When Gilles Van Hamme and Kathy Pain edited and co-authored Changing Urban and Regional Relations in Europe: Europe as a Global Macro-region* in 2014 they did not foresee the heated United Kingdom (UK) Brexit debate that would come to dominate recent years. Kathy Pain reflects here on how the book can provide insights into key issues that need to be resolved for the UK’s future relationship with Europe, with or without a deal. […]

Robin Wilson analyses the advance of the populists.

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Magdaléna Hadjiisky, Leslie A. Pal and Christopher Walker examine the micro-dynamics of public policy transfer across regions, contrasting policy fields and multiple levels of governance.
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Mike Berry takes stock of the unexpected events of 2016.

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John Goddard and Ellen Hazelkorn examine the policy and leadership challenges of higher education’s engagement with the outside world. […]