A panel featuring Caryn Abrahams, A. Sophie Lauwers and Jacob Boswell, with Beth Cloughton as chair. Exploring citizenship and multi-level governance, we ask: how do states make decisions about key policies affecting their populations, from energy to religious tolerance? How do multi-level modes of governance combat inequality, further socio-spatial justice and foster ideas about what constitutes national identity? In what ways do governance and control operate – top-down, distributed, digital/’smart’ – and how are policy-makers influenced by data, activism, research or individual citizens?
Registration is open now at Eventbrite: https://governinganation.eventbrite.co.uk
The event will also be streamed online via Teams Webinar. To attend virtually, please click here.
Accessibility: This event will take place at IASH, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW. Please see a map here: https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/location The Seminar Room is on the first floor, and unfortunately IASH does not have a lift. If you have mobility issues and would like to discuss access, please contact iash@ed.ac.uk as soon as possible.
This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is part of the Making A Nation series for 2025-26: https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/making-nation-series-2026
Image sourced from the Public Domain Image Archive / Library of Congress. Lithograph of the “Department of Electricity”, powered at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago using Westinghouse and Tesla’s alternating current technology.