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Welcome to Placecast, a Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub production based at the University of Birmingham.Placecast is essential listening for those keen to explore the ins and outs of knowledge mobilisation for influence in central and local government, based on the…
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Placecast Episode 23: Water, Place and the Power of Connection (opens the original)
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How can water help us think differently about place, policy and public service reform? In this episode of Placecast, presenter Nicola Headlam is joined by Deryck Irving from the University of Stirling and the FORTH2O Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) to explore how water can act as a powerful lens for understanding place-based innovation, resilience and collaboration. Drawing on work across central Scotland, Deryck discusses the challenges of managing water as both a vital resource and
Placecast Episode 22: Ecological Citizenship, Stewardship and Local Democracy (opens the original)
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In this episode of Placecast , presenter Nicola Headlam is joined by Amy Burnett , LPIP Policy Fellow, researcher and practitioner in local governance, sustainability and community-led change. Amy reflects on her journey from working on decentralisation projects in Angola to researching town and parish councils in England, exploring how local democracy, stewardship and participation can create more resilient and sustainable places. Drawing on her work with neighbourhood planning, the Transition
Placecast Episode 21: Place, Pride and Poetry - Creative Ways to Understand Community (opens the original)
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In this episode of Placecast , presenter Nicola Headlam is joined by Joseph Owen, Nicky Marsh, and Cara Headon to explore how communities understand, experience and shape the places they call home. Drawing on the University of Southampton's Feeling Towns research and the Mansbridge Heritage Project , the conversation examines the complex idea of "pride in place" and asks what happens when policymakers try to measure something as personal, emotional and locally specific as people's relationship w
Placecast Episode 20: How AI Could Transform Local Government (opens the original)
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In Placecast Episode 20 , presenter Nicola Headlam speaks with economic development consultant and LPIP Policy Fellow Kevin Fenning about the growing role of artificial intelligence in local government. Drawing on research that identified more than 100 examples of AI use across the sector , Kevin explores how councils are adopting AI to support services ranging from social care and planning to fraud detection, customer engagement and infrastructure maintenance. The conversation examines both the
Placecast Episode 19: Why UK Local Economic Policy Keeps Failing (opens the original)
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In this episode of Placecast, presenter Nicola Headlam is joined by Glenn Athey, a freelance consultant and LPIP Fellow with over 31 years of experience in economic development. Glenn brings a forensic and refreshingly candid lens to one of the most persistent problems in UK public policy: why decades of place-based economic interventions have repeatedly failed to close regional inequalities — and what we might do differently. Drawing on his work across regional development agencies, local enter
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