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Academic podcasts

This blog post was stimulated by a discussion I had recently on Twitter and LinkedIn about academic podcasts. For some time now I’ve been a big fan of the Academics of PA podcast. This is a podcast hosted by Bruce McDonald (North Carolina State University), Josie Schafer (University of Nebraska Omaha) and Will Hatcher (Augusta…
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Scottish devolution has been a disaster and Tony Blair’s biggest mistake

To what extent can we say that devolution has been a success?
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Organisational Learning and Change in a Public Sector Context

Brief summary of my research on organisational learning and change.
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Researching COVID-19

The co-editors of PPA have published a journal article outlining the seven key research themes relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Some links and research on teaching of public administration

The history of UK Public Administration.
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The Strategic State – a case study of the Scottish Government

There is growing international interest in how to develop more strategic forms of government. In this research I show how the Scottish Government developed a form of Strategic State.
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PAC Annual Conference – Closing Address 2019

The PAC Annual Conference was held at Northumbria University 2019. This is the text of my closing address.
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Dr Peter Falconer

Tribute to my former colleague and friend, Dr Peter Falconer.
