Dr David Sweeting
B.A.(Portsmouth), M.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Portsmouth)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies
School for Policy Studies
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Research interests
David specialises in local and urban governance studies. He has research experience both within the UK and in international comparative context. David’s most recent work has been on city leadership, and he is working on a research project on the introduction of mayoral governance in Bristol. His latest edited book 'Directly elected mayors in urban governance' was published by Policy Press 2017.
David has also worked on a projects on local political leadership in Spain, on local councillors in comparative perspective, and on various projects examining different aspects of urban governance funded by ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, EPSRC, CLG, ODPM, and the European Commission.
Research projectsCurrent
Completed
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
From conflict to collaboration: visualizing shifts in group energy to support creativity
Principal Investigator
Description
The team are working on a new way of visualizing group interaction and discussion. Funding from JGI allows the team to complete initial design and software approaches and to present…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2019 to 30/06/2019
Reuniting health and planning
Principal Investigator
Description
The ESRC has funded a major interdisciplinary seminar series with an overall aim of considering how public health can contribute to urban planning and the delivery of healthy sustainable communities.…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
31/12/2014 to 31/03/2017
The Bristol Civic Leadership Project: The impacts of mayoral governance in Bristol
Principal Investigator
Description
This project, carried out after the introduction of mayoral governance in Bristol, assesses the difference that mayoral governance has made. It also explores ways in which the system of governance…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/09/2014 to 31/07/2015
The Bristol Civic Leadership Project: The prospects for mayoral governance
Principal Investigator
Description
This project examined the system of governance at Bristol City Council prior to the adoption by the city of a directly elected mayor, and the potential for the system to…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/09/2012 to 01/01/2013
LOCAL COUNCILLORS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Principal Investigator
Description
Findings are summarised in the book 'Local councillors in Europe', edited by Bjorn Egner, David Sweeting, and Pieter-Jan Klok, published in 2013 by Springer VS. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783658018566Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/02/2008 to 01/08/2009
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
06/04/2022Easier said than done?
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
Place, power and leadership
Leadership
Leadership at the subnational level
A research agenda for regional and local government
Mayoral governance in Bristol: has it made a difference?
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The dynamics of depoliticisation in urban governance:
Urban Studies
