🆕📢NEW in Local Government Studies Journal, ‘Analysing public sector innovation in local governments. an empirical assessment of Spanish city councils’ from Laura Alcaide-Muñoz, J. Ignacio Criado & Irene Liarte doi.org/10.1080/030039…

This is critical and important literature for Local Policy Practitioners to understand innovation in the sector.

📢Interested in the function of council scrutiny?🆕in Local Government Studies Journal, 'The institutional and personal drivers of council scrutiny. A survey analysis of Dutch local government' from Tom Verhelst & Klaartje Peters doi.org/10.1080/030039…

🆕📢NEW in LGS journal: ‘Diverse roles and perceptions of public officials and NGOs in local citizens’ assemblies – A comparative analysis of the cases of Poland and Hungary Paulina Pospieszna, Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen, Daniel Oross & Gabriella Kiss doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 NEW in Local Government Studies journal: ‘Unfolding the relationship between regional resilience and policy instruments: the case of Brexit and enterprise zones in the UK’ from Dr Sina Hardaker doi.org/10.1080/030039…

🆕📢 in LGS: 'Diverse roles and perceptions of public officials and NGOs in local citizens’ assemblies – A comparative analysis of the cases of Poland and Hungary' from Paulina Pospieszna , Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen, Daniel Oross & Gabriella Kiss doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Unfolding the relationship between regional resilience and policy instruments: the case of Brexit and enterprise zones in the UK' from Sina Hardaker #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/030039…

Good to see the Guardian pick up on a new Local Government Studies article by Alexander Nurse on the often toxic nature of debates around local cycling and how cycling activists sometimes adopt counter-productive tactics theguardian.com/news/2025/may/…

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal 'The political dynamics of carbon emissions: evidence from Chinese firms' from Long Wang, Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Chang’an Wang & Xiaoqian Liu doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Reelected mayors and local fiscal policy outcomes. Are incumbent mayors more competent compared to newly elected ones?' by JoannaSiwińska-Gorzelak and Grazyna Bukowska #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1080/030039…

Local Government Studies journal is now on Bluesky! Hope to see you there at Local Government Studies.bsky.social

📢🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal, 'The varied impact of direct democracy on local housing policies: unravelling the role of socioeconomic context' by Liu Menglin (Miley) from the University of California doi.org/10.1080/030039… #openaccess

📣 Calling all students and early-career scholars in public policy and public administration: Together with Hannah Lebovits, we’ve put together a collaborative, evolving resource list to help you navigate the field, no matter where you're starting from. Inside you’ll find:

"I am fed up. It was interesting, fascinating, and frustrating". Julien van Ostaaijen & Sander Jennissen explore why Dutch political parties lose their local representatives in this INLOGOV blog based on the full Local Government Studies article. inlogov.com/2025/07/03/uns…

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies: 'Cutting off the fiscal nose: the impact of anti-ESG policies on municipal borrowing costs in Oklahoma' from Travis Roach and Mariya Burdina doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🏆 Delighted to announce that Mildred Warner is the winner of the John Stewart Prize for the best paper published in issue 50 of LGS for her paper, ‘Pragmatic municipalism: privatization and remunicipalization in the US’ doi.org/10.1080/030039… Free access until end July 2026.

📢 🏆Delighted to announce that early career researcher Simone van de Wetering wins the George Jones Prize for, ‘Facilitating citizen participation in marginalised neighbourhoods: selective empowerment in between vulnerability and active citizenship’ doi.org/10.1080/030039…

When judging papers for the George Jones Prize, editors were also very taken with this article by early career researcher Henrique Hott as lead author: 'Are newcomers financially responsible? Evidence from close elections in Brazilian municipalities' doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies: 'Contested waters: analysing third-party challenges in French water contract governance (2005–2023)' by Justine Le Floch and Stéphane Saussier doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies journal: 'Digital coproduction in Seoul: the case of Seoul’s government and citizen-led platforms' from Hanchan Hwang & Ran Kim doi.org/10.1080/030039…