Professor Nick Clarke

Research groups

Research interests

• I research the political geographies of governance and citizenship, with a focus on three main areas:
• 1) Innovative responses to globalisation (2004-present)
• This research has been funded by grants from the Nuffield Foundation and the Local Government Alliance for International Development. On global citizenship, I¡¯ve published three articles on mobile transnational citizens. On ethical consumption, my co-authored book,?Globalising Responsibility, approached ethical consumption as a platform for campaigning by social movement organisations. On interurban partnerships, I¡¯ve published five articles on town twinning, comparative urbanism, and urban policy mobilities.
• 2) The challenges presented to representative democracy by the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the rise of populism, Brexit, and the ÍøÂç²ÊƱAPPÏÂÔØ_°Ä¿Í²ÊƱÍø-¹Ù·½ÓÎÏ·, pandemic (2013-present)
• This research has been funded by grants from the ESRC and the British Academy. On the relations between national and local government, I¡¯ve published two articles on localism. On the relations between politicians and citizens, my co-authored book,?The Good Politician, introduced a new dataset to Political Studies (biographical writing from the Mass Observation Archive) and opened up a new research agenda on how citizens judge politics.

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