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Newsflash! UKAJI’s first two years – progress report

Research job: Scoping and Mapping Data relating to Administrative Justice

The United Kingdom Administrative Justice Institute (UKAJI) is seeking a researcher to undertake a scoping study of data relating to administrative justice held by central government. UKAJI is funded by the Nuffield Foundation to kickstart high-quality, empirically based research on administrative justice in the UK. More information on its activities can be found on its … Continue reading →

Evidence-based policy – Problem 3: Getting academic research to parliamentary select committees

Recent blog posts have focused on challenges faced by researchers seeking to influence public policy, including getting academic research to government policy markers (by Nick Hillman) and ‘Six reasons why it is unrealistic for research to drive policy’ (by James Lloyd). In this piece, Andrew Le Sueur (Professor of Constitutional Justice at the University of … Continue reading →

Access to Justice: Beyond the Policies and Politics of Austerity

  “Running parallel to the steady erosion, at least in England and Wales, of what we had come, perhaps complacently, to regard as an entrenched human right, the seminar series on which this book is based looked carefully and realistically at both sides of the issue: the shrinking availability of public funds and the practical … Continue reading →

Research seminar reminder

Be sure to RSVP for this research seminar, hosted by the London School of Economics, launching a new report: The Value and Effects of Judicial Review By Varda Bondy, Lucinda Platt, and Maurice Sunkin  The report can be found here. 3 February 2016 5.30 pm for 6 pm start, followed by reception to end 7.30pm Chaired by The Rt. … Continue reading →