The Standing Group (SG) on Regional Studies and Local Policies fosters the interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars at the Italian and the International level on center-periphery relations, decentralization and territorial rescaling, sub-national politics (political elites, elections, and parties), multilevel governance, sub-national public administration and public policies, reorganization of local services,
administrative and democratic reforms, and participatory processes.
The SG SRPL promotes the creation of a community of scholars aimed at exchanging research findings, at discussing theoretical and methodological issues related to regional and local politics and policies, and at developing joint research projects and events.