http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/research/projects/index.aspx?RelatedItemsList_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/2013/ways-knowing.aspx This diverse inter-disciplinary project will draw together different perspectives produced through collaborative research generating a range of resources aimed at different audiences to inform the development of creative and reflexive collaborative practice. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:14:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/2013/ways-knowing.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/2013/community-governance-context-decentralisation.aspx This review will explore why these crucial concerns remain unresolved and consider creative responses to issues of demand, mobilisation, equity and risk. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:13:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/2013/community-governance-context-decentralisation.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/2013/towards-transformative-co-production-in-local-public-services.aspx This review explore the tensions in thinking about co-production as a substitutive response to austerity and consider when, where and how citizens and professionals can work together to deliver transformation in local public services. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:14:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/2013/towards-transformative-co-production-in-local-public-services.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/unmanned-aerial-vehicles.aspx This project will examine the impact of a recent and on-going development in science and technology (drones) on prospects for conflict and cooperation in countries where drones are deployed. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/unmanned-aerial-vehicles.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/shrinking-the-state.aspx This three year project will analyse the UK Coalition Government's major reform of 'arm's length bodies' (ALBs – often called 'quangos'). Quangos are a frequent focus for public, political and media criticism, regarded as unaccountable, wasteful, and self-serving. But they are also indispensible to modern government, preventing ministers from becoming overloaded, bringing expert advice and management to complex policy issues, and undertaking regulatory and quasi-judicial tasks that need to be politically independent. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/shrinking-the-state.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/international-perceptions-african-agency.aspx This project investigates the place of African states in the international system and seeks to understand what space exists for aid-dependent governments to exercise agency in relations with donors. In exploring these issues it focus on the case of Uganda's NRM regime which has enjoyed very substantial international support despite its increasingly authoritarian nature, destabilising regional policy and questionable human rights record. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:25:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/international-perceptions-african-agency.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/2011-multiparty-elections-uganda.aspx This project will examine every aspect of the 2011 elections, including the role of international donors, party financing, security personnel, ethnic politics and socio-cultural phenomena, in an attempt to assess whether it represents a step towards a consolidated, multiparty democracy for Uganda. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:14:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/2011-multiparty-elections-uganda.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-ownership-peace-missions.aspx A team of researchers at IDD has won EU funding for a project that could help transform international peacebuilding and statebuilding missions. Dr. Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, supervised by Professor Paul Jackson and Dr Heather Marquette, has begun a two-year Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship that will deepen understanding of 'local ownership'. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:38:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-ownership-peace-missions.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/eu-domestic-change-post-soviet-states.aspx The project seeks to answer the following question: 'What role does the European Union (EU) play in domestic change in the post-Soviet states'? Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/eu-domestic-change-post-soviet-states.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/delivering-devolution-under-renewable.aspx The research starts at an exciting time with renewable energy forming a central role in UK energy policy and the politics of devolution entering a new phase following the 2010 General Election. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/delivering-devolution-under-renewable.aspx Environmental politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/innovative-teaching-research-academic-partnership.aspx The project will seek to develop innovative educational and research links between The University of Birmingham and the Kazakh-British Technical University. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/innovative-teaching-research-academic-partnership.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/institute-german-studies/research/projects/zeitgeist.aspx What does it mean to be German in the 21st century? To inherit a difficult history and be subject to national stereotypes — or much more than that? Zeitgeist investigates ideas and identity in an age of globalisation and multiculturalism. What does Germany mean to the rest of the world now? What do we make of a nation that merged two states into one, is home to the 2009 Nobel literary prizewinner, and has pursued the European project in all its cultural, political, and financial forms? Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:43:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/institute-german-studies/research/projects/zeitgeist.aspx igs current project http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/institutional-change-defence-policy-eu.aspx The aim of the proposed project is to carry out detailed research, via both documentary evidence and interviews with policy makers, in order to assess the validity of these competing claims. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/institutional-change-defence-policy-eu.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/corruption-indicators-performance-assessment-frameworks.aspx This research examines the role of indicators focused on corruption within performance assessment frameworks (PAFs) for budget support, particularly in terms of their effectiveness in monitoring corruption at the macro-level, monitoring anti-corruption projects or institutions, and monitoring budget expenditures. It will be published as a U4 issues paper in early 2012. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/corruption-indicators-performance-assessment-frameworks.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/swahili-seas.aspx The Swahili Seas project is based in Gazi Bay, Kenya, and aims to link local coastal communities with global carbon trading to support the conservation of an area of mangrove forest in exchange for payments which will be used to support community development. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:38:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/swahili-seas.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/beyond-ethnicity-conflict-rwanda.aspx This project analyses strategies used to create 'new' national identities after violent ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and Rwanda and explores their implications. Both states experienced civil wars ended by a military victory and the substantial defeat of armed opposition within national territory. Post conflict governments in both states expressed an intention to promote a new national identity, replacing and de-legitimising ethnicity. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:09:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/beyond-ethnicity-conflict-rwanda.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/male-transgender-sex-work-uk-netherlands.aspx The proposed research seeks to contribute to academic and policy debates about commercial sex by advancing empirical and theoretical knowledge in the under-explored area of male and transgender sex work. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/male-transgender-sex-work-uk-netherlands.aspx genderandfeministtheory http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/seanergy-2020.aspx he project is targeted towards regional and national authorities, EU decision-makers, planners, regulators, transmission system operators and marine renewable energy project developers. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/seanergy-2020.aspx Environmental politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/locating-legitimacy-peacebuilding-politics-space.aspx This research seeks to contribute to this emergent literature by sharing the insights of civil society organisations regarding effective ways to engage the UNPBC to ensure that all activities and policies are formulated and implemented with an awareness of how gender matters in peacebuilding and reconstruction. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/locating-legitimacy-peacebuilding-politics-space.aspx International relations theory http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/quest-peace-biography-abba-eban.aspx The objective of this project is to complete a single-authored research monograph about the life of Abba Eban and his pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace. This project aims to provide a multi-level analysis of Middle East peacemaking through a substantive biography of Eban, Israel's foremost statesman. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/quest-peace-biography-abba-eban.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/african-actvism-world-trade-organisation.aspx The research seeks to identify and critically analyse the bargaining strategies of African states in the negotiating processes during the current Doha Round. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/african-actvism-world-trade-organisation.aspx Diplomacy and negotiation http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/future-for-aid-data.aspx The project investigates the incentives and disincentives for non traditional donors to adhere to International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) categorisation and code of conduct and in the wake of such non binding IATI or OECD-DAC standards, what challenges and opportunities such donors bring to the IATI. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:44:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/future-for-aid-data.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/negotiating-worker-identity-under-post-socialism.aspx The project will theorise, and provide a basis for comparative evaluation of, the impact of neoliberalism on the working class outside the normal. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/negotiating-worker-identity-under-post-socialism.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/integrated-public-service-budgets.aspx This research, examines and establishes the costs and benefits of aligning or pooling budgets across activities, services, and organisations. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/integrated-public-service-budgets.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-response-global-financial-crisis.aspx This research project will examine the response of the IMF to the global financial crisis, focusing specifically on an analysis and evaluation of changes to the IMF's lending practices. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-response-global-financial-crisis.aspx International political economy http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/increasing-uk-conflict-resolution-capacity.aspx Funded by the ESRC, this knowledge exchange project focuses on four key areas of conflict resolution capacity, identified in close consultation with key Whitehall stakeholders: early warning, conflict resolution, natural resources, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/increasing-uk-conflict-resolution-capacity.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/research/collaborative-futures/index.aspx - New Insights from Intra and Inter-Sectoral Collaborations. Collaboration, variously described and defined, is firmly established within and between the public, private and third / community sectors in the UK and internationally. However, in spite of the continued enthusiasm for collaboration, evidence of its success is thin and contested and opinions are divided about its value. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:53:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/research/collaborative-futures/index.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/future-political-opposition-Russia.aspx The research adds to the existing academic debate on democratisation and will be of direct interest to Western policy-makers at a time of worsening relations between the West and Russia and growing Western concern with the nature of Russian democracy. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/research/projects/future-political-opposition-Russia.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/paradoxes-contradictions-eu-middle-east.aspx This research project seeks to cast empirical and theoretical light upon an increasingly important aspect of international politics: attempts by the 'West' to export democracy to other regions. While acknowledging that the European Union (EU) is not the only actor with a democratisation agenda for the Middle East and that there are strategic reasons for the EU's involvement in the region. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/paradoxes-contradictions-eu-middle-east.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/impact-local-authorities-supplying-legal-services-nhs-trusts.aspx This research, undertaken by Dr Peter Watt, examines the business case for such provision and the legal issues that arise in working in such a way. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/impact-local-authorities-supplying-legal-services-nhs-trusts.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/international-terrorism-post-911.aspx This project considers comparative responses to international terrorism post 9/11 and contributes to current debates over state responses to political violence. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/international-terrorism-post-911.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/treasury-under-new-labour-since-1997.aspx The study will produce a politico-administrative anatomy of HM Treasury, the UK's finance and economics ministry, in its five roles: as a central department, ministry of finance, economics ministry, domestic policy department, and agency of foreign economic policy. Its role since 1997 will be placed in historical, ideological and global contexts. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/treasury-under-new-labour-since-1997.aspx British politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-diffusion-global-economic-norms.aspx The project will examine the changing responsibilities of the International Monetary Finance in the aftermath of the global credit crunch, as well as how the organisation is likely to continue to evolve in the future. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-diffusion-global-economic-norms.aspx International political economy http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/religions-development.aspx The Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium is an international research partnership that is exploring the relationships between several major world religions, development in low-income countries and poverty reduction. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/religions-development.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/local-authority-charging-non-residential-social-care-services-wales.aspx A review of the existing pattern of charges levied by Welsh local authorities for non-residential social care services and assessment of options for introducing more consistency into charging for these services across Wales. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/local-authority-charging-non-residential-social-care-services-wales.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/business-case-linkage-plus.aspx The research analysed the costs and benefits of a number of linkage plus pilot schemes across England and found that there are benefits to both taxpayers and older people from an holistic approach to service delivery, in which the voluntary and statutory sectors work together to improve access, remove duplication and overlap and share resources. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/business-case-linkage-plus.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/small-parties.aspx Small parties are a vital way for local citizens to signal discontent to the local political elite, pursue a single-issue cause, focus on local concerns and enhance political accountability and engagement. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:12:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/small-parties.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/service-providers.aspx The overall aim of the research is to understand how the relationship between government and non-state providers is affected by their different perspectives on public action and how these in turn are affected by the relationship. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:46:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/service-providers.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/security-system-transformation-sierra-leone.aspx The main objective of the project is to produce a detailed study of UK supported security sector reform (SSR) in Sierra Leone from 1999 - 2007 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/security-system-transformation-sierra-leone.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/social-economic-impacts-land-titling.aspx This study aims to assess the extent to which land titling programmes in developing country urban areas have achieved the outcomes and impacts claimed for them. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:48:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/social-economic-impacts-land-titling.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/democratic-anchorage-governance-networks-europe.aspx The project will assist policy makers, public service managers, and citizens to develop the democratic aspects of their approaches to collaborative decision-making and service delivery. It is also linked to advanced training for PhD students in Europe (see PhD web pages). Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:07:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/democratic-anchorage-governance-networks-europe.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-government-post-conflict-zones.aspx Dr Paul Jackson was tasked with producing a background paper on local government reconstruction in post-conflict environments for the UNDP. This involved developing a literature review and leading on a seminar for UNDP representatives engaged in post-conflict environments. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-government-post-conflict-zones.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/urban-families-kenya-zambia-hiv-aids.aspx This research project investigated the impact of short-term shocks and long duration stresses due to economic decline and ill-health, especially HIV / AIDS, on the livelihood strategies of poor urban households and their wider social networks in Nairobi, Kenya and Lusaka and Ndola, Zambia. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/urban-families-kenya-zambia-hiv-aids.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/accountability-impacts-modernisation-agenda.aspx This study analysed the accountability impact of the reforms of English local government since 1997. The project formed part of a long-term meta-evaluation of the Local Government Modernisation Agenda (LGMA). Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:07:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/accountability-impacts-modernisation-agenda.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/european-union-border-conflicts.aspx The project seeks to understand whether and how the EU, through integration and association, can help to transform the nature of borders from lines of conflict to lines of cooperation. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/european-union-border-conflicts.aspx european politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/interpreting-international-relations-interrogating-global-politics.aspx The project questions the foundations of meaning in the discipline of International Relations, gesturing towards the idea of global politics as a more appropriate frame of reference for the ever-changing contemporary world. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/interpreting-international-relations-interrogating-global-politics.aspx International relations theory http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/joint-evaluation-general-budget-support.aspx To evaluate the impact of general budget support in reducing poverty in Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda and Vietnam. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:17:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/joint-evaluation-general-budget-support.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/narratives-violence-north-caucasus.aspx The aim of this project is to analyse political violence in the North Caucasus. Of particular interest is the way in which aspects of violence in the North Caucasus have inscribed narratives of identity and broader theoretical accounts of transversal politics. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/narratives-violence-north-caucasus.aspx european politics govsoc