Working in the Public Interest?

The WITPI project explores public/private sector relations, professionalism, and the public interest within contemporary planning practice. Funded by the @ESRC.

[Working in the Public Interest? @WITPI_Planning]

Jean Rhys speaking for everyone @WITPI_Planning

[Jean Rhys @MsJeanRhys]

My dream is to finish my book, get a face lift, and a bright red wig.

[Urban Studies Journal @USJ_online]

New paper by @JasonSlayed, Tait and Inch: '“We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence”: #Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector #planning in #England' https://t.co/hCvyodEH29

[Urban Studies Journal @USJ_online]

来自 @JasonSlayed, Tait和Inch的新论文：“‘我们需要用我父亲的语言，用英镑、先令和便士来表达我们所做的事情’： #英国 的 #商业化 和公共部门 #规划 的重塑” https://t.co/hCvyodEH29

[Jason Slade @JasonSlayed]

Latest from @WITPI_Planning: @andy_inch1, @TaitPlanning and me on commercialisation in public sector planning, drivers and implications! Please read or all the Travelodge breakfast buffets I enjoyed/endured on the taxpayer will have been for nothing: https://t.co/z2Knb1c6Gu

[Andy Inch @andy_inch1]

Good to see this article out as part of @WITPI_Planning - tldr: how austerity driven commercialisation is reshaping public planning in England and why we should be worried about it. Or something like that.

[Working in the Public Interest? @WITPI_Planning]

New @WITPI_Planning paper on commercialisation and public sector planning now out in @USJ_online. @JasonSlayed, @TaitPlanning and @andy_inch1: https://t.co/3H4NkmK4Fe

[Malcolm Tait @TaitPlanning]

New paper out on commercialisation of local authority planning in @USJ_online with @JasonSlayed and @andy_inch1 (open access) - we find that commercial practices are changing ideas of professionalism and resonate with ideas of a 'delivery state'
https://t.co/YO0d02H0c2

[Working in the Public Interest? @WITPI_Planning]

That's all 10 portraits. More detail on these portraits is available on the @WITPI_Planning website: https://t.co/si49DaJENL We’d love to hear if you think our characterisations reflect contemporary planning or if we’ve missed any particular planner types #PlannerPenPortraits

[Working in the Public Interest? @WITPI_Planning]

What does it mean to be a ‘planner’? We conducted biographical interviews with planners across the UK and have classified them into ten ideal types based on characteristic professional roles & views. We’ll be sharing them over the next couple of weeks… #PlannerPenPortraits (1/2)

[Working in the Public Interest? @WITPI_Planning]

I’m the ‘planner’s planner’. I enjoy seeing the results of my work in the physical environment. I most enjoy seeing decisions made in accordance with the local plan policy that ‘unsung heroes’ like me worked so hard to craft #PlannerPenPortraits