Policy Scotland Launch

A new hub for innovative thinking on public policy will launch this week with a debate about the different currency policy scenarios that would confront an independent Scotland. The launch and inaugural seminar on Monday 24^th June will be hosted by the Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Anton Muscatelli. Dr. Angus Armstrong, ESRC fellow and Director of Macroeconomic Research at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Professor Ronald MacDonald, Adam Smith Chair of Political Economy at the University of Glasgow will take part in the debate. In the first of a series of seminars examining policy options in the event of a vote in favour of independence, a group of eminent academics will dig into the evidence and make an important contribution to the constitutional question. This will then be followed by a public debate in the evening. Papers associated with the debate will be posted shortly on our website: http://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk. Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Anton Muscatelli said "Policy Scotland is an excellent and timely new initiative that will provide a hub for policy research and increase Glasgow University's capacity to contribute to policy thinking in Scotland, the UK and internationally.