Contributor(s): Peter Bryant, Professor Conor Gearty, Darren Moon, Paul Sullivan | In January 2015, the LSE launched an innovative civic engagement project, which aimed to crowd source the United Kingdom Constitution. One of the key intentions of the project was to leverage and magnify the power of the community and the ‘massive’ in order to empower participants to engage in debate, identify solutions and come to a common agreement about the need for and the content of a UK Constitution.
Jan 08, 2016•16 min
Contributor(s): Daniel Regan, Paul Sullivan, Professor Conor Gearty, Peter Bryant, Malte Werner, Chris Fryer, Darren Moon | In January 2015, the London School of Economics and Political Science launched an innovative civic engagement project which aimed to crowdsource a written constitution for the UK. The project employed a proven enterprise idea-management system, augmenting the core platform with a light-touch, flexible pedagogy and third-party social curation tools. Over 14 weeks, our innova...
Jan 08, 2016•8 min
Contributor(s): Peter Bryant, Professor Conor Gearty, Darren Moon, Paul Sullivan | In January 2015, the LSE launched an innovative civic engagement project, which aimed to crowd source the United Kingdom Constitution. One of the key intentions of the project was to leverage and magnify the power of the community and the ‘massive’ in order to empower participants to engage in debate, identify solutions and come to a common agreement about the need for and the content of a UK Constitution.
Jan 08, 2016•1 hr 11 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | On Wednesday 22nd April Constitution UK held its constitutional convention where Community champions, other members of the online community and facilitators joined together to distil the ideas on the Constitution UK website and turn them into clauses. After hours of debate they were joined by experts Sophia Cannon, Barrister; Paul Evans, Clerk of the journals, Parliament; Professor Tony Travers, Director of LSE London; Professor Emeritus Carol Harlow, Pro...
Jun 03, 2015•8 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Grant Clarke, Flick Drummond, Gerald Vernon Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Portsmouth and asks Portsmouth residents Does Britain need a new Magna Carta? What should be the role of human rights in the constitution?
Apr 27, 2015•18 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Grant Clarke, Flick Drummond, Gerald Vernon Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Portsmouth and asks Portsmouth residents Does Britain need a new Magna Carta? What should be the role of human rights in the constitution?
Apr 20, 2015•18 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Nona Buckley-Irvine | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs talks to Nona Buckley-Irvine, General Secretary at LSE’s Student Union about the rights we should put into a constitution. In particular they discuss the right to education and if in turn for rights, individuals have a duty to the state. Visit www.constitutionuk.com to review the ideas being discussed to form a new UK constitution.
Apr 13, 2015•8 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs launches the refining stage of the Constitution UK’s project to crowdsource a UK constitution.
Apr 01, 2015•2 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Hannah Baker, Martin Dobson, Cllr Richard Kemp, Jackson Ng, John Sawyer | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Liverpool where we asked Liverpool residents what does it mean to be British? What are British values and how could they be written into a constitution?
Mar 25, 2015•16 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Hannah Baker, Martin Dobson, Cllr Richard Kemp, Jackson Ng, John Sawyer | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Liverpool where we asked Liverpool residents what does it mean to be British? What are British values and how could they be written into a constitution?
Mar 25, 2015•18 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Nick Anstead | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs and Dr Nick Anstead, Assistant Professor, Media and Communications department discuss the relationship between the internet, the Government and politics. They discuss examples of institutions using the internet in the UK and Germany, the benefits and failures of these initiatives and how we can use the internet for meaningful political engagement.
Mar 13, 2015•10 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Shakuntala Banaji | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs and Dr Shakuntala Banaji, Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications discuss different types of citizenship, what it means to be a citizen?, why are young people so disengaged and how can we entice them to become active citizens? Who defines what it means to be a good citizen?
Mar 10, 2015•15 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for?
Mar 02, 2015•2 min
Contributor(s): Harry Blain, Imogen Galilee, Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty speaks to Harry Blain, Devolution facilitator and Imogen Galilee, Rights and Duties facilitator about the ideas they have seen develop on the platform and why should people get involved. All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, debate topics and help shape new ways of thinking.
Mar 02, 2015•13 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Antonia Zenkevitch, Katharina Boettge, David Hollas, Mike Abiodun Olatokun, Cllr David Ellis | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Nottingham where we asked Nottingham residents should Europe be at the heart of our UK constitution? Listen to the public discussion on the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Do you agree with some of the comments made? Perhaps you have better ideas. Either way please have your say a...
Feb 27, 2015•18 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Antonia Zenkevitch, Katharina Boettge, David Hollas, Mike Abiodun Olatokun, Cllr David Ellis | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Nottingham where we asked Nottingham residents should Europe be at the heart of our UK constitution? Listen to the public discussion on the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Do you agree with some of the comments made? Perhaps you have better ideas. Either way please have your say a...
Feb 27, 2015•26 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, John Springford | Thursday 26th February we asked you to take part in a Live Q&A on Europe. Watch Professor Conor Gearty, Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law and John Springford, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform answer your questions on Europe.
Feb 26, 2015•51 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides the latest summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate.
Feb 23, 2015•2 min
Contributor(s): Paul Evans, Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty talks to Paul Evans, Clerk of the Journals to discuss Parliament. Why do we have two chambers? How did we get the House of Lords? Why is the Monarch not allowed in the House of Commons? Is Parliament still sovereign? All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, debate topics and help shape new ways of thinking. Don’t forget to follow the conversation online too by fol...
Feb 23, 2015•13 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Simon Hix | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs and Professor Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics, LSE discussed the how your representatives get elected, why the political party you didn’t want can get become the government and what alternatives there are to the current system.
Feb 11, 2015•19 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides the latest summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate.
Feb 09, 2015•1 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Chamali Fernando, Daniel Zeichner, Helen Hoogewerf McComb | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK’s first event at Gonville and Cauis, Cambridge University. Listen as Cambridge residents along with Helen Hoogewerf McComb, President, Cambridge Student Union, Daniel Zeichner, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge and Chamali Fernando, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate discuss the role of Government.
Feb 02, 2015•38 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate by visiting www.constitutionuk.com and share your ideas.
Jan 28, 2015•1 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Andrew Blick | Professor Conor Gearty, of the London School of Economics and Political Science talks to Dr Andrew Blick, Lecturer in Politics at King’s College London to find out what exactly is a constitution. What is the difference between a written constitution and an unwritten one? Professor Gearty and Dr Blick also discuss the history of the Magna Carta and it’s significance. Where do you fit in? Join the debate by visiting www.constitutionuk.com a...
Jan 27, 2015•9 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate by visiting www.constitutionuk.com and share your ideas.
Jan 20, 2015•1 min
Contributor(s): Tony Travers | In the first of a weekly series, Professor Conor Gearty talks to Tony Travers - Advisor to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee and Board Member of the Local Government Network – about the issues surrounding local government. What it should be empowered to control? Where are the pitfalls? How prone are local officials to corruption? All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, ...
Jan 15, 2015•14 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, explains how Constitution UK is helping to shape the UK’s first written constitution. With English regions feeling neglected, the Scottish Independence saga, unrest over the disproportionate power of London and the confusion surrounding Europe, it’s clear that there is something seriously wrong with the current political situation.
Jan 15, 2015•3 min
Contributor(s): The University of Strathclyde, Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty interviews students at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow on the value of equality of esteem.
Jun 25, 2014•6 min
Contributor(s): Ripplez CIC, Professor Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty asks young mothers in Derby about the meaning and importance of human security.
Jun 24, 2014•6 min
Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | The UK has no constitution written down in one document. Instead, it has laws, conventions, practices, and activities scattered all over the place that constitutional lawyers gather together and describe as the UK constitution. In a unique project, LSE's IPA and Department of Law are coming together with the LSE Public Policy Group and Democratic Audit to pioneer the crowdsourcing of a new UK constitution, asking members of the public to participate in, a...
Sep 20, 2013•2 min
