Ten years ago on #OTD the Christie Commission report into the future delivery of public services in Scotland was published gov.scot/publications/commis…
There's sure to be lots of discussion over the next few months about the impact of Christie and what's changed since then 1/
💡 Our new blogpost argues for a participatory research agenda to advance the Community Economy, given ongoing social and ecological crises (local-to-global) – inequalities, climate emergency, democratic deficits, pandemic(s) ... #demopart#OpenAccess👇🏼 policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/com…
Great to hear this! Join Wendy Faulkner, @ClaireBynner & @OliverEscobar for the launch of the Public Engagement Handbook this Friday (17 July), 10am (UK time), hosted by @UoE_EFIeventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-…
long time coming! I'm delighted to host this launch at @UoE_EFI with @policyscotland A handbook that takes a 4-stage approach to designing dialogic & deliberative public engagement.Masterful resource by Wendy Faulkner & @ClaireBynner @WWScot Everyone welcome! #demopart#delibwave
Next up is Sarah Ward @sward2205 presenting at @WWScot on Assets Based Community Development. I was lucky to examine Sarah’s thesis and learnt lots about ABCD at the frontline and the challenges of tackling inequalities and mobilising for social change
And finally the groundbreaking work by @Tamara_Mulherin who’s conducted an ethnography of inter-organising in the context of Health and Social Care Integration in Scotland - understanding collaborative practices through materiality and the micro politics of interaction @WWScot
Now @Kirsty_Deacon1 presents key findings from her thesis about ‘young people’s experiences of having a family member in prison’ - insights into often forgotten perspectives that trouble simplistic narratives about prison/punishment/justice @WWScot
This afternoon we’re discussing brilliant doctoral research projects from What Works Scotland @WWScot Starting with @JCullingworth ‘Third sector interfaces in Scotland: Manufacturing civil society’ -fascinating research into the complex relationship between state and third sector
@TSRFScot newsletter, with a write up of the recent Collaborating for Impact event. I spoke on the panel talking about impact from the perspective of an academic... talk about imposter syndrome! @UofGUrbStudies@WWScot
Autumn newsletter is out with photographs from TSRF conference in October, information about NHS Health Scotland Knowledge Services - accessible to third sector orgs. and updates from forum members. Take a minute to see it here bit.ly/31Pwy3D#research#thirdsector
Please check out this Families Outside In Brief where I try and distill my PhD into 4 pages!
Key Finding 1 - Young people's experiences of a family member's imprisonment are different to children's more generally. What can we do to make sure that they feel heard and supported?
Our latest In Brief #research focuses on young people's experiences of a family member's #imprisonment.
Key findings show that 11-25 year olds are very different from #children, they feel forgotten & ignored, & they need greater consideration.
Read now familiesoutside.org.uk/conte…
Delighted the 1st meeting of the Global PB Hub will be in Edinburgh during #PBConf19 week, bringing practitioners together from across the world for sharing learning, research & resource development for PB practitioners.
Special shout out to Scotland’s own @EvelynOD1 💪🌎🏴
Meet the new global leadership of #participatorybudgeting:
36 diverse officials, staff, researchers & advocates from 21 countries who will lead the global growth of PB, thanks to support from
@Hewlett_Found
Read more about the new Global PB Hub:
participatorybudgeting.org/g…
An interesting evening hearing from @davidmartinmep @policyscotland about Scotland’s Citizens’ Assembly. Clear links with #participatorybudgeting and new ways to do democracy and decision making in Scotland