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Democracy Matters

The work of two citizens' assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton in 2015, considering English devolution, local governance and Britain's constitutional future. It reported in 2016.