Current Research Projects

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Governance and accountability

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Governance design and citizen involvement	Governance and performance
Effective partnership and good governance: performance or conformance?	Accountability impacts of the Local Government Modernisation Agenda
The future of political parties in local government: ESRC seminar series	Council size and democratic effectiveness
The democratic anchorage of governance networks in three European countries	Ethnic voting and city governance in Los Angeles and Birmingham (UK)
Small parties: influence and effect on democratic engagement and local politics	Minor Parties, Independent Politicians, Voter Associations and Political Associations in Politics

Political Leadership

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Members’ Remuneration: Models, Issues, Incentives and Barriers	Directly Elected Mayors
Understanding the barriers and incentives to becoming and remaining a councillor in England

Community empowerment, leadership and cohesion

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The power of well-being	Skills in the voluntary and community sector
Evaluation of Welsh community planning processes	Able authorities? Disabled people and local authorities
Empowerment, trust and local government powers	Risk and the design of public space
Trust in the public sector	Gloucestershire LinkAge pilot project: Village Agent
Measuring a thriving third sector	EU China Policy Dialogues Facility
Understanding the barriers and incentives to becoming and remaining a councillor in England	Members’ Remuneration: Models, Issues, Incentives and Barriers
Neighbourhood Academy

Outcome evaluation and performance management

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Measuring a thriving third sector	Responding to evidence of poor performance: Explaining public organisations' capacity to deal with failure
Learning from the experience of recovery	Modernisation of adult social care
Evaluating Sandwell's Children's Fund	Service innovation and local government
Equality and diversity in the Fire and Rescue Service	Making better use of information to drive improvement in local public services
Drivers of satisfaction with the justice system	Equal-Engage soft outcomes evaluation
Methods of calculating fines in a magistrates' court	A review of needs assessment for low-level offenders
Survey of eight different countries as part of the PIQUE project

Commissioning for shaping localities and regions

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