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After a bit of a break during the hectic past few months, we're back! We have a new executive and lots of exciting research plans. More on the latter in the New Year but, for now, see and share this thread on our great new executive! 1/6

2/6 First up is co-convenor Mark Bennister. Mark is based University of Lincoln, UK, where he is Snr Lecturer in Politics. He is an Academic Fellow UK Parliament and a Special Advisor to Liaison Committee. He researches political leadership, UK Politics, rhetoric and Australian politics.

3/6 ben worthy, our co-convenor. Ben works Birkbeck, University of London, where he is Snr Lecturer in Politics. An avid podcaster, he presents Westminster Watch & is Director of the Centre for British Political Life. He researches political leadership, government transparency & UK politics.

4/6 Emmanuelle Avril is new to our group! She is based SorbonneChancellerie, where she is Director of the Center for Research on the English Speaking World (CREW). You can find CREW research lab Université Sorbonne Nouvelle USN's research via their Twitter. Emmanuelle researches politics and society in the UK and US.

5/6 Dr Amy Tatum is also new to our group! Amy will be taking the lead on keeping members updated with our news & plans. She specialises in researching women political leaders (matching her other research streams on #misogyny and #Feminism). She is currently based Bournemouth Uni

6/6 @PhDMayors is our Treasurer. He currently teaches The University of Manchester, tutoring on courses in British Political History and Comparative Politics. His research covers political leadership (at local and national level); UK, US & Western European leaders; and comparative politics.

It's the early Christmas present that you didn't know you wanted... 😏 My research on #trust and #Governance during #COVID19 is now out open access in Political Studies here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… Here's a brief [so] what, why, when and how: 1/n

Trust is necessary for democracy, but it assumes added saliency in times of uncertainty. Focusing on vertical relations b/ween governor & governed, and horizontal relations amongst politicians, I argue that trust & distrust may shape behavioural responses to crises like Covid-19.

I test these arguments w/ survey data gathered synchronously from the UK public & local politicians in April 2020 - shortly after the country entered national lockdown. Surveys included 24-item measures of political trust/distrust alongside measures of compliance & policy support

Measures were designed to capture different psychological facets of [dis]trust (as judgements) that mediate the relationship between one's generalised propensity to trust and behavioural decisions. Participants completed two iterations each, with the object/trustee altering.

In the paper, I briefly outline some practical strategies for politicians such as service/interactive leadership, value alignment, & communicating key facets of trustworthiness. Worryingly these are largely at odds with a transactional leadership model seen in the UK during Covid

Looking for (auto)biography and memoir recommendations. Esp. interested in those by people from: - politics (UK and abroad) - film (read Niven x2, Caine and Ustinov this year) - snooker - academics Comment your ideas below and I'll get cracking...!

As we head to Christmas & the New Year, we want to send our best wishes to you all. Please stay safe & healthy this Christmas, and try to find the time for some proper rest (...)! Let us know what #leadership books and articles you're reading, whilst off! We'll see you 2021.