Laria publishes a range of
guides, research studies and workshop and conference papers.Those currently
available are listed below. Copies may be obtained from
Doris
Besford
LARIA Administrator,
1 Henderson Close,
Great Sankey,
Warrington,
WA5 3JJ
Tel: 01925 723539
Email: admin@laria.gov.uk
Cheques with order please, payable to LARIA, or invoice on request.
Research
for Policy 2001: Planning with Communities - Partnerships, Consultation,
Looking Forward Together: edited by Graham Smith
(Proceedings of the 2001 LARIA Annual Conference) 2002 200pp ISBN 0
9507681 7 0 £35 (£30 for LARIA Corporate Members)
Getting It Right: Including Disabled People in Communication and Consultation: Philip
Cortese and Louisa Nardini (Kirklees Metropolitan Council). May 2002
64pp ISBN 0 950678 189 £30 (£25 to LARIA Corporate
Members). To view the Press Release for this publication - click here
LARIA Education and Training Guide. Published March 1999.
This guide is aimed at individual researchers. It outlines the various
structures a researcher may work in and lists a variety of skills that
may be necessary and possible ways of filling any skills gaps. It is
intended as a 'self help' guide for researchers, but may also be useful
for managers who can adapt it for their own circumstances. Sections
include: The local authority context; How to identify your training
needs; Research Skills; Where to find training and development; and
Managing researchers in local government. The guide is available for £20
including post and packing from the Laria Administrator (details at
the top of this page).
Research for
Policy 96: Future of Research in Local Government; Poverty, Deprivation & Social Exclusion; Population & Census; Regeneration & Bidding
for Funding; the Internet
(Proceedings of the 1996 LARIA Annual Conference)
Sept 1996 142pp ISBN 1 85795 053 4 £25
Research for
Policy 97: Research & Local Government; Housing; Population & Economic
Forecasting; Consultation, Community Involvement and Participation;
Research Skills
(Proceedings of the 1997 LARIA Annual Conference)
Sept 1997 132pp ISBN 1 85795 098 4 £25
Research for
Policy 98: The Government's New Agenda for Local Authorities; and
New Research (Proceedings of the 1998 LARIA Annual Conference). Pub
1999 114pp ISBN 1 85795 100 X. £25
Research
for Policy 2000: Best Research for Best Value: edited by Graham
Smith.
(Proceedings of
the 2000 LARIA Annual Conference). Pub 2000 130pp ISBN 1 85795 101
8. £30.
Census Small Area Indicators of Poverty and Deprivation: Methodological
Issues
(Papers from the LARIA/Manchester Census Group Workshops held in February
and March 1993)
July 1993 80pp ISBN 0 95076 812 X £10
Research & Intelligence
and Change in Local Government: Opportunity,
threat or challenge?
(Proceedings of the inaugural conference of LARIA in Scotland)
August 1994 32pp ISBN 0 95076 813 8 £10
Census
Special Statistics on Migration, Workplace, and Students
(A collection of workshop papers)
April 1995 100pp ISBN 0 95076 814 6 £15
Guidelines for
Commissioning Research (by LARIA and LGMB)
April 1996 40pp £10
Research on
the Net (Proceedings of a Joint LARIA and LGIS Conference)
May 1996 24pp £15 (£8 on disc or £19 for both)
Hands On! Research
Skills for the Internet (Proceedings of a Joint LARIA & ScrEAM
Technology Workshop 6 Nov 1996)
Dec 97 21pp £8
Making Local
Population Statistics: a guide for practitioners
(Edited by Stephen Simpson for the Estimating with Confidence project)
Apr 98 228pp £40 ISBN 0 950 76816 2
Statutory Requirements for Research: A Review of Responsibilities
for English and Welsh Local Government
(William Solesbury & Lesley Grayson for LARIA/LGA, September
2003, LGA Research Briefing 7.03, ISBN 1 84049 340 2)
This report provides a comprehensive check-list of explicit and implicit legislative
requirements for research ranging across all local government services. With
around 150 Acts of Parliament scanned, the report is a valuable tool to guide
and support local authorities in developing and maintaining a research capacity.
To view the press release for the report – click here
The report is freely available – click here (pdf
261k)
Creating Effective Research in Local Government: A Toolkit
This toolkit is the final output from a piece of work commissioned
by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Local Authorities
Research and Intelligence Association (LARIA). This work has examined
what constitutes effectiveness in relation to local authority research
and has analysed the extent to which local authority research currently
meets these criteria of effectiveness.
This toolkit is
primarily intended to be used by local government researchers and
research
managers, however it may also be of interest
and use to senior officers and elected members involved in research.
The toolkit can be downloaded from the LGA website at http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/publications/publication-display.do?id=22546
Managing
Research In Local Government - A Good Practice Guide by Bryan Hall
LARIA is pleased to present a new guide on Managing Research in Local Government,
written by Bryan Hall, a former Chair of LARIA and Research and Intelligence
Manager with Cheshire County Council. The guide provides a detailed insight into
a research manager’s role, to which both current and potential managers
can look for practical guidance.
To download a copy, click here.
(.pdf 1.30Mb)
Research Contacts
List
One of the aims
of LARIA is to encourage networking amongst local government researchers,
and one way of helping to achieve that is by the publication of a
list of research contacts in local authorities and in other organisations
where local government research is undertaken. LARIA has therefore
decided to make available to its members, extracts from its membership
list.
The Research Contacts
List (available in Excel format) contains the name, job title, department,
organisation, telephone number and research interests of LARIA members
(where approval of publication has been given). The listing is intended
to help LARIA members make contact with other researchers with similar
interests. It is not intended as a mailing list for commercial purposes
(no postal or email addresses are contained on the file, only telephone
numbers). It is available only to LARIA members, whether they be
Full Members, Associate Members or named under Corporate Membership.
It will be updated regularly. The Research Contacts List can be obtained
free of charge from Doris Besford, the LARIA Administrator on request admin@laria.gov.uk
LARIA Annual Review
LARIA publishes an Annual Review on this website. The latest edition is for
2007/2008
- please click here
LariaNews
LARIA also publishes
a newsletter. Click here
for details.
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