Applied Policy Science Unit - University of Central Lancashire

Applied Policy Science Unit
Applied Policy Science Unit
The Applied Policy Science Unit (APSU) is an independent political science research
unit aligned with the Lancashire Law School at the University of Central Lancashire
(UCLan) and based at the UCLan campus at Westlakes Science and Technology Park,
near Whitehaven in West Cumbria.
The APSU’s mission is to make an original and
independent contribution to policy and its
implementation. This unit undertakes academic
research, consultancy and dissemination in the
field of political science with a special focus upon
the application of current policy problems. In
addition to UCLan staff involved in political science
research and dissemination, the APSU also involves,
as advisors, individuals who are professionally
involved in politics, policy and government.
communities in a globalised economy, and in the
importance of individual perceptions and beliefs,
and community-level interactions in achieving a
nexus between global and local processes and
optimising the untraded interdependencies
between organisations.
There has been a political science research unit at
Westlakes campus in West Cumbria for almost two
decades. This UCLan unit is building upon and
developing that work in governance architectures
and institutions, the rescaling of policy and politics
and belief and value systems. This long
engagement in applied policy science has given
the APSU a distinctive perspective on the role of

APSU’s objectives
• facilitate and undertake applied research into
policy problems confronting public, private
and social sectors
• to make an independent and original
contribution in the field of applied policy and
political sciences
• combine rigorous academic enquiry with the
insights of experienced policy practitioners
• act as a catalyst for the development and
implementation of policy
• disseminate the results of research through
teaching, publications, seminars and
conferences
Members of the APSU
The APSU involves the following individuals
whose professional expertise and extensive
practical experience embrace the fields of
politics, policy and government and academic
research and dissemination.
• Dr. Graham Baldwin (ex officio Chairman of
the APSU) Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)
and Vice President of the University of Central
Lancashire
• Dr. Rick Wylie (ex officio Executive Director of
the APSU) UCLan Samuel Lindow Academic
Director
• Lynne Livesey (ex officio Deputy Director of
the APSU) Dean of the Lancashire Law School,
University of Central Lancashire
• Professor Keith Faulks (ex officio Deputy
Director of the APSU) Dean of the School of
Education & Social Science at the University
of Central Lancashire
• Lord Liddle of Carlisle Chair of Policy Network,
London
• Jamie Reed MP Member of Parliament for the
Copeland constituency
• Sir Tony Cunningham MP Member of
Parliament for the Workington constituency
• John Thurso MP Member of Parliament for
the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
constituency
• Professor John Fyfe CBE International Strategic
Development Specialist
• Michael Heaslip Representing Workington
St John’s Ward in Allerdale Borough Council
• Patrick Diamond Senior Research Fellow,
Policy Network
Dr. Rick Wylie Executive Director of APSU
University of Central Lancashire
Samuel Lindow Building
Westlakes Science and Technology Park
Whitehaven, Cumbria CA24 3JY
07595 590970 / 01946 517204
www.uclan.ac.uk