Nicola McEwen

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Nicola McEwen
Occupation(s)Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Director of the Centre for Public Policy
Employer The University of Glasgow

Nicola McEwen, FRSE is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Glasgow, Director of the Centre for Public Policy, and senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. [1] She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021. She leads research on devolution and inter-institutional relations. [2] She provides advice to governments and public bodies and gives media expert perspectives internationally. [3] [4] McEwen's research and insights are sought for public engagement and political or business briefings during major events like the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum, [5] and the Smith Commission, [6] UK BREXIT [7] and recent elections [8] such as to the Scottish Parliament. [9] [10] [11] She has a reputation for being authoritative and trustworthy in engaging with senior politicians, civil service and civic society and has regular media engagements on various topics. [12] McEwen is consulted on aspects such as potential impact on welfare of Scottish independence, [13] or informing parliament on the impact of Brexit [14] on intra-UK relations and communicating her findings and explanations to public media. [15] [16]

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Education and career

Graduated with a B.A.(Honours) in politics and philosophy from Strathclyde University in 1992, McEwen took an M.A. in Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Politics from Sheffield University in 2001.

She has been employed at the University of Edinburgh since 2001, starting in the School of Politics as a lecturer, then senior lecturer before taking on the role of Director of Public Policy at the university's Academy of Government in 2012, and Associate Director for Knowledge Exchange and Impact in the School of Social and Political Science to 2016.

McEwen headed up the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre on Constitutional Change from 2013 where she is co-director. She is a Professor of Territorial Politics (from 2014) covering politics and international relations. [17]

She is also a Fellow of the Constitution Unit at University College London. [2]

Research

McEwen has been Fellow on Between Two Unions: The Constitutional Future of the Islands after Brexit, a multi-facet programme funded by ESRC to examine the inter-relationships between institutions, constitutional issues, economic union issues and the social impact of the UK leaving the EU. [18] She is Senior Fellow on another major collaborative research into UK in a Changing Europe . [2] She is currently leading on a £0.5m research project called 'A Family of Nations? Brexit, Devolution and the Union. [12]

A previous 2017 programme she investigated was on the Repatriation of Competences and the Implications for Devolution in the fields of overlapping jurisdictions on agriculture, the environment/energy, and justice & home affairs. [19]

More information on McEwen's research is published by the University of Edinburgh. [20]

Selected publications

Selected by the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh: [21]

Journal articles and book chapters

Books and special issues [21]

Awards

References

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  8. "BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 09/05/2021". BBC. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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  10. Dickie, Mure (12 May 2021). "Alex Salmond's political future in doubt after dismal Scottish election". www.ft.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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  16. "Divided nation | Spectator Events". events.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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  18. "Research projects". Centre on Constitutional Change. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  19. "The repatriation of competences: implications for devolution". UK in a changing Europe. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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  21. 1 2 "Nicola McEwen | School of Social and Political Science". www.sps.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  22. McEwen, Nicola (3 April 2020). "Negotiating Brexit: power dynamics in British intergovernmental relations". Regional Studies. 55 (9): 1538–1549. doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1735000. hdl: 20.500.11820/f9c8694f-cf8a-44a6-af76-92f7a23fdb5e . ISSN   0034-3404. S2CID   216295215.
  23. McEwen, Nicola; Kenny, Michael; Sheldon, Jack; Swan, Coree Brown (2020). "Intergovernmental Relations in the UK: Time for a Radical Overhaul?". The Political Quarterly. 91 (3): 632–640. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.12862. ISSN   1467-923X. PMC   7323457 . PMID   32836409.
  24. Levrat, Nicolas; Sidjanski, Dusan; Saint-Ouen, François (2020). L'Union européenne et les nationalismes régionaux The European Union and Regional Nationalisms. Université de Genève. ISBN   978-2-8399-2935-6.
  25. Cairney, Paul; McHarg, Aileen; McEwen, Nicola; Turner, Karen (1 June 2019). "How to conceptualise energy law and policy for an interdisciplinary audience: The case of post-Brexit UK". Energy Policy. 129: 459–466. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.022. hdl: 1893/28946 . ISSN   0301-4215. S2CID   84181007.
  26. McEwen, Nicola (1 April 2018). "Brexit and Scotland: between two unions". British Politics. 13 (1): 65–78. doi:10.1057/s41293-017-0066-4. hdl: 20.500.11820/d53c9fda-d4f4-4862-a1bf-5244ac21ef03 . ISSN   1746-9198. S2CID   158770922.
  27. "Reforming Intergovernmental Relations in the United Kingdom". www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  28. Banting, Keith; McEwen, Nicola (2018), Keating, Michael; Laforest, Guy (eds.), "Inequality, Redistribution and Decentralization in Canada and the United Kingdom" , Constitutional Politics and the Territorial Question in Canada and the United Kingdom: Federalism and Devolution Compared, Comparative Territorial Politics, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 105–133, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58074-6_5, ISBN   978-3-319-58074-6 , retrieved 24 June 2021
  29. McEwen, Nicola (20 October 2017). "Still better together? Purpose and power in intergovernmental councils in the UK". Regional & Federal Studies. 27 (5): 667–690. doi:10.1080/13597566.2017.1389724. hdl: 20.500.11820/f09edd15-c6f4-46da-b196-7599fce0064c . ISSN   1359-7566. S2CID   158523032.
  30. McEwen, Nicola (16 February 2017), Keating, Michael (ed.), "Welfare" , Debating Scotland, Oxford University Press, pp. 84–101, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198789819.003.0005, ISBN   978-0-19-878981-9 , retrieved 24 June 2021
  31. A Wealthier, Fairer Scotland: The Political Economy of Constitutional Change. Edinburgh University Press. 2017. ISBN   978-1-4744-1642-9. JSTOR   10.3366/j.ctt1g0503c.
  32. McEwen, Nicola (23 June 2016). "A Constitution in Flux: the Dynamics of Constitutional Change after the Referendum" . The Scottish Independence Referendum: Constitutional and Political Implications. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198755517.003.0010.
  33. Mcewen, Nicola; Petersohn, Bettina (2015). "Between Autonomy and Interdependence: The Challenges of Shared Rule after the Scottish Referendum". The Political Quarterly. 86 (2): 192–200. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.12162. hdl: 20.500.11820/02746992-cdcf-4c90-9ebb-6f44c61e4cc5 . ISSN   1467-923X.
  34. Royles, Elin; McEwen, Nicola (2 November 2015). "Empowered for action? Capacities and constraints in sub-state government climate action in Scotland and Wales". Environmental Politics. 24 (6): 1034–1054. doi:10.1080/09644016.2015.1053726. hdl: 20.500.11820/2b2544eb-bbeb-4d2c-9bca-36a7c44e006a . ISSN   0964-4016. S2CID   155533775.
  35. Henderson, Ailsa; McEwen, Nicola (2015). "Regions as Primary Political Communities: A Multi-Level Comparative Analysis of Turnout in Regional Elections". Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 45 (2): 189–215. doi:10.1093/publius/pju040. hdl: 20.500.11820/35996da7-5c20-4ae4-9167-4e1512ca0e48 . ISSN   1747-7107.
  36. 1 2 Bolleyer, Nicole; Swenden, Wilfried; McEwen, Nicola (1 July 2014). "Constitutional dynamics and partisan conflict: A comparative assessment of multi-level systems in Europe". Comparative European Politics. 12 (4): 531–555. doi:10.1057/cep.2014.12. hdl: 20.500.11820/607fd21a-7b23-4209-bcba-442ed4cf5bb8 . ISSN   1740-388X. S2CID   145751892.
  37. Swenden, Wilfried; McEwen, Nicola (2014). "UK Devolution in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Intergovernmental Relations and Party Politics". Comparative European Politics. 12 (4–5): 488–509. doi:10.1057/cep.2014.14. hdl: 20.500.11820/61b8bf3f-2261-4e4f-8467-a68131cc5dcc . ISSN   1472-4790. S2CID   144005452.
  38. Mcewen, Nicola; Bomberg, Elizabeth (1 January 2014). "Sub-state Climate Pioneers: The Case of Scotland". Regional & Federal Studies. 24 (1): 63–85. doi:10.1080/13597566.2013.820182. hdl: 20.500.11820/887bc707-26d9-4675-b550-2cb36e65427e . ISSN   1359-7566. S2CID   154353296.
  39. Hassan, Gerry (2013). After Independence : the State of the Scottish Nation Debate. James Mitchell ([International version] ed.). New York: Luath Press Ltd. ISBN   978-1-909912-60-1. OCLC   863822199.
  40. McEwen, Nicola (2013), Dandoy, Régis; Schakel, Arjan H. (eds.), "The UK: Multilevel Elections in an Asymmetrical State", Regional and National Elections in Western Europe: Territoriality of the Vote in Thirteen Countries, The Comparative Territorial Politics series, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 254–274, doi:10.1057/9781137025449_14, hdl: 20.500.11820/7bd08b37-da8a-4522-9f0a-534762ff81cc , ISBN   978-1-137-02544-9, S2CID   154798149 , retrieved 24 June 2021
  41. Bomberg, Elizabeth; McEwen, Nicola (1 December 2012). "Mobilizing community energy" . Energy Policy. 51: 435–444. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.045. ISSN   0301-4215.
  42. Henderson, Ailsa; McEwen, Nicola (1 September 2010). "A comparative analysis of voter turnout in regional elections" . Electoral Studies. 29 (3): 405–416. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2010.03.012. ISSN   0261-3794.
  43. "Governments in Opposition? Intergovernmental Relations in the UK in a Context of Party Political Incongruence. Edited by Nicola McEwen, Wilfried Swenden and Nicole Bolleyer: The British Journal of Politics & International Relations: Vol 14, No 2". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  44. McEwen, Nicola; Moreno, Luis (2005). The territorial politics of welfare. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-203-64081-4. OCLC   257605925.
  45. Curtice, John; McCrone, David; McEwen, Nicola; Marsh, Michael; Ormston, Rachel (2009). Revolution or Evolution? The 2007 Scottish Elections. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN   978-0-7486-3899-4. JSTOR   10.3366/j.ctt1r21zd.
  46. McEwen, Nicola (2006). Nationalism and the state : welfare and identity in Scotland and Quebec. Brussels, Belgium: P.I.E.-Peter Lang. ISBN   0-8204-6650-6. OCLC   61500041.
  47. Keating, Michael; McEwen, Nicola (2015). Devolution and public policy. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-1-138-88208-9. OCLC   909323211.
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