Including bringing together further evidence on what the social and economic impact of having a more integrated and cohesive place is.
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
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This project will examine the Scottish and UK public sector's approach to community empowerment and its impact on fostering citizen-state relationships in a time of austerity. Launching its 'Big Society Agenda', the UK C...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Durham University
The project examines the impact of community empowerment on citizen-state relationships in a time of austerity, which directly relates to the question.
The background for this seminar series lies in the introduction of Localism Act 2011. Since then, wherever parish councils do not exist, local people (or businesses) can set up neighbourhood forums to work collaborativel...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
The project explores neighbourhood working and localism, which is related to the question but does not directly address the role of communities in the local devolution agenda.
The framework outlined reflects the realities of service delivery for the purposes of research and to assist practitioners to reflect on their policy context. The evidence indicates that service delivery remains predomin...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Durham University
The project focuses on the relationships between local communities and national policy systems, which is not directly relevant to the question.