New from Joanie Willett Navigating Changing Economies and Rural Policy: Left Behind Places or Left Behind People "Current scholarship focusses on the infrastructures,organisations and economies in a space but risks overlooking theimportance of understanding the lives of the people that live there"

The Pride in Place Strategy was published yesterday (despite being immediately burried by ID cards news!) In many ways its levelling up continuity, but it also contains a blueprint for neighbourhood governance that could soon be rolled out nationally. A space to watch. www.gov.uk/government/c...

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies: 'Managing inclusive co-creation processes in a superdiverse neighborhood: drivers of inclusion in the case of Rotterdam' from authors Warda Belabas, Ingmar van Meerkerk and Thomas van den Kieboom. #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

I've written in The MJ with Patrick Diamond about London devolution. Stronger governance and more fiscal autonomy are important enablers to get London motoring, alongside more muscle to build infrastructure and homes: www.themj.co.uk/stronger-dev...

On Thursday, @tjarnold.bsky.social and @paulanderson88.bsky.social are launching their new report: 📘 The State of Intergovernmental Relations in England Sign up to the launch event here (Thu 19th June, 1.30pm): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau...

Local Politics and Governance roundtable: A fascinating discussion about the relationship between academic research and policy-making. Speakers are focusing on the academic contribution to the English devolution agenda. #PSA25

En route to Birmingham for the 75th annual conference of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. I'll be presenting a paper in a @psalocalpol.bsky.social panel, based on Bethany Rex's fieldwork into how municipal museum managers negotiate austerity and pressure to generate income to continue operating.

The first PSA Local Politics & Governance panel is getting underway at #PSA2025 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @psalocalpol.bsky.social 🪑 @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social 📄 Neil Barnett 📄 Georgina Blakeley 📄 @swannphil.bsky.social 📄 Jim Chandler @peckersley.bsky.social @tjarnold.bsky.social

See you in Birmingham on Monday for #PSA2025! Check out the line-up for the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group in the thread below 👇👇👇

🇬🇧So much looking forward to be back to the UK for @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference next week & contribute to @psalocalpol.bsky.social sessions! ✨The Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group has a fantastic line up of panels & roundtables at #PSA25 — check them out here & join us👇🏽🤓

#PSA25 Conference programme & schedule now online. Delegate Guide & conference app out soon. buff.ly/08lGWUn

We're very excited about next week's Political Studies Association Conference @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 🧵Here's a thread of the sessions run by the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group Hopefully see you there! @peckersley.bsky.social @tjarnold.bsky.social

Looking forward to our PSA 2025 roundtable: 'Fixes for Government? Assessing the role of the academy in shaping policy through the case of English subnational governance' Tue 15th April, 1.30pm, Dhani Prem room, Exchange building @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Looking forward to presenting at this @psalocalpol.bsky.social panel of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Birmingham later this month. Bethany Rex and I examine how staff in austerity-hit museums responded to drives for greater income generation to keep their institutions running.

Not long til PSA 2025! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Excited for our panel 'Actors & Networks in Local Governance' Tue 15th, 9.30am, Dhani Prem, Exchange 🪑 Joanie Willett 📄 Karina Retamal 📄 @neilpye72.bsky.social 📄 @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social 📄 @martonbene.bsky.social 📄 @peckersley.bsky.social

#PSA25 Keynote: ‘What next for the study of political representation? Shifting identities, #CultureWars & the quality of #democracy’ with Prof. Rosie Campbell buff.ly/uATjkI2 @KingsCollegeLon @unibirmingham @AstonUniversity

We're looking forward to PSA Conference 2025! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Do join us for 'Empirical Reflections on Multi-level Governance ' Mon 14th, 3.30pm, Dhani Prem, Exchange 🪑 @drjackreed.bsky.social 📄 Janice Morphet 📄 @pillmad.bsky.social 📄 Michele Zadra 📄 Junseok Kim 📄 Alice Mazeaud

Looking forward to presenting some early findings from my PhD research on the contribution of politicians ti central-local government relations at this session.

Less than two weeks until PSA Conference 2025 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Our first panel will be: Central-local Relations & Devolution in England Mon 14th, 1.30pm, Dhani Prem, Exchange 🪑 @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social 📄 Neil Barnett 📄 Georgina Blakeley 📄 @swannphil.bsky.social 📄 Jim Chandler

Two weeks until the 2025 PSA Conference!! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social PSA Local Politics & Governance will be out in force, with 3 panels & 1 roundtable Mon 14th 1.30pm & 3.30pm Tue 15th 9.30am & 1.30pm All in Dhani Prem Room, Exchange building Full programme here:

The UK Association for Public Administration (UKAPA) will be holding its second conference at Ulster University in Belfast on 11-12 September. There will be a doctoral conference on the day prior to the full event. buff.ly/2nEqMKO @ukapa-1918.bsky.social

I've taken on the comms role for @psalocalpol.bsky.social Please do follow and share. We'll be sharing the latest academic and policy research about local government, local politics, devolution etc.

Great to have @psalocalpol.bsky.social now on Bluesky, and thanks a lot to @jacknewman.bsky.social for taking over our specialist group communications. Give them a follow! 👇

Hello Bluesky!! We are the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. Convened by @peckersley.bsky.social, @tjarnold.bsky.social, Joanie Willett, & @jacknewman.bsky.social. We'll be posting the latest research on local politics.