Publications

Review: Democracy and Its Discontents in the Digital Age

C. Fellow

Journal of Social and Human Development

A critical review of recent scholarship on the relationship between digital technology and democratic institutions, assessing competing claims about polarisation, participation, and trust.

Who Shows Up? Patterns of Civic Participation in Local Governance

A. Researcher, B. Scholar

Journal of Social and Human Development

Drawing on a three-year panel survey, this article maps who participates in local governance and why, identifying the structural and behavioural factors that drive — and depress — civic engagement across communities.

Measuring State Capacity: A Subnational Index

B. Scholar, E. Analyst

We propose a composite index of subnational state capacity built from administrative, fiscal, and service-delivery indicators, and validate it against independent measures of governance performance.

The Public Policy Reader: Evidence for Better Governance

B. Scholar

An accessible introduction to evidence-based policymaking, bringing together case studies in welfare, health, and education to show how research can inform better public decisions.

Ethics by Design: Responsible Data Practices in Social Research

A. Researcher

In: Handbook of Digital Social Science

This chapter argues for embedding ethical safeguards into the data lifecycle from the outset, offering a practical framework for consent, privacy, and fairness in research that uses behavioural and administrative data.