PlaceCast is a Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub production based at City-REDI, University of Birmingham. Our new podcast 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 view that it’s only through animating the power of place-based leadership that the … Continue reading “Placecast podcast – Episode Five – Bridging the Gap: Universities, Policy, and the Power of Place”
Responding to Richard Jones: Civic Engagement in Practice at City-REDI and the University of Birmingham
In this response to Richard Jones’ blog, Rebecca Riley highlights how the University of Birmingham is putting civic engagement into practice through City-REDI, the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub, and its Civic Agreement. Showing how universities can play a vital role in tackling regional inequality and supporting local growth. Richard Jones’ recent blog offers … Continue reading “Responding to Richard Jones: Civic Engagement in Practice at City-REDI and the University of Birmingham”
Why the LPIP Hub Needs a Common Language: Introducing Our Glossary of Terms
Elizabeth Goodyear introduces the LPIP Hub’s new glossary as a vital step toward building a shared language that strengthens collaboration across diverse sectors in place-based policy innovation. At the Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub, collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Whether working with academic institutions, policymakers, community organisations, or other stakeholders, we face … Continue reading “Why the LPIP Hub Needs a Common Language: Introducing Our Glossary of Terms”
The Hidden Glue: The People Behind the Scenes of Collaborative Partnerships
Elizabeth Goodyear highlights how the unsung individuals—boundary-spanners, knowledge mobilisers, and empathetic leaders—are the hidden glue holding successful university-community partnerships together through their essential, often unrecognised relational work. When we talk about the successes of collaborative, place-based partnerships between universities and communities, we often spotlight big achievements: policy shifts, sustainability wins, innovative health projects. But behind … Continue reading “The Hidden Glue: The People Behind the Scenes of Collaborative Partnerships”
Placecast podcast – Episode Four – Inclusive Innovation with Nina Ruddle and Gerardo Javier Arriaga-Garcia
PlaceCast is a Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub production based at City-REDI, University of Birmingham. Our new podcast 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 view that it’s only through animating the power of place-based leadership that the … Continue reading “Placecast podcast – Episode Four – Inclusive Innovation with Nina Ruddle and Gerardo Javier Arriaga-Garcia”
Policy Innovate – 25 June 2025
Welcome to the next edition of Policy Innovate. Policy Innovate aims to gather and disseminate the work of the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) programme and wider relevant research to provide evidence on building confidence, capacity, and capability in an effective service-driven approach to place-based policy-making and public service delivery. The LPIP Hub seeks to address … Continue reading “Policy Innovate – 25 June 2025”
Why Power and Privilege Matters: Key Considerations for Meaningful Community Engagement
Carly Walker-Dawson discusses how to achieve meaningful community engagement by acknowledging and addressing power imbalances to build trust, value lived experience, and foster equitable, inclusive participation. When doing community engagement – as academics, policy makers or practitioners – we often think or say that we’re equals with the communities we’re working with. But we’re not. … Continue reading “Why Power and Privilege Matters: Key Considerations for Meaningful Community Engagement”
Why Do We Want to Analyse the Local Economy as a System?
Maryna Ramcharan explains that local economies are dynamic, interconnected systems in which people, jobs, businesses, and technology continuously shape one another. Taking a systems approach to analyse local economies provides deeper insights into what makes them tick. Analytical projects often focus on specific parts of the economic or social system — a necessary limitation driven … Continue reading “Why Do We Want to Analyse the Local Economy as a System?”
Policy News – June 2025
This blog summarises the latest policy news that is important to place, including reports, inquiries, consultations, government research and events. View previous editions. UK Government reports Title Details Published Industrial Strategy Policy paper from the Department for Business and Trade 23 June 2025 UK Government inquiries and consultations Title Details Deadline Community benefits and shared … Continue reading “Policy News – June 2025”
People, Place and Value: British Academy Innovation Fellowship Within the LPIP Hub
Victoria Barker discusses her BA Fellowship, which looks at community engagement with cultural infrastructures and policy. As a researcher whose interests sit at the intersection of arts, humanities, social sciences and policy, I have long been interested in the different kinds of value that are created and celebrated by the cultural and creative sector, and … Continue reading “People, Place and Value: British Academy Innovation Fellowship Within the LPIP Hub”