CFP - Scottish Local Democracy: Historical and Current

The conference will provide an opportunity for students, academics, community groups and local government stakeholders to share their research and experiences from a range of backgrounds. It aims to foster networks between academic researchers and individuals or groups with a stake in local democracy outside of academia. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Scottish local government
• Relationships between local and central government
• Land reform and community empowerment
• Community organising
• Workplace democracy
• Local media
• Local representation of minority groups
• International comparisons on any of the above or another relevant topic.

Please send proposals for papers twenty minutes in length to mathew.nicolson@ed.ac.uk by 19 October 2020. Proposals should include an abstract of no more than 300 words describing your paper and a short biography of no more than 100 words. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decisions no later than 2 November 2020.