2024/10/08 by Andrew Walker, Gregory Stride · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Decision Sciences · #Healthcare innovation and challenges #demographic modeling and climate adaptation #Public Policy and Administration Research
paper · doi:10.1080/03003930.2024.2411597
openalex publication_date 2024/10/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14
The last 50 years of local government studies have documented extraordinary changes: economic transformations, international democratisation, the digital revolution and the rise of the internet have transformed local government. Looking forward to the next 50 years: climate change, ageing populations, financial pressure, populist politics, will all come home to roost in the day-to-day work of local government. This paper makes the case for building a research agenda around the practical experiences of local policy practitioners. Using our experience from a series of interviews with over sixty local government chief executives, and the example of two research projects built around LGIU’s local authority members network in England, the paper describes the valuable opportunities that come from engaging with local government practitioners for developing and directing research.