♨️New article! . Anil Gurjar & Anupam Ghosh examine the resource use and outputs across #India to identify performance gaps and high achievers to find that larger states outperform the smaller states. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70018

♨️ New article! . What are the factors that increase localization? . Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre examines four country-based pooled funds to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Bizarre interview on BBC Radio Scotland. Introduced as a discussion about the UK Labour Conference and ends up being a character assassination of the former Scottish Labour Leader from 10 years ago! What was that all about?

Beautiful autumnal morning. Definitely one for a wooly jumper and hat! 🍂

I've used blackboard for a very long time but now have to use Moodle and I'm so confused.

'Over the last 16 years, it’s really been the greatest privilege to lead this remarkable institution.’ UofG Principal @uofgvc.bsky.social shares a message ahead of his retirement next week.    ‌‌Anton reflects on his time at UofG and thanks the community for all their hard work and support.

Really good piece here on the challenges facing Scottish higher education: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blimey some tough reviews of Balerno on #LocationLocation. Both couples wanting to move to Edinburgh but after house hunting opt for Gullane and Aberdeen!

The best time to be a jags fan is the day before a big game. So much hope, optimism and endless possibilities. #ptfc

Rather gloomy skies today

£150,000 of public money for a clock on Portobello High Street. I struggle to see how this contributes to public value or the national outcomes! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A big #TeamUofG welcome to all new and returning students joining us this September ♥️ Wishing you a brilliant start to your time at UofG. Have a fantastic year!

...Prof Roberts spoke at the panel EU Relations in Turbulent Times, at the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Annual Conference on 27 August. The conference was hosted here at @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🌟💡 Find more insights from #EGPA2025 on our website 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

New blog from @alasdairroberts.bsky.social, part of our #EGPA2025 series. 📝 Prof. Alasdair Roberts writes about the temptation of centralisation in times of crisis, warning however that it "may be a formula for fragility, not resilience." Read 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

When you ask for a room with a view

Vivian Julian Palmer and Pillay Pregala propose a model for ethical conduct and accountability for public sector in #SouthAfrica for enhanced public service delivery. . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I had a dream last night that I was on a train that derailed. I'm now on a train. Wish me luck!

Every time someone says pivot, my head...

New on the blog, @graemeroy.bsky.social writes about the upcoming Scottish Government Spending Review 📝 💬...the potential to be a defining moment in how Scotland prepares to meet the policy and fiscal challenges of the next decade and beyond." Read in full 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

Sunday.

Are you seriously telling me you are still on X? 🤔

Very autumnal today.

First time I've been on a plane that had to abort a landing. Must admit I wouldn't recommend it. Glad to be back on land now!

Fantastic presentation by my @uofgpolicy.bsky.social colleague, Claire MacRae, on the state of poverty at #UKAPA2025.

Professor Rod Rhodes giving the Stacey Memorial Lecture at the #UKAPA2025 Conference on "THE CURSE OF PRESENTISM".

🔊 On Reviewer Appreciation Day 2025, we announced the Best Reviewer Award, along with notable mentions. We are deeply grateful to Frank Ohemeng (Concordia University) for his timely and thoughtful reviews, and we commend him for his outstanding service to PAD. Thank you! #reviewerappreciationday

So jealous of our students - they didn't have anything like this in my day!

Grey skies above this morning but the university still looks great as we welcome our new and returning students.

Kicking off the plenary session this morning at #EGPA2025: 🇪🇺🎙️EU in Turbulent Times Chaired by our Director Prof @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social, we’re hearing from Prof Sabine Kuhlmann, and look forward to the discussion with Prof Anand Menon, @ukandeu.bsky.social, and Prof Alasdair Roberts.

We're delighted to welcome delegates to the 50th Anniversary of the EGPA Annual Conference, to our world-changing @uofglasgow.bsky.social, and to our @uofgpolicy.bsky.social 👋🎉 Looking forward to meeting you all and conversations ahead. Lots more photos and insights to come this week 💡📸 #EGPA2025

Fantastic opening ceremony at #EGPA2025. Great to see so many public administration scholars in Glasgow for the 50th Anniversary Conference.

✈️ Back to work after maternity leave: looking forward to discussions about great papers & the future of public administration in Europe at #EGPA2025 in Glasgow. I will co-chair PSG VI Governance of Public Sector Organizations with @larsbrummel.bsky.social, Lise Rykkja and Muiris MacCarthaigh.

Back to work! Road ✈️ to the #EGPA2025 Conference. See you in Glasgow!

Our main building this week is the James McCune Smith Building located on University Avenue. #EGPA2025

A huge team right across the university have helped bring #EGPA2025 to Glasgow. Our main conference starts tomorrow but today we have our doctoral symposium. Excited to show everyone how great our university and city are! #TeamUofG @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgpolicy.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social

For those arriving tomorrow or Wednesday it doesn't rain all the time, honest! #EGPA2025

I will be attending EGPA conference in Glasgow next week, where I will present my research on the effects of supply chain legislation on German firms. If you are interested in this topic or similar legislation from the Global North that has implications for the Global South, please reach out to me.

I will be attending the EGPA conference next week to represent Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG). Please email me [email protected] or message me through this app if you would like to chat about your work and its fit for PPMG. @pmra-1991.bsky.social #EGPA2025

At Festival of Politics event on Holyrood 2026: The Big Issues. What do you see as the big issues for the Scottish Parliament in 2026?

Me ordering catering for 800+ people.

♨️ New article! How do policies work under instability & low compliance . Jaime Sainz Santamaría examines the Latin America’s Payment for Ecosystem Services to find that data & analysis identify solutions and politics sustains them. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

If you are submitting to a chemistry journal you should include some chemistry in your research*. *the same rule applies for other journals.

The #EGPA2025 Conference will be held from 26th to 29th August 2025 at Glasgow, Scotland. The theme is 'EGPA at 50: Prospects for Public Administration across Europe'. 🔗 iias-iisa.org/egpa-2025-co... Do reach out to our co Editor-in-chief @ianelliott.bsky.social to know more about PAD!

Insightful overview of public administration research here: doi.org/10.31297/hkj...

Last day of summer. Schools back tomorrow. How'd that happen! ⌛😮

Fantastic evening! #Edinburgh

Bit of a long shot but if anyone is looking for a ticket for tonight's show (starting at 5:10pm) get in touch - I have two and can no longer go. #Edinburgh

This piece is a rare act of witness. It is deeply human, surgically precise, and professionally fearless. It honors those erased by policy with the clarity they were denied. What you’ve built here is not just analysis. It is accountability. The moral weight lands. It will stay with the reader.

Apparently it's quite windy in the city centre, which is strange because in South-West Edinburgh (which usually gets the worst of it) it's really not that bad.

What a setting for a festival show.