Outside Organisations
- APSE - Association for Public Service Excellence
- AGMA - Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
- Article 13
- Audit Commission
- BURA - British Urban Regeneration Association
- Business in the Community
- Catalyst
- CLES - Centre for Local Economic Strategies
- CPS - Centre for Policy Studies
- Centre Forum
- DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government
- Demos
- Employers Organisation for Local Government
- European Consortium for Political Research
- GONW - Government Offices for the North West
- GSDRC - Governance and Social Development Resource Centre
- Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisations
- I&DeA - Improvement and Development Agency
- Info4local Government
- Institute of Economic Affairs
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Institute of Directors
- Institute of Ideas
- IPPR - Institute of Public Policy Research
- IPSM - Institute of Public Sector Managers
- Involve
- LARIA - Local Authority Research and Intelligence Association
- LGA - Local Government Association
- Local Government Chronicle
- Local Government Information Unit
- Leadership Centre for Local Government
- LGMB - Local Government Management Board
- Local Government Network
- Local Government News
- Manchester Enterprises
- MCCI - Manchester Chamber of Commerce
- MIDAS
- MORI
- Municipal Year Book
- Office for Public Management
- Pro-Manchester
- NALC - National Association of Local Councils
- NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- National Institute of Economic and Social Research
- New Economics Foundation
- NLGN - New Local Government Network
- New Politics Network
- North West Business Access
- North West Business Club
- NWBLT - North West Business Leadership Team
- NWDA - North West Development Agency
- NWEO - North West Employers Association
- NWRA - North West Regional Assembly
- People for Action
- Policy Exchange
- Policy Library
- Policy Network
- Policy Studies Institute
- Politeia
- Public Management and Policy Association
- PSMN - Public Service Management Network
- RENEW - Regeneration Excellence in England's North West
- Renewal Network
- Social Affairs Unit
- SOLACE - Society of Local Authority Chief Executives
- Source Public Management Journal
- Sustainability North West
- UK Housing
- VolResource
Conferences
TopUniversity of Manchester
- CRIC - Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition
- Economics
- Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- Faculty of Medical & Human Sciences
- Government, International Politics & Philosophy
- The Herbert Simon Institute
- Manchester Business School
- Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting and Finance (formerly MSAF)
- Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management (MCHM)
- PREST
- The Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC)
- School of Art, Histories & Cultures
- School of Education
- School of Environment & Development
- School of Law
- Sociology
Other Universities
- INLOGOV - The Institute of Local Government Studies (The University of Birmingham)
- QMW Public Policy Seminars
- Warwick Institute of Governance and Public Management
Journals
TopOther Academic Links
- The Brookings Institution
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York
- Centre for Sustainable & Regional Futures (SURF), University of Salford
- J F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- New Local Government Network - Next Steps for Local Democracy (pdf)