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Local Governance Research Centre (LGRC)

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“Where has all the Public Administration gone?”  This won the award for the best paper at the PAC annual conference 18-19 July 2012

Britain and the European Union; elections; Parish, Town and Community Councils

British Politics

• BA (Hons) Political Science (Canterbury, New Zealand)
• MA Political Science (Canterbury, New Zealand

Politics, People and Place; Ideas and Change in Politics and IR; Not Westminster

• Best Paper Award, PAC annual conference, Plymouth, July 2012
• University Teacher Fellow, Â鶹Íø, August 2014
• Long Service Award, Â鶹Íø, March 2017
• Research Oscars, Faculty of Business and Law, Â鶹Íø, for Research Engagement in the Media, July 2019
• Sustainability Fellow, December 2024

• Public Administration Committee, member of the Executive Committee 2008-2023. Now UK Association for Public Administraion
• Joint University Council, member of the Executive 2008-2023
• European Urban Research Association, member of the Executive Committee since 2019

• Parish and Community Councils in the UK

I am taking a group of students on a Â鶹Íø Global trip to Urbino in June 2025

I am convening a panel on Teaching and Learning at the ECPR annual conference in August 2025

 

Keynote speaker at the opening plenary session entitled “Brexit: Breaking Away from Europe?” at Agora: Discussions about Politics in Europe online conference, hosted by the National University of Ostroh Academy, Ukraine, 18 June 2024

“Levelling Up in England: The strange omission of sub-municipal government” for the ECPR annual conference, Charles University, Prague, 4-8 September 2023.

Discussant for panel on “Territorial Reforms” for the ECPR annual conference, Charles University, Prague, 4-8 September, 2023

“Do we need urban Parish Councils? The problems in England” for the EURA annual conference, University of Reykjavik, 22-24 June 2023

Convenor and chair of panel “Teaching Local Government” ECPR annual conference, Innsbruck University, 22-26 August 2022

“Teaching Local and Regional Governance” paper to ECPR annual conference, Innsbruck University, 22-26 August 2022

“Come and be a student again … thinking about the ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ of digital tech applications in our classes” paper to the Teaching and Learning Standing Group of the ECPR conference, Bratislava,16-17 June 2022 (with Dale Minishima-Lowe, Birkbeck University)

Keynote Speaker at the District Council Network annual conference, RSA Offices, London, 21 March 2022

“It’s Politics, Jim, but not as we know it”, Â鶹Íø Festival of Teaching, 16 March 2022

“Putting the Action in Real Life Learning”, Â鶹Íø CAI mini-conference, 10 November 2021, with Ros Lishman, Â鶹Íø.

Speaker on the Plenary Â鶹Íø CAI mini-conference on “Real-Life Learning”, 10 November 2021 

“Self-reflection as an assessment for Public Administration students: have we reflected on why we are doing it?” Paper to the PAC annual conference, 7-8 September, 2021, with Ros Lishman, Â鶹Íø

"Self-reflection as an assessment: have we reflected on why we are doing it?" Paper to the ECPR annual conference, online, 30 August - 3 September 2021, with Ros Lishman, Â鶹Íø.

Panel chair at the EURA Annual conference, on-line, for the panels "Cultural Heritage and Transformation II" and "Urban Strategies and Planning", 6-7 May 2021

"Self-reflection as an assessment: have we reflected on why we are doing it?" Workshop for the Â鶹Íø Teaching and Learning Conference: The University of Tomorrow, 5 February 2021, with Ros Lishman, Â鶹Íø

Copus, C. and Jones, A. 'Welsh Local Government Association Literature Review on Council Size: Commission on Public Service Governance & Delivery Service Provider Consultation'

Worked on the Young Visionaries programme to ready young Ukrainians to take over the running of their country after the Russian invasion, October 2024

Worked with the Council of Europe to advise the Parliament of Ukraine on ethics and accountability in local government, 2017; compiled a literature review to inform the Welsh Local Government Association's submission to the Williams Committee on public sector governance and delivery, 2014. Currently available

Christine Lalley (second supervisor)

Below are some of my most recent media appearance:

12 January 2025 - China Global Television Network, on their The World Today programme, discussing the visit of Rachel Reeves to China

2 December 2024 - Leicester Gazette, on Palantir, Leicestershire Police and issues around scrutiny

21 November 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester (broadcast across the East Midlands) on the career of John Prescott 

30 October 2024 - Capital FM, Smooth East Midlands and LBC looking forward to the Budget and what might or might not be in it 

5 October 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester on the Conservative Party leadership election  

17 September 2024 - CGTN discussing the proposed von der Leyen Commission 

9 September 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester, on the fallout of the planned changes to the winter fuel allowance for pensioners 

12 August 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester, on the first five weeks of the new Labour Government 

5 August 2024 - Bauer media Group commenting in advance of the COBRA meeting on the rioting around the UK 

29 July 2024 - Bauer Media Group commenting in advance of Rachel Reeves’ speech on the state of UK finances 

6 July 2024 - CGTN, on The World Today, discussing the new PM and what faces his government 

5 July 2024 - CGTN commenting on the election results and the new government 

4-5 July 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester overnight broadcast on the election  

4 July 2024 - Great Central Gazette discussing issues around the election  

28 June 2024 - Great Central Gazette profiling the possible outcomes for the three Leicester city constituencies 

28 June 2024 - Bauer Media Group discussing the election campaign to date 

26 June 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester looking ahead to the leader’s debate 

 24 June 2024 - BBC EMT (online) profiling Leicester East constituency  

18 June 2024 - Bauer Media Group encouraging people to register to vote 

17 June 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester on the general election and the happenings in Leicester East 

7 June 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester explaining the consequences of Keith Vaz standing as an election candidate in Leicester East

 6 June 2024 - CGTN on the rise of the Far Right in the 2024 European Parliamentary elections. Available at

 30 May 2024 - Bauer Media Group on the first week of the general election campaign 

23 May 2024 - BBC Radio 5 Live explaining the ‘wash up’ period of Parliament and the steps to the general election 

23 May 2024 - Sputnik International on the implications of calling a snap election, as well as a broad overview of the state of UK politics 

23 May 2024 - Bauer Media Group on the reasons behind the calling of a snap election  

22 May 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester (broadcast across the East Midlands) on the calling of the snap election 

22 May 2024 - Bauer Media Group on the possibility of a snap general election being called 

21 May 2024 - Turkish Radio and Television Magazine on the impact of the situation in Gaza on the English local election results  

17 May 2024 - CGTN on the fallout of the assassination attempt of Robert Fico, PM of Slovakia 

5 May 2024 - Al-Jazeera (English) on the local election results in England 

3 May 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester (broadcast across the East Midlands) on the local election results across the East Midlands and all of the UK  

1 May 2024 - Bauer Media Group on the East Midlands Combined Authority elections and why there were not such elections in Leicestershire 

1 May 2024 - BBC Radio 5 Live on why people should get out and vote in the PCC elections and the various other elections around England and Wales

 11 March 2024 - Gem FM on Lee Anderson defecting to Reform UK  

6 March 2024 - Gem FM commenting on the budget

 4 March 2024 - Bauer Media Group examining some of the issues that might arise in the budget 

18 January 2024 - Bauer Media Group commenting on letters being sent to the Chair of the 1922 Committee on the leadership of Rishi Sunak 

17 January 2024 - Bauer Media Group on the Rwanda vote result  

4 January 2024 - BBC Radio Leicester (broadcast across the East Midlands) on the possible holding of a general election in 2024

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