The aim of this article is to identify the opportunities to prioritise public health in industrial strategy. The resurgence of industrial policy has prompted calls for a sector-specific, people-foc...

British political studies has traditionally focused on the analysis of policy failures. This is reflected in a vast literature on catastrophes and crises which ...

Public services, public servants, and the study of Public Administration are operating in a context of global turbulence. Our review of the state of the discipline suggests that a core strength of Br...

P&P’s achievements this year, our most popular blog in 2025, showcase our open research, and consider 2026 with gratitude for our community and hope for the future of the journal and its contri…

This article explores how democratically elected mayors can achieve mission-oriented policies in turbulent times. Drawing on 132 interviews with decision-makers in England, it uses the case of heal...

The UK government can meet some of its biggest challenges by combining mayoral devolution with its mission-led approach. Empowering local leaders to deliver on national missions will mean giving them ...

Background In the United Kingdom the government’s new health mission aims to reduce the burden on healthcare services by shifting from treating poor health to prevention. Delivering this requires acti...

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Regional Studies Association (RSA). On April 9th, 1965, the RSA was founded at a meeting held at the London School of Economics in the UK. Over the past six dec...

This article explores how democratically elected mayors can achieve mission-oriented policies in turbulent times. Drawing on 132 interviews with decision-makers in England, it uses the case of heal...

We provide an historical overview of the evolution of knowledge exchange architecture for climate policy in the EU. We investigate whether evolutions in the knowledge architecture reflect shifts in th...

The following short story of the Multiple Streams Framework is one part of a forthcoming article – ‘Kingdon’s multiple streams framework: what happens next?’ – in an IRPP Symposium ‘A 4…

There is increasing awareness of the gendered violence undertaken by incels (involuntary celibates), both online and offline. Much of the analysis of the phenomenon has focused on what incels mean for...

The political rediscovery of so-called ‘left-behind places’ has raised research interest in peripheral places and regions. Yet headline narratives about peripheries continue to collapse the...