Publics and Power

About

Improve understanding of the interface between diverse publics and power holders in political and public service contexts across the Global South and North.
Address power inequalities in governance to advance socially just and sustainable societies.
Evaluate the impacts of different governance models and interventions on citizen-state relationships.
Advancing participatory and innovative approaches to understanding and improving the public-power interface.

Activities and outputs

Special issue Advancing the Commonsverse: The Political Economy of the Commons
SPARC Network
INSPIRE project
Visit by Prof. Peter Hupe (October 2024): The demise of the street-level bureaucrat
Visiting research fellow: Dr Johan Sandén (University of Gothenburg)
‘Shaping Birmingham’s Future Together: Partnership and Sharing Power to Create the Future City’ (with City-REDI and Birmingham City Council)
PSA conference 2025 panel on democratic resilience
PSA conference 2025 workshop on youth participation

Dr Koen P.R. Bartels
Departmental Director of Research
Koen Bartels joined INLOGOV in October 2018 as Senior Lecturer in Public Management. He holds a BSc and MPhil in Public Administration from Leiden University and a PhD in Politics from the University of Glasgow.
Sonia Bussu
Associate Professor in Public Policy
Sonia studies and teaches public policy. Her main research interests are participatory governance and democratic innovations, and creative and arts-based methods for research and public engagement.
Prof Nicole Curato
Professor of Democratic Governance
Nicole Curato's research demonstrates the transformative power of deliberative governance in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
Dr Abena Frimpoma Dadze-Arthur
Assistant Professor
Dr Abena Frimpoma Dadze-Arthur teaches on INLOGOV's modules concerned with public management and governance, public sector economics, democracy along with governance and participation.

Dr Stephen Jeffares
Associate Professor
Stephen is a lecturer in the School of Government based in INLOGOV, Institute for Local Government Studies.
Dr Ting Luo
Associate Professor in Government and Artificial Intelligence
Dr Ting Luo's research focuses on the intersection of technology and governance, with a particular emphasis on digital governance and AI governance.