*PSA EVENT* 📢 Contemporary Statecraft In British Politics 📆 16 September, University of Birmingham Organised by the Political Leadership Specialist Group, in partnership with the Uni of Birmingham, this workshop explores statecraft in relation to #BritishPolitics.

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On behalf of the Political Leadership Specialist Group, in partnership with the University of Birmingham’s British Politics Research Group, we would like to highlight the upcoming one-day academic…

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*PSA EVENT* 🖥️ Growing Up Digital: Young People & Technology Workshop 📆 16 September, London Organised by the Technology, Internet and Policy Group (TIP) and the Media and Politics Group (MPG). ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/h1bq8Jm

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Join the Technology, Internet and Policy Group (TIP) and the Media and Politics Group (MPG) for a day-long workshop exploring how young people interact with social media and the wider digital…

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#PSA27 Call for Papers 📢 Paper & panel proposals invited for the PSA27 Annual Conference at the University of Hull, 22-24 March 2027. 📆 CfP Deadline 12 October 2026 🌎️ Conference theme: 'Seismic Politics – impacts and responses from the global to the local'

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Join us in Hull for PSA27 to discuss Seismic Politics – impacts and responses from the global to the local “PSA [conference] was really great. It gave much-needed exposure to interact with…

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Interesting intervention from Draghi charting a path for Europe to benefit from AI growth without falling into geopolitical and oligarchical traps. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Europe’s difficult choices on AI

Europe’s difficult choices on AI

Data is the one area where it can still be sovereign and it has the greatest potential to generate growth

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Congratulations to this year's David N. Kershaw Award recipient, Andrea Headley, from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. She received the award for her significant contributions to public policy & the fields of safety & justice. Read more: https://ow.ly/lN7c50ZME6S

📣 Looking for a role where your organisational skills can contribute to a fairer, more sustainable future? We're seeking a full-time Administrator to join the JUST Centre team! 👉 More information and apply: lnkd.in/e8S4bvBE

Does the level of government shape political trust and compliance? Susan Banducci, @l-horvath.bsky.social & Daniel Stevens argue local trust influences prosocial behaviour, unlike national trust. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RgZMQ5R @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #PoliticalTrust

#Politics is the fastest growing #A-level subject Find out why in this article by PSA Chair @rosegann.bsky.social, and PSA Trustee Ana Nunes which was published in uk.theconversation.com buff.ly/XkhyJXg

A-level results: why politics is the fastest growing subject

Young people are not disengaged from politics but increasingly interested in understanding it.

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"How Artificial Intelligence Facilitates Collaborative Governance? Research on Mechanisms and Multi-Dimensional Effects Based on Triple Entities" by Zhuocheng Lu, Fei Fan, Zhennan Yang, & Song Wang finds that AI can strengthen collaborative governance. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

🌟PSA E&I Fund - winning projects🌟 Congratulations @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social for Midlands Hub on Conflict and Peace in Deeply Divided Societies, in collaboration with @unibirmingham.bsky.social Demonstrating excellence & impact across #Politics & #Policy ➡️ Learn more buff.ly/odXLNrQ

#FreedomofInformation (FOI) laws promote and enhance public access to information Kate Cole & Tim Driscoll use #FOI requests to examine access to information about #RespirableCrystallineSilica exposure from Australian tunnelling projects 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

New insights from @graemeroy.bsky.social 📣 Prof Graeme Roy writes about the fiscal backdrop of the Scottish Government's Programme for Government and the increasing importance of public service reform to make services financially sustainable. www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

'Students are attending less, reading less, participating less, and often treating university as one commitment among many.'

Students are not disengaged, they are adapting to a thinner university

For Fredrick Agboma and Andrew Doyle, the question isn't whether students are less committed, but what culture they're asked to inhabit

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So much of what is presented as differences by ethnicity, with the white working-class falling behind, is actually a case of place-based differences. In terms of social mobility there are significant advantages to living in London regardless of class or ethnicity. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Ministers to put white working-class people in UK at heart of new equalities unit

Bridget Phillipson to announce creation of unit which will make class a key part of its equalities agenda

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"Strategies for Public Administration Research: Insights From the Scholarship of Christopher Hood" by @ruth-dixon.bsky.social, Rozana Himaz, @maiaking.bsky.social, & @bpiotrowska.bsky.social explores the enduring intellectual legacy of Christopher Hood (1947-2025). doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

It is almost impossible to pick three things from APPAM to know this week, but we managed! Here's what you need to know: https://ow.ly/2bWb50ZLfPn

🤩 Check out our latest quarterly highlights, featuring 5 open-access articles on collective action, collaborative governance, expertise, and coalition dynamics.

Advancing policy scholarship: Quarterly highlights from Policy & Politics

This collection advances policy scholarship demonstrating how theoretical development, methodological innovation and empirical research can deepen our understanding of contemporary policy making.

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Is welfare spending 'out of control'? We took a closer look and discussed some of the big items in Burnham's in-tray in the latest episode of High Resolution 👉 buff.ly/YC754Cy

Who decides the constitutional future of Scotland & the UK? @meineanna.bsky.social proposes a democratic reading of constituent power, tracks changes in constituent collectives & maps monist vs. pluralist trajectories for the Union. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/mHhLCgA @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Excited to announce the 2026-27 @ctgualbany.bsky.social Insights Exchange Series! We will explore emerging issues at the intersection of technology, #governance & #publicadministration bringing together students, faculty, researchers, & practitioners. We hope you can join us & please share!

New from me: The NY Times piece criticized Mamdani for using influencers to share his agenda. But negativity bias means that legacy media like the Times does not cover substantive government stories about Mamdani trying to make the government work better. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/publish/post...

Mamdani, media, and negativity bias

Is it possible to get credit for focusing on implementation?

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*PSA EVENT* 🖥️ Growing Up Digital: Young People & Technology Workshop 📆 16 September, London Organised by the Technology, Internet and Policy Group (TIP) and the Media and Politics Group (MPG). ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/h1bq8Jm

Growing Up Digital: Young People & Technology Workshop - Political Studies Association

Join the Technology, Internet and Policy Group (TIP) and the Media and Politics Group (MPG) for a day-long workshop exploring how young people interact with social media and the wider digital…

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This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2005 and 83(1). "Interactive Policy Development: Undermining or Sustaining Democracy?" by Igor Mayer, Jurian Edelenbos, & René Monnikhof finds that policy development can either strengthen or undermine democracy. doi.org/10.1111/j.00...

📢 Calling all AI politics researchers (broadly understood) in Krakow next week for #ecprgc26 and #EASST2026 We will have an informal meet up after our #ecprgc26 panel on AI politics and policy on Thursday 10 Sept at 18:00 ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Join us! Totally informal, all invited!

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📌 Our #ecprgc26 panel 'Artificial Intelligence Politics and Policy in Uncertain Times' with stellar line-up is scheduled for 10 Sept Thursday 16:15-18:00 We are organizing AI politics panel for the 7th year in a row to continue this important conversation ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecpr.bsky.social

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐊 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 This newly published issue of PMM includes 18 articles, debates, reviews and new developments from academics and practitioners. It is available online now and free to access for the first month! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpmm20/4...

Public Money & Management

PMM/UKAPA THEME: THE FUTURE OF UK GOVERNANCE AND PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE. Volume 46, Issue 7 of Public Money & Management

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"Rethinking Top Public Management Through Relational Dynamics: A Systems-Informed Study of Senior Executives" by Ximena Pizarro-Bore, Javier Fuenzalida, Norma Riccucci, & Constanza Faune finds that effective senior public management... (1/n) doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

My first PhD paper is out! 🎉 We analysed longitudinal data panel to assess how flood and climate risk perceptions, as well as perceptions of the importance of protection from climate change changed in Germany between 2020 and 2022 and how this linked to flood experience and political orientation.

Approaching LGR, new unitary authorities should see, value and promote parish and town councillors and clerks as vital elements of local services and democracy. @catherineneedham.bsky.social and @drdavemckenna.bsky.social Local Government Chronicle www.lgcplus.com/politics/gov...

A call for papers for a special issue in CJRES on the changing economic geographies of the defence industry. The defence industry has a complex relationship to industrial and regional policy. What are the spatial & regional implications of the new arms race? academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...

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A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

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Damning testimony from the CMA's former chair, chief economic advisor and cloud inquiry chair on how government has tackled big tech market power. Quotes from our @ippr.org report. Bold enforcement of digital competition policy is not anti-tech, and should be part of our agenda on homegrown AI.