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Ed Turner
Senior Lecturer in Politics, Head of Politics and International Relations, Aston University
Ed Turner is particularly interested in federalism, decentralisation and public policy. He wrote his doctorate about the impact of political parties on public policy at the sub-national level in Germany, and retains a keen interest in all aspects of modern German politics. He has been involved in two research projects funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The first (with Simon Green) looked at the changing nature of German Christian Democracy, and the second (with Carolyn Rowe) is involved in considering the extent of territorial variation in German politics, and in particular the impact of the 2006 federalism reforms. He has also worked on comparative public policy, and is particularly interested in housing and spatial planning. He has recently won funding from the DAAD to undertake a comparative study of housing policy in Britain and Germany, jointly with the think tank IPPR.
In his spare time, Ed Turner serves on the Local Government Association's Environment, Economy, Transport and Housing Board. He has been involved in three major reviews of housing policy: the “Local Housing Delivery Group” (known at the Harman Review), which looked at how to test the viability of councils’ Local Plans, the Technical Housing Standards Review convened by the government to look at standards required in new housing, and most recently the Lyons Review of Housing Policy, which identified a way for England to build at least 200,000 homes a year. He has given evidence to committees of the House of Commons on several occasions, and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Private Rented Housing. He has spoken widely on these issues in the media, including BBC and Sky News and BBC Radio 4(including the Today programme). He has also written on a number of high-profile blogs, such as Left Foot Forward.
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Feb 03, 2025 11:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A vote in Germanys national parliament (Bundestag) has led to fears that the firewall supposedly separating mainstream political parties and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been blown apart. Until now,...
Far-right AfD makes unprecedented election gains in west Germany, worrying national government
Oct 19, 2023 04:46 am UTC| Politics
Germanys governing three-party coalition under Olaf Scholz has already had a difficult time this year. But things just got significantly worse with recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria, two of the countrys most...
Mar 02, 2022 08:29 am UTC| Politics
If youd asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germanys approach to foreign and defence policy were, there would have been several strands. Alignment with the west, and of course membership of the EU...
Armin Laschet: who is the man chosen to replace Angela Merkel?
Apr 23, 2021 12:09 pm UTC| Politics
After months of uncertainty, Germanys Christian Democrats have finally chosen the man who will stand in Septembers election to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor. Armin Laschet is currently minister president (the head...
Red lines and red rags: Europeans unimpressed by Britain's tough talk on Brexit
Mar 14, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
The British government can turn its attention to the main Brexit negotiations, now that the UK parliament has voted to allow the prime minister to begin the process. But several years of tense discussions lie ahead and...
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