Advisory Roles

Range of government agencies and journals:

· the Welsh Local Government Data Unit;
· the United Nations Expert Group on Public Sector Effectiveness;
· the Welsh Local Government Association;
· the National Trust;
· the Welsh Improvement Board;
· the Excellence Wales Project;
· the Better Local Regulation Office;
· the Board of BT Wales on Public Policy;
· the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government;
· the New Local Government Network;
· the Public Sector Management Wales Advisory Board;
· the Editorial Board of Local Government Studies;
· British Journal of Management;
· the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory;
· the Public Management Research Association;
· Local Government Studies;
· the Editorial Board of Public Money and Management;
· the Editorial Board of the Solace Foundation Imprint;
· the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory;
· the American Journal of Political Science;
· American Political Science Review;
· Administration and Society;
· Chinese Public Administration Review;
· Journal of Politics;
· Journal of Public Affairs Education;
· Journal of Public Management and Social Policy;
· Political Research Quarterly;
· Presidential Studies Quarterly;
· Public Administration Review;
· Social Science Quarterly and State Politics and Policy Quarterly.

Specific roles:

· Rachel Ashworth is an advisor to the Welsh Local Government Data Unit;
George Boyne is a member of the United Nations Expert Group on Public Sector
Effectiveness and academic adviser to the Welsh Local Government Association;

· Richard Cowell is an advisor on environmental governance reform to the National Trust

· Tom Entwistle is a member of the Welsh Improvement Board and a Member of the Excellence Wales Project Board, and acted as an adviser to the recently completed review of the role and functions of local government under the chairmanship of Sir Michael Lyons.

· Clive Grace is Chair of the Better Local Regulation Office and an Adviser to the Board of BT Wales on Public Policy.

· Steve Martin is a member of the board of the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government and a director of the New Local Government Network. He is also a member of the Public Sector Management Wales Advisory Board. In 2005/2006 he was academic adviser to the Independent Review of Local Public Services under the chairmanship of Sir Jeremy Beecham, and he acted as a consultant to the review of the role and functions of local government under the chairmanship of Sir Michael Lyons published in 2007.