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Place-based leadership: A new perspective on urban regeneration (2015)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2015). Place-based leadership: A new perspective on urban regeneration. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 9(1), 10-24

The role of inspirational leadership in bringing about successful urban regeneration has been neglected. This paper attempts to provide a corrective by exploring the role of place-based leadership in modern urban governance. It outlines arguments tha... Read More about Place-based leadership: A new perspective on urban regeneration.

Beyond resilience: The role of leadership in progressive planning (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2015, July). Beyond resilience: The role of leadership in progressive planning. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning, Prague, Czech Republic

Resilience has become an influential concept in planning theory and, to some extent, in planning practice. This paper, by drawing on research on the role of place-based leadership in promoting progressive planning and urban innovation in cities in f... Read More about Beyond resilience: The role of leadership in progressive planning.

From smart cities to wise cities (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2015, April). From smart cities to wise cities. Paper presented at Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Much of the literature on so-called ‘smart cities’ is self-congratulatory in tone. Digital enthusiasts claim that the current revolution in communication technologies will transform cities in the 21st Century in the way electricity changed them in t... Read More about From smart cities to wise cities.

Analysing change in urban political leadership: Does introducing a mayoral form of governance make a difference? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sweeting, D., & Hambleton, R. (2015, April). Analysing change in urban political leadership: Does introducing a mayoral form of governance make a difference?. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Annual Conference, Miami, Florida, USA

The reform of the institutions of urban political leadership is often put forward as a means to improve city governance. Introducing alternative arrangements for decision-making within a municipality can redistribute the powers and responsibilities o... Read More about Analysing change in urban political leadership: Does introducing a mayoral form of governance make a difference?.

Place-based leadership and urban innovation: The unsung drivers of progressive change in the modern era (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2015, April). Place-based leadership and urban innovation: The unsung drivers of progressive change in the modern era. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Miami, Florida, USA

Place-less power, meaning the exercise of power by decision makers who are unconcerned about the impact of their decisions on communities living in particular places, has grown significantly in the last thirty years. A consequence is that societies... Read More about Place-based leadership and urban innovation: The unsung drivers of progressive change in the modern era.

Civic leadership and local politics in multi-cultural cities (2015)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R. (2015). Civic leadership and local politics in multi-cultural cities. In B. G. Peters, P. von Maravic, & E. Schroeter (Eds.), Politics of Representative Bureaucracy: Power, Legitimacy and Performance (140-160). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Leading the inclusive city. Place-based innovation for a bounded planet (2015)
Book
Hambleton, R. (2015). Leading the inclusive city. Place-based innovation for a bounded planet. Bristol: Policy Press

Cities are often seen as helpless victims in a global flow of events and many view growing inequality in cities as inevitable. This engaging book rejects this gloomy prognosis and argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to... Read More about Leading the inclusive city. Place-based innovation for a bounded planet.

Place-based leadership: A new approach to justice in planning? (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, July). Place-based leadership: A new approach to justice in planning?. Paper presented at From Control to Co-evolution: AESOP Annual Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Planning theorists have neglected the role of leadership in planning. A consequence is that planning scholarship is missing opportunities to advance the influence of planning in creating more just and more inclusive cities. This paper argues that p... Read More about Place-based leadership: A new approach to justice in planning?.

Leading the inclusive city: International lesson drawing for future urban governance (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, June). Leading the inclusive city: International lesson drawing for future urban governance. Paper presented at City Futures 2014, Paris

Some commentators take the view that the growth of multi-national companies operating on a global basis is now so well developed that cities are best viewed as helpless victims in a global flow of events. Distant, unelected decision makers now deter... Read More about Leading the inclusive city: International lesson drawing for future urban governance.

From the smart city to the wise city: The role of universities in place-based leadership (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, June). From the smart city to the wise city: The role of universities in place-based leadership. Presented at Smart City: New Media, Social Participation and Urban Governance, Shanghai, China

For a variety of reasons the notion of the smart city has grown in popularity and some even claim that all cities now have to be ‘smart’. For example, some digital enthusiasts argue that advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) a... Read More about From the smart city to the wise city: The role of universities in place-based leadership.

Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2014, May). Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power. Paper presented at Innovative governance patterns and grassroots activism in local events, Milan, Italy

This paper is about concepts – place, power, leadership, inclusion and public innovation. These topics are not always centre-stage in discussions of grassroots activism. It will be suggested that they deserve to be given more attention by those wis... Read More about Inclusive urban leadership: New ways of strengthening place-based power.

Place-based leadership: A new agenda for spatial planning and local governance (2014)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2014). Place-based leadership: A new agenda for spatial planning and local governance

Study an example of bold and imaginative planning and you will encounter leadership – probably inspirational leadership. Planning professionals understand this well enough. In contrast, planning theorists have paid very little attention to the impo... Read More about Place-based leadership: A new agenda for spatial planning and local governance.

Learning from cities in other countries (2014)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R., & Gross, J. S. (2014). Learning from cities in other countries. In R. L. Kemp, & C. J. Stephani (Eds.), Global Models of Urban Planning: Best Practices outside the United States (32-36). Jefferson NC: McFarland and Company Inc

Innovation in urban political leadership. Reflections on the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in Bristol, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R., & Sweeting, D. (2014). Innovation in urban political leadership. Reflections on the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in Bristol, UK. Public Money and Management, 34(5), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2014.945793

In May 2012, 10 of England's largest cities, outside London, were required to hold referendums giving citizens the option of introducing a directly-elected mayor. Bristol was the only city to vote in favour of the mayoral model. This paper outlines t... Read More about Innovation in urban political leadership. Reflections on the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in Bristol, UK.

Place-based leadership: a new avenue for planning research? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2013, September). Place-based leadership: a new avenue for planning research?. Paper presented at Annual UK/Ireland Planning Research Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Place-based leadership and radical innovation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2013, July). Place-based leadership and radical innovation. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the European Urban Research Association, Enschede, The Netherlands

Place-Based Leadership and Public Service Innovation (2013)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R., & Howard, J. (2013). Place-Based Leadership and Public Service Innovation. Local Government Studies, 39(1), 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2012.693076

This article discusses two matters that are becoming increasingly important in debates about local government: place-based leadership and public service innovation. The troubling international economic outlook means that many local authorities are fo... Read More about Place-Based Leadership and Public Service Innovation.