Dr Ian C Elliott

Category: Public Services Governance

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…

March 3, 2021
Scottish devolution has been a disaster and Tony Blair’s biggest mistake

To what extent can we say that devolution has been a success?

November 17, 2020
Organisational Learning and Change in a Public Sector Context

Brief summary of my research on organisational learning and change.

October 13, 2020
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.

August 26, 2020
Some links and research on teaching of public administration

The history of UK Public Administration.

February 10, 2020
Guest blog: Nicholas Parsons and the Osbornes and the Ackroyds

Guest blog post by Adrian Sinfield on Nicholas Parsons and recent changes to the reporting of tax relief.

February 3, 2020
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.

January 24, 2020
PAC Annual Conference – Closing Address 2019

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

September 26, 2019
Public Administration and Social Work at the Margins – An International Conference

The JUC Annual Conference is being held at Northumbria University on 17-18 September. Find out more here!

May 10, 2019
Dr Peter Falconer

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

April 22, 2019