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  1. Multilevel governance, polycentricity, power, and European Union environmental policy

    Article • August 2026, De Gruyter

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  2. Towards a research and policy agenda for climate action in smaller municipalities and rural regions

    Article • npj Climate Action, May 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  3. Unveiling patterns in the quality and consistency of climate adaptation plans of the Global Covenant of Mayors

    Article • npj Urban Sustainability, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  4. Independence and dependence in central–local relations: Multilevel governance and state capacity in England since the 1970s

    Article • Public Money & Management, April 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  5. Deutsche Städte im Klimawandel

    Article • January 2026, Nomos Verlag

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  6. Climate capacity in medium-sized German cities: (how) do smaller municipalities implement mitigation and adaptation policies?

    Article • npj Climate Action, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  7. Author Correction: Explaining the adaptation gap through consistency in adaptation planning

    Article • Nature Climate Change, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  8. Explaining the adaptation gap through consistency in adaptation planning

    Article • Nature Climate Change, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  9. Dynamism and stasis in the climate policies of German cities between 2018 and 2022

    Article • Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  10. Urban heat stress, air quality and climate change adaptation strategies in UK cities

    Article • Frontiers of Engineering Management, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  11. Assessing the impact of Fridays for Future on climate policy and policymaking in German cities

    Article • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  12. Fifty years of local government studies: evolution, internationalisation, and the future of the field

    Article • Local Government Studies, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley, Professor Germà Bel

  13. Adapting to climate change: the ultimate challenge for the next half-century of local government?

    Article • Local Government Studies, October 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  14. Accountability as a function of power relationships in public governance networks

    Article • Public Administration, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Peter Eckersley, Peter Murphy

  15. Explaining the adaptation gap in European cities

    Article • August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  16. Financial precarity in English local government

    Article • IPPR Progressive Review, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  17. Structure, agency and local climate governance: how do individual actors exploit local contexts to shape policymaking in smaller cities and towns?

    Article • Regional Studies, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  18. European patterns of local adaptation planning—a regional analysis

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  19. Balancing cooperative federalism with local autonomy: subnational governments and governance in Germany

    Article • March 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  20. Unpacking Polycentric Climate Governance: Tracing the Evolution of Transnational Municipal Networks over Time

    Article • Global Environmental Politics, January 2024, The MIT Press

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  21. Intentionality and visibility in state- and society-led climate approaches: towards a more comprehensive understanding of local adaptation initiatives

    Article • Geographica Helvetica, August 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  22. Debate: We need to be honest about the validity and purpose of business cases in public services

    Article • Public Money & Management, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  23. Quality of urban climate adaptation plans over time

    Article • npj Urban Sustainability, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  24. Diffusion and upscaling of municipal climate mitigation and adaptation strategies in Germany

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  25. How do local factors shape transformation pathways towards climate-neutral and resilient cities?

    Article • European Planning Studies, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  26. Public goods, public value and public audit: the Redmond review and English local government

    Article • Public Money & Management, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley, Peter Murphy

  27. Public procurement as a policy tool: the territorial dimension

    Article • Regional Studies, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  28. A new framework to understand the drivers of policy mixes in multilevel contexts: The case of urban air pollution

    Article • Environmental Policy and Governance, June 2022, Wiley

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  29. Correction to: Ranking local climate policy: assessing the mitigation and adaptation activities of 104 German cities

    Article • Climatic Change, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  30. Ranking local climate policy: assessing the mitigation and adaptation activities of 104 German cities

    Article • Climatic Change, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  31. Austerity, political control and supplier selection in English local government: implications for autonomy in multi-level systems

    Article • Public Management Review, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  32. The ‘Stifling’ of New Climate Politics in Ireland

    Article • Politics and Governance, April 2021, Cogitatio

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  33. Straddling multiple streams: focusing events, policy entrepreneurs and problem brokers in the governance of English fire and rescue services

    Article • Policy Studies, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  34. Will climate mitigation ambitions lead to carbon neutrality? An analysis of the local-level plans of 327 cities in the EU

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  35. Rebuilding the Fire and Rescue Services

    Article • March 2020, Emerald

    Peter Murphy, Dr Peter Eckersley

  36. We know less and less about public service outsourcing and this is concerning

    Article • Public Money & Management, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  37. The impact of austerity on policy capacity in local government

    Article • Policy & Politics, July 2019, Policy Press

    Dr Peter Eckersley, Paul Tobin

  38. Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: Act four—risk management arrangements

    Article • Public Money & Management, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  39. EU environmental policy in times of crisis

    Article • Journal of European Public Policy, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, Dr Peter Eckersley

  40. Power and Capacity in Urban Climate Governance

    Article • August 2018, Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  41. How do local councils introduce performance improvement ideas whilst keeping costs down?

    Article • Public Policy and Administration, June 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  42. Sustainable development in cities: collaborating to improve urban climate resilience and develop the business case for adaptation

    Article • Public Money & Management, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley, Kit England

  43. Debate: Brexit and local government in England—the challenges ahead

    Article • Public Money & Management, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  44. Local government in England: centralisation, autonomy and control, by Colin Copus, Mark Roberts and Rachel Wall, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 206 pp., £59.99 (hardback), £47.99 (eBook), ISBN 978-1-137-26417-6 (hardback); 978-1-137-26418-3 (eBook)

    Article • Local Government Studies, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  45. Who shapes local climate policy? Unpicking governance arrangements in English and German cities

    Article • Environmental Politics, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  46. The urban climate challenge: rethinking the role of cities in the global climate regime, edited by Craig Johnson, Noah Toly and Heike Schroeder (Cities and Global Governance Series), Abingdon, Routledge, 2015, 258 pp., index. £110 (hardback); £37.99 (p...

    Article • Environmental Politics, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  47. Budgetary Stewardship, Innovation and Working Culture: Identifying the Missing Ingredient in English and Welsh Local Authorities’ Recipes for Austerity Management

    Article • Financial Accountability and Management, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  48. Debate: Freedom, power and capacity—analysing the fallout from the UK’s ‘Brexit’ referendum

    Article • Public Money & Management, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  49. Cities and climate change: How historical legacies shape policy-making in English and German municipalities

    Article • Politics, October 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  50. Accountability and transparency: Police forces in England and Wales

    Article • Public Policy and Administration, October 2016, SAGE Publications

    Peter Murphy, Dr Peter Eckersley

  51. A new framework for understanding subnational policy-making and local choice

    Article • Policy Studies, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  52. Debate: Climate change and 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) Paris—addressing the ‘ultimate’ wicked issue

    Article • Public Money & Management, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  53. Local taxation and spending as a share of GDP in large Western European countries

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  54. Accountability and Transparency in English Local Government: Moving from ‘Matching Parts’ to ‘Awkward Couple’?

    Article • Financial Accountability and Management, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  55. Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: act three ‘accountability and audit arrangements’

    Article • Public Money & Management, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  56. Accountability and Transparency: A Nuanced Response to Etzioni

    Article • Public Administration Review, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  57. The role of budget speech: a Malaysian Government study

    Article • International Journal of Public Sector Management, October 2014, Emerald

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  58. A ‘panoptical’ or ‘synoptical’ approach to monitoring performance? Local public services in England and the widening accountability gap

    Article • Critical Perspectives on Accounting, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  59. Directly-elected mayors and the austerity agenda: lessons from the German experience

    Article • Public Money & Management, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  60. Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: act 2 ‘the annual budget’

    Article • Public Money & Management, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  61. Organizations in the Electronic Age

    Article • July 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  62. e-Business Fundamentals

    Article • July 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley

  63. e-Government

    Article • July 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Peter Eckersley