Eve Hepburn

Office Hours

Office hours are held during regular teaching weeks only; for an appointment outside these periods please email eve.hepburn@ed.ac.uk  

Qualifications

• PhD, MRes (European University Institute, Florence)
• MA (McGill University, Montreal)
• BSc (Hons, London School of Economics)

Biographical Statement

Dr Eve Hepburn is Depute Director of the Academy of Government and Programme Director of the Master of Public Policy (MPP) and Postgraduate Certificate in Practice in Government. Eve is also Senior Research Fellow in Politics. She is Principal Investigator on an ESRC-funded research project, Co-Editor of the Journal of Regional & Federal Studies, Associate Editor of Scottish Affairs, and Co-Convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Federalism and Regionalism. Eve joined the Department in February 2007 as an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow. During 2008-10 she held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and directed the MSc Multi-level and Regional Politics. Prior to this, she was a Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen. She has also held Visiting Fellowships at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver), McGill University (Montreal), European University Institute (Florence), Università di Cagliari (Sardinia), University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) and Großbritannien-Zentrum der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Research Interests

Eve has published over 25 journal articles, book chapters, special issues and books. Her research interests include: comparative European politics, territorial politics (regionalism, federalism and nationalism), political parties, multilevel governance, European integration, island politics, multi-level citizenship and immigration, and devolved policy-making. Eve has conducted research on the following cases: the UK (including Scotland, Northern Ireland, London), Italy (including Northern Italy, Sardinia, Tuscany), Spain (including Catalonia), Germany (including Bavaria, Berlin), Finland (including Aland), Canada (including Quebec, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island). 

Eve currently holds grants from:

• the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on 'The Politics of Island Regions: A Framework for Comparative Research' (2010-12);
• the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) on 'Les parties et les electeurs au Quebec et en Ecosse: Une etude compare' (Parties and Voters in Quebec and Scotland: A Comparative Study) (2011-13) (joint holder);
• the Sardinian Government on 'Specialità e differenziazione in Sardegna. Uno studio interdisciplinare e comparato su istituzioni, identità e diritti' (Speciality and Differentiation in Sardinia: an interdisciplinary and comparative study on institutions, identity and rights) (2010-12) (joint holder);
• the Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence (JMC) and Europa Institute on 'The New European Agenda for Integration: Regions, Multi-level Governance and Immigrant Integration in the European Union' (2012).

Eve has previously held grants from:

• the Leverhulme Trust on the 'Regional Dynamics of Party Competition' (2008-10), which explored the structures and processes of (substate) regional party systems in Canada, Italy, Germany and the UK;
• the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on 'The Challenges and Opportunities for Substate Territories in Europe. A Comparative Analysis of Party Strategies for Autonomy, Power and Capacity' (2007-8). 

  

Recent Publications

Books and Edited Collections

• Baldacchino, G. and E. Hepburn (eds) (2012--forthcoming) Independence Movements in Subnational Island Jurisdictions, Special Issue of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 50(4). This will also appear as a book: G. Baldacchino and E. Hepburn (eds) (2013) Independence Movements in Subnational Island Jurisdictions. London and NY: Routledge.
• Hepburn, E. (2010) Using Europe: territorial party strategies in a multi-level system. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
• Hepburn, E. (ed) (2009) New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties, Special Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, 19(4/5). This also appeared as a book: Hepburn, E. (ed) (2010) New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties. London and New York: Routledge.

 

Articles and Book Chapters

• Hepburn, E. and K. Detterbeck (2013--forthcoming) 'Federalism, Regionalism and the Dynamics of Party Politics', in J. Loughlin, J. Kincaid and W. Swenden (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Federalism and Regionalism. London & NY: Routledge.
• M. Keating, P. Cairney and E. Hepburn (2012--forthcoming) 'Policy Convergence, Transfer and Learning in the UK under Devolution', Regional & Federal Studies.
• Baldacchino, G. and E. Hepburn (2012--forthcoming) 'A Different Appetite for Sovereignty? Independence Movements in Subnational Island Jurisdictions', Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 50(4).
• Hepburn, E. and D. Hough (2012) 'Regionalist Parties and the Mobilisation of Territorial Difference in Germany', Government and Opposition, 47(1).
• Hepburn, E. (2012) 'Recrafting Sovereignty: Lessons from Small Island Autonomies?' in A. Gagnon and M. Keating (eds) Political Autonomy and Divided Societies: Imagining Democratic Alternatives in Complex Settings (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). 
• Hepburn, E. and A. Elias (2011) 'Dissent on the Periphery? Island Nationalisms and European Integration', West European Politics, 34(4).
• Hepburn, E. and P. McLoughlin (2011) 'Celtic nationalism and supranationalism: comparing Scottish and Northern Ireland responses to Europe', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13(3).
• Hepburn, E. (2011) '"Citizens of the Region": party conceptions of regional citizenship and immigrant integration", European Journal of Political Research, 50(4).
• Hepburn, E. (2011) 'Between Region and State: Rescaling Citizenship in a Multi-level System' in T. Herrschel and P. Tallberg (eds) The Role of Regions? Network, Scale, Territory. Gothenburg: Region Skane.
• Hepburn, E. (2010) 'Small Worlds in Canada and Europe: A Comparison of Regional Party Systems in Quebec, Bavaria and Scotland', Regional & Federal Studies, 20(4/5).
• Detterbeck, K. and E. Hepburn (2010) 'Party Politics in Multi-level Systems: party responses to new challenges in European democracies' in J. Erk and W. Swenden (eds) New Directions in Federalism Studies. London and NY: Routledge.
• Hepburn, E. (2009) 'Degrees of Independence: SNP Thinking in an International Context' in G. Hassan (ed) The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
• Hepburn, E. (2009) 'Re-conceptualizing Substate Mobilization', Regional & Federal Studies, 19(4/5).
• Hepburn, E. (2009) 'Explaining Failure: the Highs and Lows of Sardinian Nationalism', Regional & Federal Studies, 19(4/5).
• Keating, M., P. Cairney and E. Hepburn (2009) 'Territorial Policy Communities and Devolution in the United Kingdom', Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2(1).
• Hepburn, E. (2009) 'Regionalist Party Mobilisation on Immigration', West European Politics, 32(3).
• Hepburn, E. (2009) 'Substate Responses to Europeanizing and Globalizing Trends' in P. Della Posta, A. Verdun and M. Uvalic (eds) Globalization, Development and Integration. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
• Hepburn, E. (2008) 'The Rise and Fall of a Europe of the Regions', Regional & Federal Studies, 18(5).
• Hepburn, E. (2008) 'The Neglected Nation: The CSU and the Territorial Cleavage in Bavarian Party Politics', German Politics, 17(2).
• Hepburn, E. (2008) 'The 2007 Scottish Elections: A Dark Day for Participatory Democracy?', Regional & Federal Studies, 18(1).
• Hepburn, E. (2006) 'Scottish Autonomy and European Integration. The Response of Scotland's Political Parties' in J. McGarry and M. Keating (eds) European Integration and the Nationalities Question. London and New York: Routledge.
• Hepburn, E. (2004) 'Territorial Autonomy' in F. Astengo and N. Neuwahl (eds), A New Constitution for Europe? Governance and Policy-Making in the European Union. Montreal: University of Montreal.

 

 Op-Ed Pieces

• Hepburn, E. (2009) 'Degrees of Independence', Holyrood Magazine, Issue 220, 12 October.
• Hepburn, E. (2010) 'Could Scotland unite against Cameronism for independence?', Holyrood Magazine, Issue 230, 15 March.
• Hepburn, E. (2008) 'On Home Turf', Holyrood Magazine, Issue 197, 3 October.
• Hepburn, E. (2008) 'Out of the Ivory Tower and into the Corridors of Power', The Monitor - Blue Skies, April.
• Hepburn, E. (2008) 'Fighting for the Federation', The House Magazine - The Parliamentary Weekly, Vol. 33, No, 1255, 31 March.

 

Teaching and Public Engagement

Eve currently convenes the MSc course in 'Multi-level Democracy and Public Policy' (semester 2). She has also taught the postgraduate course 'Scottish Government and Politics', the undergraduate courses 'Introduction to Politics and International Relations' and 'Democracy in Comparative Perspective', and contributed seminars to 'Theory and Practice of Political Research'.

Eve serves on the Organising Committee of the Scottish Policy Innovation Forum (SPIF) in Edinburgh, and acts as referee for several political science journals and publishing houses and rapporteur for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She is also a member of the Institute of Governance, the Europa Institute, and the Public Policy Network (PPN) at the University of Edinburgh. Eve has provided political commentary on regional party politics to the BBC, UK and international press. She has also undertaken research for the Scottish Funding Council on knowledge transfer into public policy, and provided electoral analysis for the BBC during Scottish elections.