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Can the directly elected mayoral model deliver? Innovation, limitation and adaptation: Lessons from the City of Bristol (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter analyses the position of a directly elected mayor as a mechanism to deliver transformative change to local government in England. Through a narrative exploration of the trajectory of mayoral governance in the City of Bristol, analysis in... Read More about Can the directly elected mayoral model deliver? Innovation, limitation and adaptation: Lessons from the City of Bristol.

Communicating, campaigning and curating: Interrogating councillors’ use of Twitter in the City of Bristol (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Social Media as a communication platform represents a novel and growing space for individuals and groups as well as state and non-state actors. The value of digital data to political parties has resulted in the proliferation of digital products which... Read More about Communicating, campaigning and curating: Interrogating councillors’ use of Twitter in the City of Bristol.

Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

When Bristol’s first directly elected mayor Independent George Ferguson was sworn in during a ceremony at Brunel’s historic Temple Meads station he asserted “I believe today we have voted for a new way of doing things.” Now into second year of his te... Read More about Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor.

Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The modern councillor lives in an era of complex local governance operating in multiple arenas and networks rather than purely through old-style national/local government structures. The Localism Act (2011) offers no respite from the challenges to th... Read More about Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house.

Categorising NEDs: An exploration of the factors which inform the adoption of different conceptions of representation & accountability amongst non-executive directors, an early discussion (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Debates emerging from the financial crisis have called into question both current ownership models and present accountability mechanisms as the optimum mechanism with which to provide oversight, challenge and scrutiny of the actions of corporate boar... Read More about Categorising NEDs: An exploration of the factors which inform the adoption of different conceptions of representation & accountability amongst non-executive directors, an early discussion.

Ghost runs: Management and status assessment of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) returning to British Columbia's central and north coasts (2008)
Journal Article

The management of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) populations, which are spatially distributed across thousands of waterways in coastal British Columbia, Canada, presents considerable challenges to resource managers. We evaluated the efficacy of s... Read More about Ghost runs: Management and status assessment of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) returning to British Columbia's central and north coasts.