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On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university (2022)
Journal Article
Zielke, J., Thompson, M., & Hepburn, P. (2022). On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university. Area, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12815

Three years after finishing a participatory research project with a low‐income community, we look back at the ways we struggled and continue to struggle under the neoliberal climate we find ourselves in. Specifically, we ask whether the managerialise... Read More about On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university.

Self-financing regeneration? Capturing land value through institutional innovations in public housing stock transfer, planning gain and financialisation (2022)
Journal Article
Thompson, M., & Hepburn, P. (2022). Self-financing regeneration? Capturing land value through institutional innovations in public housing stock transfer, planning gain and financialisation. Town Planning Review, 93(3), 251-274. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2021.41

Social, economic and environmental aspects of building sustainable communities receive ample academic and policy attention; far less is paid to finding financially sustainable models of urban regeneration. This case study of the Hattersley Estate in... Read More about Self-financing regeneration? Capturing land value through institutional innovations in public housing stock transfer, planning gain and financialisation.

A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas: A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Hepburn, P. A. (2018). A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas: A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 7(3), 36-49. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.2018070103

TheUKhas,incommonwithmanydevelopedcountries,agrowingelderlypopulation,andwithin this demographic, digital exclusion is now seen as social care issue. This has become a policy challengeforlocalgovernmentthathasane... Read More about A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas: A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK.

What A Difference A Mayor Makes A Case Study Of The Liverpool Mayoral Model (2017)
Journal Article
Headlam, N., & Hepburn, P. (2017). What A Difference A Mayor Makes A Case Study Of The Liverpool Mayoral Model. Local Government Studies, 43(5), 731-751. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2017.1333429

The city region devolution deals have ushered Directly Elected Mayors (DEMs) to the front and centre of the political and governance landscape within English metropolitan regions in the UK. DEMs are invested with high expecta- tions to deliver a rang... Read More about What A Difference A Mayor Makes A Case Study Of The Liverpool Mayoral Model.

Local Democracy in a Digital Age: Lessons for Local Government from the Manchester Congestion Charge Referendum (2013)
Journal Article
Hepburn, P. (2014). Local Democracy in a Digital Age: Lessons for Local Government from the Manchester Congestion Charge Referendum. Local Government Studies, 40(1), 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2013.829457

Local government in England has, in general, struggled with exploiting the much heralded democratic potential of the Internet. Evaluations of the local e-democracy initiatives, funded as part of the New Labour Government’s e-government programme, wer... Read More about Local Democracy in a Digital Age: Lessons for Local Government from the Manchester Congestion Charge Referendum.

Is this local e-democracy? How the online sphere of influence shaped local politics. Empirical evidence from the Manchester Congestion Charge referendum (2012)
Journal Article
Hepburn, P. (2012). Is this local e-democracy? How the online sphere of influence shaped local politics. Empirical evidence from the Manchester Congestion Charge referendum. #Journal not on list, 4(1), 45-66. https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v4i1.89

The debate on the potential of the internet to transform democratic practice appears to have settled around a balanced, empirically driven consensus that sees the internet as a political sphere of influence. This article acknowledges this and drawing... Read More about Is this local e-democracy? How the online sphere of influence shaped local politics. Empirical evidence from the Manchester Congestion Charge referendum.

Local Governance and the Online Networked Public Sphere—A Case Study (2012)
Journal Article
Hepburn, P. (2012). Local Governance and the Online Networked Public Sphere—A Case Study. #Journal not on list, 9(4), 370-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2012.700447

What are the prospects for the Web enhancing the local governance process by provid- ing a networked public sphere? This article addresses this question by researching online local civic activity associated with a case study of a UK local government... Read More about Local Governance and the Online Networked Public Sphere—A Case Study.