Dr Sarah Weakley
- Research and Knowledge Exchange Lead (Social Sciences College Research Administration)
Publications
2023
Richardson, R. , Weakley, S. and Tsang, K. K. K. (2023) Policy Responses to Economic Inactivity: Addressing a Cross-Cutting Problem. [Website]
Weakley, S. and Waite, D. (2023) Academic knowledge brokering in local policy spaces: negotiating and implementing dynamic idea types. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 19(3), pp. 342-359. (doi: 10.1332/174426421X16638549272196)
Bynner, C. , Escobar, O. and Weakley, S. (2023) Facilitators as culture change workers: advancing public participation and deliberation in local governance. Local Government Studies, (doi: 10.1080/03003930.2023.2190586) (Early Online Publication)
2022
Weakley, S. (2022) Designing and delivering targeted policy engagement events. In: Vorley, T., Rahman, S. A., Tuckerman, L. and Wallace, P. (eds.) How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research: The Art of Informing and Impacting Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, pp. 113-123. ISBN 9781800378957 (doi: 10.4337/9781800378964.00018)
Smith, K. E., Macintyre, A. and Weakley, S. (2022) Beyond the public health/political science stalemate in health inequalities: can deliberative forums help? In: Fafard, P., Cassola, A. and de Leeuw, E. (eds.) Integrating Science and Politics for Public Health. Series: Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783030989842 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98985-9_7)
Bynner, C. , McBride, M. and Weakley, S. (2022) COVID-19 pandemic: the essential role of the voluntary sector in emergency response and resilience planning. Voluntary Sector Review, 13(1), pp. 167-175. (doi: 10.1332/204080521X16220328777643)
2021
Weakley, S. , Karlsson, P. S. , Cullingworth, J. , Lebec, L. and Fraser, K. (2021) Developing a university-voluntary sector collaboration for social impact. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 18(7), pp. 71-88. (doi: 10.53761/1.18.7.06)
Smith, K. E., Macintyre, A., Weakley, S. , Hill, S. E., Escobar, O. and Fergie, G. (2021) Public understandings of potential policy responses to health inequalities: Evidence from a UK national survey and citizens’ juries in three UK cities. Social Science and Medicine, 291, 114458. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114458) (PMID:34655938) (PMCID:PMC8711040)
Cullingworth, J. , Karlsson-Brown, P. , Weakley, S. , Lebec, L. and Fraser, K. (2021) Can Universities Be Leaders in Civil Society? Developing a University-Third Sector Collaboration from the Ground Up. 2021 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, Birmingham, UK, 6-7 Sept 2021.
Cullingworth, J. , Karlsson-Brown, P. , Weakley, S. and Lebec, L. (2021) Piloting the Collaborative: Building the University of Glasgow’s Relationship with the Local Third Sector. [Website]
Weakley, S. and Waite, D. (2021) Academic Knowledge Brokering in Local Policy Spaces: Negotiating and Implementing Dynamic Idea Types. Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference 2021, 28 Jun - 02 Jul 2021.
Cullingworth, J. , Karlsson-Brown, P. and Weakley, S. (2021) The Collaborative: our work in Phase 1 and building on our successes. [Website]
Weakley, S. (2021) Getting Research Heard and Used: Understanding and Achieving Policy Influence. Scotland's Third Sector Research Forum Conference: Researching Well - Good Practice and Ethics in Third Sector Research, 17 Feb 2021.
Weakley, S. (2021) The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: January 2021. Working Paper. Policy Scotland.
2020
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 South Lanarkshire Research Briefing: Collaboration. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 South Lanarkshire Research Briefing: Family Wellbeing. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 South Lanarkshire Research Briefing: Local Service Responses. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people in South Lanarkshire. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Ward, S. , McBride, M., Bynner, C. , Weakley, S. and McLean, J. (2020) Developing a Capabilities Wellbeing Framework with Children, Young People and Stakeholders: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Glasgow.
Chapman, C. , Ehren, M., Montecinos, C. and Weakley, S. (2020) COVID-19: Do we Need to Redefine the Priorities for School Inspections? Documentation. University of Glasgow.
Karlsson, P. S. and Weakley, S. (2020) Universities as Knowledge Brokers for the Local Third Sector. International Social Innovation Research Conference, 1-3 Sept 2020.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 Glasgow Research Briefing: Collaboration. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 Glasgow Research Briefing: Family Wellbeing in Glasgow. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 Glasgow Research Briefing: Local Service Responses. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) The Impact of COVID-19 on Families, Children and Young People in Glasgow. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland, Glasgow.
Weakley, S. (2020) The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: September 2020. Working Paper. Policy Scotland.
Weakley, S. (2020) Youth unemployment and job insecurity in Europe: problems, risk factors and policies Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi Ah Schoyen and Tomáš Sirovátka Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019. ISBN: 978788118880; £95 (Hbk). Social Policy and Administration, 54(5), pp. 860-861. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12635)[Book Review]
Weakley, S. (2020) The family welfare source and inequality in liberal welfare states: evidence from cohort studies. In: Rees, J., Pomati, M. and Heins, E. (eds.) Social Policy Review 32: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2020. Policy Press: Bristol. ISBN 9781447341666
Karlsson, P. S. and Weakley, S. (2020) Reflection on the Idea Formation and Execution Stages of a University-Third Sector Knowledge Exchange Project. ANSER-ARES Virtual Conference, 3-5 June 2020.
Weakley, S. and Waite, D. (2020) The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow. Working Paper. Policy Scotland.
2019
Weakley, S. (2019) The Family Home as a Safety Net: Impacts on Economic Outcomes Beyond the Youth Period. Journal of Youth Studies Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 02-04 Dec 2019.
Chapman, C. , Drever, A., McBride, M., Orr, C. and Weakley, S. (2019) Leading place-based interventions to improve outcomes in low socio-economic settings. In: Townsend, T. (ed.) Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning in Schools: Understanding Theories of Leading. Series: Palgrave studies on leadership and learning in teacher education. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 379-400. ISBN 9783030237356 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23736-3_15)
Weakley, S. (2019) The Family Welfare Source and Inequality in Liberal Welfare States: Evidence From Cohort Studies. Social Policy Association Conference 2019, Durham, UK, 09-10 Jul 2019.
Bynner, C. , Drever, A., Lowden, K. , McBride, M., Ward, S. , Weakley, S. , Watson, N. , Chapman, C. , McLean, J. and Tannahill, C. (2019) Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland Evaluation Strategy. Discussion Paper. Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland.
2018
Weakley, S. and Escobar, O. (2018) Community Planning after the Community Empowerment Act: The Second Survey of Community Planning Officials in Scotland. Project Report. What Works Scotland.
Escobar, O., Gibb, K. , Eltanani, M. K. and Weakley, S. (2018) Community Planning Officials Survey: Understanding the Everyday Work of Local Participatory Governance in Scotland. Project Report. What Works Scotland.
2012
Weakley, S. (2012) The relevance of regionalism in Washington, DC. Policy Perspectives, 19, pp. 59-73. (doi: 10.4079/pp.v19i0.10426)
Articles
Weakley, S. and Waite, D. (2023) Academic knowledge brokering in local policy spaces: negotiating and implementing dynamic idea types. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 19(3), pp. 342-359. (doi: 10.1332/174426421X16638549272196)
Bynner, C. , Escobar, O. and Weakley, S. (2023) Facilitators as culture change workers: advancing public participation and deliberation in local governance. Local Government Studies, (doi: 10.1080/03003930.2023.2190586) (Early Online Publication)
Bynner, C. , McBride, M. and Weakley, S. (2022) COVID-19 pandemic: the essential role of the voluntary sector in emergency response and resilience planning. Voluntary Sector Review, 13(1), pp. 167-175. (doi: 10.1332/204080521X16220328777643)
Weakley, S. , Karlsson, P. S. , Cullingworth, J. , Lebec, L. and Fraser, K. (2021) Developing a university-voluntary sector collaboration for social impact. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 18(7), pp. 71-88. (doi: 10.53761/1.18.7.06)
Smith, K. E., Macintyre, A., Weakley, S. , Hill, S. E., Escobar, O. and Fergie, G. (2021) Public understandings of potential policy responses to health inequalities: Evidence from a UK national survey and citizens’ juries in three UK cities. Social Science and Medicine, 291, 114458. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114458) (PMID:34655938) (PMCID:PMC8711040)
Weakley, S. (2012) The relevance of regionalism in Washington, DC. Policy Perspectives, 19, pp. 59-73. (doi: 10.4079/pp.v19i0.10426)
Book Sections
Weakley, S. (2022) Designing and delivering targeted policy engagement events. In: Vorley, T., Rahman, S. A., Tuckerman, L. and Wallace, P. (eds.) How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research: The Art of Informing and Impacting Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, pp. 113-123. ISBN 9781800378957 (doi: 10.4337/9781800378964.00018)
Smith, K. E., Macintyre, A. and Weakley, S. (2022) Beyond the public health/political science stalemate in health inequalities: can deliberative forums help? In: Fafard, P., Cassola, A. and de Leeuw, E. (eds.) Integrating Science and Politics for Public Health. Series: Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783030989842 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98985-9_7)
Weakley, S. (2020) The family welfare source and inequality in liberal welfare states: evidence from cohort studies. In: Rees, J., Pomati, M. and Heins, E. (eds.) Social Policy Review 32: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2020. Policy Press: Bristol. ISBN 9781447341666
Chapman, C. , Drever, A., McBride, M., Orr, C. and Weakley, S. (2019) Leading place-based interventions to improve outcomes in low socio-economic settings. In: Townsend, T. (ed.) Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning in Schools: Understanding Theories of Leading. Series: Palgrave studies on leadership and learning in teacher education. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 379-400. ISBN 9783030237356 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23736-3_15)
Book Reviews
Weakley, S. (2020) Youth unemployment and job insecurity in Europe: problems, risk factors and policies Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi Ah Schoyen and Tomáš Sirovátka Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019. ISBN: 978788118880; £95 (Hbk). Social Policy and Administration, 54(5), pp. 860-861. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12635)[Book Review]
Research Reports or Papers
Weakley, S. (2021) The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: January 2021. Working Paper. Policy Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 South Lanarkshire Research Briefing: Collaboration. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 South Lanarkshire Research Briefing: Family Wellbeing. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 South Lanarkshire Research Briefing: Local Service Responses. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people in South Lanarkshire. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Ward, S. , McBride, M., Bynner, C. , Weakley, S. and McLean, J. (2020) Developing a Capabilities Wellbeing Framework with Children, Young People and Stakeholders: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Glasgow.
Chapman, C. , Ehren, M., Montecinos, C. and Weakley, S. (2020) COVID-19: Do we Need to Redefine the Priorities for School Inspections? Documentation. University of Glasgow.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 Glasgow Research Briefing: Collaboration. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 Glasgow Research Briefing: Family Wellbeing in Glasgow. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) COVID-19 Glasgow Research Briefing: Local Service Responses. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Bynner, C. , McBride, M., Weakley, S. , Ward, S. and McLean, J. (2020) The Impact of COVID-19 on Families, Children and Young People in Glasgow. Documentation. Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland, Glasgow.
Weakley, S. (2020) The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: September 2020. Working Paper. Policy Scotland.
Weakley, S. and Waite, D. (2020) The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow. Working Paper. Policy Scotland.
Bynner, C. , Drever, A., Lowden, K. , McBride, M., Ward, S. , Weakley, S. , Watson, N. , Chapman, C. , McLean, J. and Tannahill, C. (2019) Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland Evaluation Strategy. Discussion Paper. Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Weakley, S. and Escobar, O. (2018) Community Planning after the Community Empowerment Act: The Second Survey of Community Planning Officials in Scotland. Project Report. What Works Scotland.
Escobar, O., Gibb, K. , Eltanani, M. K. and Weakley, S. (2018) Community Planning Officials Survey: Understanding the Everyday Work of Local Participatory Governance in Scotland. Project Report. What Works Scotland.
Conference or Workshop Item
Cullingworth, J. , Karlsson-Brown, P. , Weakley, S. , Lebec, L. and Fraser, K. (2021) Can Universities Be Leaders in Civil Society? Developing a University-Third Sector Collaboration from the Ground Up. 2021 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, Birmingham, UK, 6-7 Sept 2021.
Weakley, S. and Waite, D. (2021) Academic Knowledge Brokering in Local Policy Spaces: Negotiating and Implementing Dynamic Idea Types. Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference 2021, 28 Jun - 02 Jul 2021.
Weakley, S. (2021) Getting Research Heard and Used: Understanding and Achieving Policy Influence. Scotland's Third Sector Research Forum Conference: Researching Well - Good Practice and Ethics in Third Sector Research, 17 Feb 2021.
Karlsson, P. S. and Weakley, S. (2020) Universities as Knowledge Brokers for the Local Third Sector. International Social Innovation Research Conference, 1-3 Sept 2020.
Karlsson, P. S. and Weakley, S. (2020) Reflection on the Idea Formation and Execution Stages of a University-Third Sector Knowledge Exchange Project. ANSER-ARES Virtual Conference, 3-5 June 2020.
Weakley, S. (2019) The Family Home as a Safety Net: Impacts on Economic Outcomes Beyond the Youth Period. Journal of Youth Studies Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 02-04 Dec 2019.
Weakley, S. (2019) The Family Welfare Source and Inequality in Liberal Welfare States: Evidence From Cohort Studies. Social Policy Association Conference 2019, Durham, UK, 09-10 Jul 2019.
Website
Richardson, R. , Weakley, S. and Tsang, K. K. K. (2023) Policy Responses to Economic Inactivity: Addressing a Cross-Cutting Problem. [Website]
Cullingworth, J. , Karlsson-Brown, P. , Weakley, S. and Lebec, L. (2021) Piloting the Collaborative: Building the University of Glasgow’s Relationship with the Local Third Sector. [Website]
Cullingworth, J. , Karlsson-Brown, P. and Weakley, S. (2021) The Collaborative: our work in Phase 1 and building on our successes. [Website]
Research datasets
2023
Weakley, S. (2023) Community Planning Officials Survey 2018. [Data Collection]