A new three-year project has launched as a collaboration between our University and .
Generously supported by a 拢1.3 million award by the (ES/S009809/1), research from the project will investigate 鈥�Trust and Trustworthiness in National and 福利着片 Governance鈥�.
TrustGov plans to advance new theories and evidence from countries around the world designed in order to address three issues:
- What drives public trust in governance around the world? In particular, does performance or procedural legitimacy matter, what is the role of communications in this process, and does place matter?
- Under what conditions do critical citizens seek to 鈥榯rust but verify鈥�?
- What can be done to strengthen the optimal level of trust?
The project will be led by an experienced team of internationally-known scholars:
- Professor Will Jennings (University of Southampton)
- Professor (Harvard University and the University of Sydney)
- Professor Gerry Stoker (University of Southampton and the University of Canberra)
Professor Will Jennings said:
鈥淢any say that politics is broken. The erosion of political trust in national and global institutions poses a major challenge to many states and to the global order. Our project will explore how and when citizens鈥� trust in political institutions reflects their actual performance 鈥� and what leads citizens to be cynical or na茂ve in their beliefs. It will also investigate how trust differs between places 鈥� within countries 鈥� in particular, the degree to which citizens in outlying towns and rural areas are more distrusting of political elites.鈥�
If you have any queries regarding the project, please email the team at: TrustGov@soton.ac.uk
