Edited by Michael Keating, Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change

Michael Keating is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, Edinburgh. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, British Academy, Academy of Social Sciences, and European Academy. He has taught at universities in the UK, United States, Canada, Spain, and France and at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the author of numerous publications on nationalism, regionalism, urban politics, and European politics.

Ali M Ansari is Professor of Iranian History at the University of St Andrews, and co-founder of These Islands.

Neal Ascherson is a journalist and author, who has worked for The Observer and The Scotsman as foreign correspondent and columnist.

Lynn Bennie is Reader in Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen.

Ross Bond is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Antje Brown is a lecturer in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews.

Coree Brown Swan is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh.

Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Stirling.?

Christopher Carman is the Stevenson Professor of Citizenship and Head of Politics & International Relations at the University of Glasgow.

Alistair Clark is Reader in Politics at Newcastle University.

John Connolly is Professor of Public Policy at the University of the West of Scotland.

Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Jan Eichhorn is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and Research Director of the think tank d|part.

Adam Evans is a Clerk in the House of Commons and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University.

Jim Gallagher is Research Fellow at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford.

Darren Halpin is Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University.

David Heald is Professor of Public Sector Accounting at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow.

Scott Hames is Lecturer in Scottish Literature at the University of Stirling.

Malcolm Harvey is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Aberdeen.

Gerry Hassan is a writer and commentator and Research Fellow in Contemporary Scottish History and the University of Dundee.

Scott Hames is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling.

Ailsa Henderson is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and principal investigator for the Scottish Election Study.

Kirsty Hughes is Director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations.

Stefano Intropido is an MPhil student in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin.

Alvin Jackson is Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.

Rob Johns is Professor of Politics at the University of Essex and has worked on the Scottish Election Study since 2007.

?Michael Keating is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Meryl Kenny is Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Peter Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling.

Fiona Mackay is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Director of genderED.

Iain MacLeod is Lecturer in Policy and Strategy at the Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University

Craig McAngus is Lecturer in Politics at the University of the West of Scotland.

David McCrone is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Nicola McEwen is Professor of Territorial Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Neil McGarvey is Senior Teaching Fellow in Politics at the University of Strathclyde.

Iain McLean is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford

Nasar Meer is Professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship at the University of Edinburgh.

James Mitchell is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Edinburgh.

Alan Page is Professor of Public Law at the University of Dundee.

Richard Parry is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh and the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Robert Pyper is Emeritus Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of the West of Scotland.

Michael Rosie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Philip Schlesinger is Professor in Cultural Theory at the University of Glasgow and Deputy Director of CREATe, the UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre.

Eric Shaw is an Honorary Fesearch fellow in the division of History and Politics at the University of Stirling,

Emily St. Denny is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling.

Graham Walker is Professor of Political History in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast.