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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 Photo 11 years out of date.
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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 8d
The first deadline is 18th November (tomorrow). The deadline for research fellows is 2nd December (not tomorrow).

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 13d
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.

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 13d
Website for the project
forth2o.ac.uk
FORTH2O Policy Innovation Partnership
A ground-breaking Partnership in the Forth Water Basin offering a range of services to support innovation through collaboration.
forth2o.ac.uk

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 13d
Background on the project
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A renewed vision for FORTH2O
This very long blog post describes new developments in the FORTH2O Policy Innovation Partnership (a shorter version will appear on the FORTH2O website). A change in our leadership team, coupled wit…
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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 13d
Research Fellows
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Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling
Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.
www.stir.ac.uk

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 13d
Research Partnership Manager
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Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling
Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.
www.stir.ac.uk

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 13d
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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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 14d
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…
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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 19d
Why don't governments learn, and what can we do about it?
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Why don’t governments learn, and what can we do about it?
The first in our PoPP group’s series of blog posts reflecting on the connections between established political science/ policy theory insights and a renewed focus on learning from success. Learning…
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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 29d
Now published in the latest Policy Design and Practice:

So you want to be a systems leader?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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...
www.tandfonline.com

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Dr. Kate Mattocks @katemattocks.bsky.social · Oct 16
Interesting (esp as I get more and more into public health research) & valuable piece by @paulcairney.bsky.social & colleagues on poli sci approaches to preventative healthcare. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New political science analysis of the renewed push for preventive health: ‘Can it be any different this time around?’
The idea that ‘prevention is better than cure’ is often treated as self-evident in health policymaking: who would not want to shift resources from mit…
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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · Oct 10
A reminder: people say "guru" because it uses fewer characters than "charlatan". But still, do come along...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 29
The 'what did we learn on our summer holidays?' anonymous memo itself archive.ph/5imGV
archive.ph

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · Sep 29
This is….and imagine all the other ways this manifests… and across different contexts
jazzreads.bsky.social JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · Sep 28
So exhausting..

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · Sep 25
Using political science to inform our understanding of the challenges of preventive health policymaking: ‘Can this time be any different?’

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Using political science to inform our understanding of the challenges of preventive health policymaking: ‘Can this time be any different?’
By Paul Cairney, John Boswell, Hashum Mahmood, Annie Bliss. This post summarises our new article in Social Science & Medicine. Advocates of preventive health and care policy often feel like the…
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Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry @covid19inquiry.scot · Sep 19
We will hear from:
🔵 Professor Nicole Busby - Professor in Human Rights, Equality and Justice, @uofglasgow.bsky.social
🔵 Professor @paulcairney.bsky.social - Professor of Politics and Public Policy, @stir.ac.uk

For more information please visit our website: covid19inquiry.scot
Professor Nicole Busby is Professor of Human Rights, Equality and Justice at the University of Glasgow. They have over 30 years of experience focused on EU law, labour law, equality law, and human rights. She holds a PhD in Law, with a specialism in EU and UK sex equality law. She has held key advisory roles and currently serves on the Scottish Government’s Human Rights Incorporation and Implementation Oversight Board. Professor Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Stirling. He specialises in UK and Scottish Government policymaking, with a particular focus on public health and inequalities. He served as Special Advisor to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee inquiry into effective government decision-making, and as an Expert Witness to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, providing a written report and oral evidence on Scottish political governance.

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · Sep 13
Yes, in that there are high/low state versions of the same vague ambition

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · Sep 13
New political science analysis of the renewed push for preventive health: ‘Can it be any different this time around?

doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Redirecting
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polprocessrsch.bsky.social @polprocessrsch.bsky.social · Aug 28
📢 UPDATE! The submission deadline has been extended to September 15th. As always, we look forward to reviewing your proposals.—COPPR Team policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...
COPPR26 Proposal Submission & Registration
Important Dates to Remember June 5, 2025-September 15, 2025: Open call for pre-COPPR workshops, papers, panels, and roundtable proposals October 15, 2025: Notification of accepted or rejected propo…
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polprocessrsch.bsky.social @polprocessrsch.bsky.social · Aug 25
🏛️ Do you map belief systems, coalitions, and policy subsystems? The Advocacy Coalition Framework remains a cornerstone of policy process research — and so is #COPPR26. Submit your ACF work by Aug 31. policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...
COPPR26 Proposal Submission & Registration
Important Dates to Remember June 5, 2025-August 31, 2025: Open call for pre-COPPR workshops, papers, panels, and roundtable proposals September 30, 2025: Notification of accepted or rejected propos…
policyprocessresearch.org

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Clemens Hoffmann @clemhoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 22
We had a wee Stirling in-house think about the relationship between critical climate justice and Policy Studies with Andrea Schapper @envjusticeresstir.bsky.social, @paulcairney.bsky.social, @hyeyoonpark.bsky.social, @neilcrawford.bsky.social
and Hannes Stephan
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New directions in climate justice? A dialogue between critical climate justice and policy studies scholars
New directions in just climate policymaking can emerge from the dialogue between critical climate justice and policy studies scholars. Current climate…
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