Public Services Programme

Christopher Hood presented a talk on Resistance to change across the public sector at the Guardian Public Services Summit in February 2010.
Information and ‘post-event content’ from the Summit… read more

The latest newsletter of the ESRC Public Services Programme is now out (Winter 2010 Number 9).
 The newsletter contains an update on the position of the PSP at this point in time, together with… read more

The International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) annual conference will be held in Berne on 7th - 9th April 2010
The title is: The Crisis: Challenges for Public… read more

The 2020 Public Services Trust are holding a seminar on 18th February 2010 at  RSA, London. 
The seminar is entiltled Citizen, State & Society and Future Delivery of Public Services .read more

The January edition of the journal Evaluation is now out and was edited by PSP Fellow, Oliver James and PSP Deputy Director, Deborah Wilson
 Evaluation: The International Journal of… read more

A talk by Programme Director Christopher Hood entitled ‘Risk and Government: The architectonics of blame-avoidance’  on 5th February drew an audience of 800 people, and focused on the risk that… read more

 The special issue of Political Quarterly has now been published:
Options for Britain II: Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges.
Edited by Varun Uberoi, Adam Coutts, Iain… read more

In an article on 6th January in The Guardian newspaper, David Brindle stated “Shortly before Christmas, many of the best brains in public services studies gathered to reflect upon… read more

11th December 2009 How do you manage public services in tough economic times? Analysis of the pre-Budget report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has found that all the… read more

A policy briefing paper entitled “Managing by Numbers: the Way to Make Public Services Better?” by Christopher Hood, Ruth Dixon and Deborah Wilson has been featured in an article… read more