Director of the Centre for Public Policy speaks at the Festival of Politics
Published: 15 October 2024
15 October 2024: Prof. Nicola McEwen spoke on a panel at the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics in August about the 50 elections happening across the world this year and the implications for geopolitics, human rights, economies, and international relations.
The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics happened in August, with a five-day programme of over 30 events, in the Scottish Parliament in paartnership with Scotland's Futures Forum.
The Festival takes place anually and aims to inform debate on a range of social, political, and environmental issues facing the world today.
Leading experts from the worlds of politics, the arts, business, the media, academia and the third sector joined for a deep dive into issues dominating the news agenda. Many voices from the University of Glasgow took part in this year's festival, including our Director, Prof Nicola McEwen.
Elections in 50 Countries
Nicola spoke on a panel alongside Mark Diffley and Jason Boxt about the multiple elections taking place across the world this year. Over two billion voters are going to the polls across the globe including America, the UK, India, Taiwan, and Russia. The panel were asked about the implications of this for geopolitics, human rights, economies, and international relations.
You can watch a full recording of the event here.
You can watch a full recording of the event here.
First published: 15 October 2024
Prof. Nicola McEwen, Director of the Centre for Public Policy
Nicola has published widely in the field of territorial politics, nationalism, multi-level government and policy-making, and multi-level parties and elections. She is actively involved in informing debate within the wider policy and political community, through with extensive experience in providing analysis in broadcast, print and social media, public engagement, advice to governments and parliamentary committees, and consultancy.
