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Paul Cairney
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date.
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Political science 58%
Business 12%

The number of ginger people in senior positions in the UK government is getting perilously low.

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Peer review hot take:

I was in a discussion about how everyone hates when you get diametrically opposed advice on an R&R, and I am here to tell you that I *love* when I get conflicting R&R advice. The disagreement is all the permission you need to decide exactly what you want to do and just do that

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working with good coauthors be like

Delivering change after the UK covid inquiry
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Looking for a postdoc to collect and analyse policy network data in coastal communities in the east of England as part of the £3m ARISE project. Apply until 1 Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ781/ #sna #networkanalysis #acjobs #polisky #polisci #publicpolicy #policyanalysis #netsci #ergm #network #postdoc
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Its year's end, and the @jeppjournal.bsky.social has been kind enough to fill our stockings with some FREE, Open Access articles until Dec 31st. One is dear to my heart. A 🧵 on fiscal federalism and local government fiscal policy. 🏛️ 🌐
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The other side of chaos COVID-19, federal spending, and local government volatility
We examine the influence of COVID-19 and federal responses to it on budget dynamics of local governments in the US. While it is commonly and implicitly assumed that budgetary difficulty primarily r...
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Glad that the younger generation can finally experience being gubbed by Brazil in a world cup.

Thanks Julia. Even the thought of one person reading it cheered me up!

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How should policy actors respond to buzzwords? Three ways to deal with policy ambiguity

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How should policy actors respond to buzzwords? Three ways to deal with policy ambiguity - Policy Sciences
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The first deadline is 18th November (tomorrow). The deadline for research fellows is 2nd December (not tomorrow).

You will have the continuous opportunity to explain the meaning of FORTH2O whenever people don't see the logo: the Forth (Water Basin and surrounding area) is the 'place' in which we situate a 'place based approach', and the H precedes the number 2 and letter O to describe water. It is that simple.

Research Partnership Manager
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Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.
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We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project

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We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project
These posts will help to deliver key tasks for the FORTH2O Policy Innovation Partnership at the University of Stirling. For a thorough description of the project and its progress, please see: A ren…
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We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project
paulcairney.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/w...
We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project
These posts will help to deliver key tasks for the FORTH2O Policy Innovation Partnership at the University of Stirling. For a thorough description of the project and its progress, please see: A ren…
paulcairney.wordpress.com

Now published in the latest Policy Design and Practice:

So you want to be a systems leader?

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It's an article about systems leadership. You don't need to want to be a systems leader to read it.
So you want to be a systems leader?
Systems leaders are trusted actors who help many people to collaborate to address wicked policy problems. These policy problems resist simple solutions by a few powerful actors in one center of gov...
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