edinburgh university, where i'm speaking from receives the same amount of money from u.k. based research grants as it does from the scottish parliament and government that i was a member of, so interconfined that the u.k. and clnd playing a leading role provides the best base to grow the economy, provide the best education, and it's not the best platform to say that we are moving away from the nations that are currently partners, seamless partners into what will effectively be a different country with barriers and in areas like trade, a degree of competition. if it's so clear that we should be so distinct from other parts of the union, i'm puzzled why the first minister is so keen to say that we'll have an observer status in the bank of england, a bank of a foreign country running our currency, setting interest rates, but would affect scotland, and an inflation rate that we wouldn't determine. that's less autonomy and less influence over the scottish economy. it's a curious argument and definition. >> i'll jump in there. we'll talk about the practicalities of this divorce

two administrators from the university of edinburgh there. it is just getting started now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> i want to welcome you to one of our first event in our revamped brookings conference space. i am thrilled that the microphone works. it seems fitting to inaugurate our new facility with the big question of certainly next week, the prevent -- potential revamping of the united kingdom. if the referendum moves to a yes vote, the renovation will be an overhaul to a system that we have known for 300 years, and many of us here on the panel are a product of. welcome toghted to colleagues that have come in from edinburg to be with us. both are from the university of edinburgh who have been spearheading a major study of the implications of the referendum and of what will 18.en after september this has been a huge study and this has been symbolic of the whole debate about the scottish referendum. it has been heavy on process. as we know, many people around the world are watching t

edinburgh to be with us. charlie jeffrey and judith corvo both from the university of edinburgh who have been spearheading as they will tell you a major study of the implications of the referendum after o what will happen september 18th. this has been a huge study and this has actually been very much symbolic of the whole debate about the scott ishreferendum. it's been very heavy on process. as we know, many people around the world are watching this extremely closely because this is a rather unique event and something that is being negotiated pains takingly over the whole period of time. it is the project actually of decades of interaction tweened inboro and london on the issues and now we're actually at the big day and the rest of the world is paying close attention. of course a lot of events that couldn't have been anticipated when british prime minister david cameron and scott ishfirst mince ter alex salmon sat down to thrash out the details of what was going to happen on september the 18th have now -- we've had all kinds of input from unexpected places including crimea and the leadership of crimea weighi

both are from the university of edinburgh who have been spearheading a major study of the implications of the referendum and of what will happen after september 18. this has been a huge study and this has been symbolic of the whole debate about the scottish referendum. it has been heavy on process. as we know, many people around the world are watching this closely because this is a rather unique event, something that has been negotiated over a period of time, a project in the decades of interaction between edinburgh and london on issues of devolution and autonomy. we are now at the big day and the rest of the world is paying attention. of course, a lot of events that could not have been anticipated when british prime minister david cameron and scottish first minister sat down to hash out the details of what would happen on september 18, have really framed this. we have had input from unexpected places, including crimea and the leadership weighing in on their interest in the outcome. and of course, we are also against the backdrop of events in catalonia and barcelona, spain. lots of int

john eichorn, chancellor of fellow and social policy at the university of edinburgh school of social political science. he's funded projects on the future of the uk and scotland. he is investigating the attitudes of scots in relation to this referendum. jan, it is a pleasure to have you here. we look forward to your comments. he has a power point. we'll go through some very interesting slides which we can then discuss in greater detail. >> thanks very much and thanks for the opportunity to speak about the referendum with you. it is always a great opportunity to speak about it outside of scotland because the discussion becomes a bit more -- let's say slightly more dispassionate and a little more political. especially in the more heateded context that we have right now. i want to give you a very brief background to the study so it is transparently clear where the data comes from. if you have more questions in the discussion, feel free to ask. i am happy to answer math logical questions as well. i want to outline the situation right now and the data from by now 80 polls that have been c

social attitude survey that has been conducted -- we are partners in this together from the university of edinburgh. it is a high-quality, face to face survey and the most comprehensive on political attitudes in scotland that goes through stringent design processes and with the funding we receive, we could develop large modules for specific questions on the referendum. we have a time dating back to 1999 that allows us to check how some of these things have developed since the establishment of the scottish parliament. there is a website where you can access all the data on constitutional change from the survey. the aim is to create research output during the debate and it is run by the scottish social research. there is a specific survey of 19-year-olds because when the voting age was lowered, young people are not engaged and will not vote, but we have been data because they are not usually part of the electorate. we are also one of the parents of the young person who was interviewed. we produced research results but have developed a set of teaching research. as i said, i want to keep this brief and

think that is very important, because -- and studies have shown -- there was a study by the university of edinburghthere was some here in l.a. where the ramifications were principals,y school teachers who said, wait a minute. i notice this group is light years yarn some of the other kids, and they are active, and they are participating. why is this happening? they ended up tracing it back to the program i was involved with. but whatever program it is, whether it is taking kids to the garden, whether it is all the , it isyou have mentioned important that they feel like they are successful at something new. key part i think, is a of whatever program we are doing. the gentleman from michigan mentioned habitat for humanity. this is a great program. from the other gentleman, excuse me. do noty of our youth understand a lot of what our kids are going through? i want to ask about another statistic in the report, which is that three out of 10 kids are obese or overweight. int is from your america crisis report. what are you doing to address the obesity issue? is this education, health care, access? >> one

social attitude survey that has been conducted -- we are partners in this together from the university of edinburgh it is a high-quality, face to face survey and the most comprehensive on political attitudes in scotland neck goes through stringent design processes and with the funding we receive, we could develop large modules for specific questions on the referendum. tohave a time dating back 1999 that allows us to check how some of these things have developed the establishment of the scottish parliament. where you cansite access all the data on constitutional change from the survey. the aim is to create research andof it to ring the debate it is run by the scottish social research. there is a specific survey of 19-year-olds because when the voting age was lowered, young people are not engaged and will not vote, but we have been data because they are not usually part of the electorate. we are also one of the parents of the young person who was interviewed. we reduce research results but have developed a set of teaching researches -- teaching research. as i said, i want to keep this brief and start

originally from the united states, oklahoma, but is a resident in scotland, electorate at the university of edinburgh. charlie can tell you himself about his own origins. this has been framed in terms of civic nationalism and in terms of political choices and that's also important. finally, we'll be turning to my colleague here at brookings for the united states perspective. before coming back to brookings where he's been a fellow for sometime, jeremy served as a professional adviser to the assistant secretary for europe in the state department and also on the policy planning staff. he was not assigned to think about scotland and the united kingdom but we are hoping somebody might be thinking about this at this particular juncture and we'll ask jeremy to give his perspective on what this means to the united states. thank you so much for joining us. i'll turn over first to charlie , who's going to give us a sense of the whole perspective of the referendum, paradigm, framework, how this has all evolved. i'd like to thank charlie and juliet for coming because they've used their own research money to com

think that's very important was a -- and the studies have shobe, there was a study by the university of edinburgh. some in l.a. where the ramifications were recognized by school principles and teachers who said wait a minute. know this -- this group is flight yearsing with like some of the other kid. and they're active and participating. >> they ended up tracing back to the program that i was involved with. >> but whatever program it is hether it's taking kids in the garden. all those things that you mentioned swr it's important that they field like they -- how successful at something new and part of ink is a key hatever program we're doing. jam from michigan mentioned habitat for humanity. don't any of our youth understand a lot of what our kids are going through. >> i want to ask you about another statistic which is in the other record which is three out of 10 kids are overweight. that's from the america kids in crisis report. is this a health care problem. is it an access problem? how do you begin to tackle it? >> absolutely. you know, one o things that has always been fundamental to the d.n.a

she is resident of scotland and electorate at university of edinburgh. charlie can talk about his his own this is in terms 6 civic nationalism and political choice and that is also important. finally we'll be turning to my colleague here at brookings, jeremy shapiro for the united states perspective. before coming back to brookings where he has been a fellow for some type, area my also served aspects advisor to the assistant secretary for europe in the state department and also on the policy planning staff. he was not assigned to think about scotland and united kingdom but we're hoping obviously that somebody might be thinking about this at this particular juncture and we'll ask jeremy to give his perspective what this means for the united states. thanks very much for joining us. i will first turn over to charlie, who will give us a sense of the perspective the referendum, the paradigm, the framework, how this is all evolved. i want to thank charlie and juliet for coming. they used their own research money to come here to explain to this audience and we'

it's quite nice to the university of edinburgh for some people who have been researching national identity in scotland for the last 30 or 40 years, so it's a very stimulating place to discuss the issue. >> well, our website will have the slides act would make a couple of corrections to get in some likely votes. on one slide, but they will be up in a day or so and you can consult vendor. meanwhile, join in thanking our speaker for a very stimulating presentation. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> following the shooting of subsequent protest and ferguson, missouri, a senate panel holds an oversight hearing on how state and local law enforcement agencies are equipped using federal programs but officials from the pentagon and justice department will testify. you can join a conversation on facebook and twitter. watch live coverage from the senate homeland security committee this morning at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> with congress back in session here's a message to congress from on one of this years c-span studentcam competition winners. ♪ ♪ >> water, i