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Referendums in Small States and Territories: The Elusive ‘Yes’ Vote

When: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Thursday, April 17, 2025, 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Where: Colette Bowe Room, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

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The Centre for Small States, Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Malta, and Professor Peter Clegg, University of the West of England, warmly invite you to attend a one and a half day conference on the use of direct democracy mechanisms in small states and territories.

Small states and territories have a long-standing reputation for adhering to the norms, practices and institutions of representative democracy. The state and practice of direct democracy in these jurisdictions are much less explored. In this conference, experts on direct democracy from academia, government and civil society examine and explain referendums from small states and territories around the world, including Gibraltar, Martinique, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, Guernsey, Guyana and the Falklands, to better understand the role that direct democracy plays in the world’s smallest democracies.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Dr James Blair (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
  • Dr Jennifer Ballantine (University of Gibraltar)
  • Dr Matthew Bishop (University of Sheffield)
  • Michael Bromby (Truman Bodden Law School, Cayman Islands)
  • Katherine Collin (Georgetown University)
  • Professor Carine David (University of the Antilles, Martinique)
  • Professor Wendy Grenade (St George’s University, Grenada)
  • Dr Ulrik Pram Gad (Danish Institute for International Studies)
  • Dr Kate Quinn (University College London)
  • Dr Derek O’Brien (Oxford Brookes University)
  • Dr Thom Oliver (University of the West of England)
  • Dr Emilio Pantojas-Garcia (University of Puerto Rico)
  • Jo Reeve (Director of International Relations and Constitutional Affairs, States of Guernsey)
  • Professor Jamie Trinidad (University of Cambridge)
  • Professor Wouter Veenendaal (Leiden University)

The conference will take place at the Mile End campus of Queen Mary University of London. There is no charge to attend.

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