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Pete Eckersley @peckersley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

👇Thread below summarising the sessions that we in @psalocalpol.bsky.social will run at the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford next week. Delighted to chair our opening roundtable, another panel, and present my paper on "Understanding the power of place in local climate policymaking"

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We're very excited about next week's #PSA26 conference @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Our specialist group have an amazing line-up of panels and events. Details below 👇👇👇 Please do share widely! 👍🔃 See you there!

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Sneak peek at the agenda 👀 The PSA’s Local Politics and Governance specialist group's devolution workshop. 📅 24 Nov – featuring: 🗣️ Prof Tony Travers (LSE) on fiscal devolution 🗣️ Prof Donna Hall CBE on local leadership Join the discussion – hybrid format, register here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

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Hybrid Workshop - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Possibilities and (Missed?) Opportunities | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

PSA Local Governance and Politics Specialist Group WorkshopDate: 24 November 2025Time: 12:30 – 17:00 GMTLocation: Online, and limited in person spaces available at the Political Studies Association, E...

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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"

Navigating Changing Economies and Rural Policy: LeftBehind Places or Left Behind People?

Joanie Willett
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

ABSTRACTPlace-based studies of regional policy ask how places can better adapt to economic and social changes. This is especially prescientfor research and policy supporting ‘left-behind’ regions. This paper amends this question, asking not how placesadapt, but how thepeople living and working within them navigate change. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Cornwall in the United Kingdomand the Southwest of Virginia, USA, the paper uses the complex adaptive region assemblage to explore how locals make sense oftheir changing region and the opportunities that they imagine are available. The paper argues that regional policy needs to reflectthat supportive communities are crucial for individuals as they try to navigate changes to their local economies but that currentlymany community supports are unable to connect people to assemblages where new opportunities exist. Inadequate understandingof peoples lives can lead to ineffective policy-making with lasting implications.

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Jack Newman @jacknewman.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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...

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Pride in Place

Documents and guidance relating to the government’s Pride in Place Strategy, which will help build stronger communities, create thriving places and empower local people.

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Local Government Studies @lgstudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

📢 🆕 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...

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Managing inclusive co-creation processes in a superdiverse neighborhood: drivers of inclusion in the case of Rotterdam

This study responds to the call in the literature for more attention to examine the inclusive nature of co-creation processes. It explores the dynamic nature of inclusion within co-creation process...

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jacktshaw.bsky.social @jacktshaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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...

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Stronger devo can solve the London problem

Before Labour entered Downing Street in July last year, the Conservatives had a fractious relationship with London's mayor. The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps,...

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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...

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Report Launch: The State of Intergovernmental Relations in England

The state of Intergovernmental Relations in England: towards a new era of partnership?

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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

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Pete Eckersley @peckersley.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

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.

Picture of bridges spanning River Tyne in Newcastle-Gateshead

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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Arianna Giovannini @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🇬🇧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👇🏽🤓

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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

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Pete Eckersley @peckersley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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.

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#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

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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

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Phil Swann @swannphil.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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:

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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

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UKAPA 2025 Conference

UKAPA annual conference Ulster University~ Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Thursday 11 – Friday 12 September 2025 (& Doctoral Conference, Wednesday 10 September 2025)

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Jack Newman @jacknewman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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.

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Pete Eckersley @peckersley.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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! 👇

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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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.

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