Nigel Keohane

Nigel joined the New Local Government Network in summer 2007. He is currently responsible for NLGN’s research programme and policy development.

He has specialised in public service reform, commissioning, and transport. Recent publications include: Changing Behaviours: Opening a new conversation with the citizen; Show Me the Money: Accounting for localism; Greater than the sum of its parts: Total Place and the future shape of public services; Procuring for Place: New reforms to promote local innovation and sustainability; On the Right Track: new models for integrated transport and People Power: How can we personalise public services?

Other areas of work have included the public sector workforce (for which he authored Leading Lights: Recruiting the next generation in local government), local population data and public service performance.

Before joining NLGN, Nigel served as a political advisor at Wokingham Borough Council, taught history at Queen Mary College, University of London, and worked for the Learning and Skills Council. He has a BA and MA in history from Exeter University, and a PhD in political history from Queen Mary.

His book The Party of Patriotism: the Conservative Party and the First World War was published in January by Ashgate.

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