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Message From the Director
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Welcome to our Autumn PSRG update.
Much like this time last year, many of us are again returning to a version of post-Covid-19 normality in terms of office life, albeit with a little more Covid-19 lingering in the community than last year. Despite the challenges that Covid-19 has brought, we had an extremely productive year on the research front in 2021. Under the thoughtful stewardship of Professor Helen Dickinson, the PSRG has built a reputation for high quality research across a number of areas of interest to the public service and continues to succeed in securing and delivering exciting contract research projects.
In an excellent start to the year, we were are thrilled to see Helen Dickinson named as one of the top 100 most influential academics in Government! The first quarter of 2022 has also seen the publication of impactful research reports on the hybrid future of work and the implications of living with covid for the disability sector, as well as numerous articles in journals and media showcase topics ranging from various articles on hybrid work, working from home and what this means for workers, to public healthcare in Bhutan and Bougainville, links between extinctions and clearing approvals, wilderness forms and global environmental policy, navigating the NDIS, NDIS cuts and access issues, and the importance of scrutiny in the public service.
Following a very successful webinar with Associate Professor Sue Williamson on ‘the future of work is hybrid’, this week we look forward to Professor Satish Chand delving into the 2022 budget at in-person event on the Canberra Club on 6th April. Further details below if you have not yet registered.
We hope this is a useful insight into some of our more recent activities and as ever welcome you to get in touch if you want to find out any more about any of these activities or PSRG more generally.
Cheers,
Sharron
Associate Professor Sharron O'Neill
Director, Public Service Research Group (PSRG), UNSW Canberra
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UNSW Canberra, in partnership with UNSW Business Committee Canberra
Behind the Budget
6th April 2022
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm AEST
UNSW Canberra and the UNSW Business Committee Canberra invite you to join Professor Satish Chand, Jodie Patron, and Karen Middleton for an in-depth discussion as they delve into the upcoming 2022 Budget. Learn how the budget will impact you, the broader economy and the upcoming federal election. This event will be hosted in person at the Commonwealth Club, Canberra and will not be livestreamed.
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PSRG
Working During the Pandemic: The future of work is hybrid report & webinar
Report and recording now available! Watch Dr David Schmidtchen, consultant and expert on the future of work, Ms Melissa Donnelly, the CPSU National Secretary, and Associate Professor Sue Williamson, from UNSW Canberra's Public Service Research Group (PSRG) discuss a new report by Associate Professor Sue Williamson (PSRG) and Professor Linda Colley (CQUniversity) examining how APS employees worked from home last year.
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Professor Sharron O’Neill appointed new Public Service Research Group Director
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Accounting Professor and work health and safety expert, Sharron O’Neill, has been appointed the new Director of the UNSW Canberra Public Service Research Group (PSRG).
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Journal Articles
Tsheten, T., Tenzin, P., Clements, A. C. A., Gray, D. J., Ugyel, L., & Wangdi, K., 2022. The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bhutan: strategy and enablers. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 11:6.
Pérez-Hämmerle, K.-V., Moon, K., Venegas-Li, R., Maxwell, S., Simmonds, J.S., Venter, O., Garnett, S.T., Possingham, H.P. & Watson, J.E., 2022. Wilderness forms and their implications for global environmental policy and conservation. Conservation Biology. Accepted Author Manuscript.
McCandless, S., Bishu, S., Gomez Hernandez, M., Paredes Eraso, E., Sabharwal, M., Santis, E. L., & Yates, S., 2022. A Long Road: Patterns and Prospects for Social Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Public Administration. Public Administration, 100(1).
O'Donnell, M., Williamson, S., Johnson, M., 2022. Introduction to the Themed collection: Public sector employment relations in turbulent times. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, pp. 1 - 6.
Yates, S., Carey, G., Malbon, E., & Hargrave, J., 2021. ‘Faceless monster, secret society’: Women's experiences navigating the administrative burden of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme. Health & Social Care in the Community, 00, 1– 10.
Williamson, S., Colley, L., & Foley, M., 2021. Public servants working from home: Exploring managers’ changing allowance decisions in a COVID-19 context. Economic and Labour Relations Review.
Althaus, C., Dickinson, H., Katsonis, M., & O'Flynn, J., 2021. Back to the future: Reflections and predictions. Aust J Publ Admin, 80, 647– 651.
Brown, J. T., Carey, G., & Malbon, E., 2021. What is in a form? Examining the complexity of application forms and administrative burden. Aust J Publ Admin; 80: 933– 964.
Althaus, C., 2022. Complementary Bureaucracy: Reimagining Weberian Impersonalism with Indigenous Relationality. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.
Weld-Blundell, I., Shields, M., Devine, A., Dickinson, H., Kavanagh, A., & Marck, C., 2021. Vocational Interventions to Improve Employment Participation of People with Psychosocial Disability, Autism and/or Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health.
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Foley, M., Cooper, R., Colley, L. & Williamson, S., 2021. Best person or best mix? How public sector managers understand the merit principle. Aust J Publ Admin; 1–18.
Ugyel, L., 2021. Governance networks in the delivery of public healthcare services in the Pacific: Implementation of the Bougainville Healthy Communities Programme. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 1–16.
Scott, R.J., & Merton, E.R.K., 2021. When the going gets tough, the goal-committed get going: overcoming the transaction costs of inter-agency collaborative governance. Public Management Review, 23(11): 1640-1663.
Blackman, D. A., Buick, F., O’Donnell, M. E., & Ilahee, N., 2022. Changing the Conversation to Create Organizational Change. Journal of Change Management, early online.
Turner, M., Prasojo, E. & Sumarwono, R., 2022. The challenge of reforming big bureaucracy in Indonesia. Policy Studies 43(2) 333-351.
McCarthy-Jones, A. & Turner, M., 2021. What is a "Mafia State" and how is one created? Policy Studies, online.
Shibaab, R., Teicher, J., Cox, J. W., & Alam, Q., 2022. Slipstreaming for public sector reform: How enterprising public sector leaders navigate institutional inertia. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
O'Donnell, M., Williamson, S., & Johnson, M., 2022. Introduction to the Themed collection: Public sector employment relations in turbulent times. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, pp. 1 - 6.
Wanninayake, S.D., O'Donnell, M., & Williamson, S., 2022. Covid-19 and job demands and resources experienced by nurses in Sri Lanka. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, pp. 1 - 17.
Becker, K., Bish, A., McCormack, M., & Abell, D., 2022. Reconceptualizing identities: Veterans' perspectives on career transition challenges. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1– 22.
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Books & Book Chapters
Hughes, P., & Scott R,J., 2021. High autonomy, high alignment: coordinating a more unified public service. In: Mazey S, Richardson J. (Eds.) Policy-making Under Pressure: Rethinking the policy process in Aotearoa New Zealand. Canterbury University Press. 170-179pp.
Scott R.J., & Boyd, R., 2022. [Forthcoming] Targeting Commitment: Interagency Performance in New Zealand. Brookings Institution Press. 320pp.
Alam, Q., Rahman, S., & Teicher, J., 2022. Retracing Accountability in the Bangladeshi Public Administration. In: Khondker, H., Muurlink, O., & Bin Ali, A., (eds) The Emergence of Bangladesh. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
Cox, M., & Warn, J., 2022. Leadership Challenges from the Edge of Experience in the Global Crisis Context. In: Perruci, G., (ed) The Study and Practice of Global Leadership. Emerald Publishing.
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Howes, S., Sause, L., & Ugyel, L., 2022 [Forthcoming] Decentralisation: A political analysis. In: Howes, S., Pillai, L. N., (eds) Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society. ANU Press.
Dickinson, H., Llewellyn, G., & Kavanagh A., 2022. Examining Australia’s Performance in Realising CRPD Obligations in Health Through the Lens of COVID-19. In: Felder, F., Davy, L., & Kayess, R., (eds) Disability Law and Human Rights. Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development. Palgrave Macmillan.
Tani, M., & Piracha, M., 2022. [Forthcoming] Migration and Education. In: Zimmerman, K., F., (ed), Handbook “Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, early online.
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Reports
Kavanagh, A., Llewellyn, G., Dickinson, H., Carey, G., & Taleporos, G., 2022. Living with COVID-19 in the time of OMICRON: Escalating risks for people with disability in Australia. University of Melbourne. Online resource.
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Williamson, S, & Colley, L., February 2022. Working during the pandemic: The future of work is hybrid. UNSW Canberra.
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Submissions
Williamson, S., Baird, M., Hill, E., & Hamilton, M., 2022. Submission - Review of the Maternity Leave (Cth Employees) Act 1973, Canberra, Australia
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What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they’ll mean for people with disability and their families
28 March 2022, The Conversation, co-authored by Prof. Helen Dickinson →
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Australian government ‘aggravating extinction’ through land-clearing approvals, analysis finds
22 March 2022, The Guardian, featuring Dr. Megan Evans →
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Women are still angry – even as the public sector shows the way forward
8 March 2022, The Mandarin, by A/Prof. Sue Williamson →
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Researchers plot how to overcome barriers to collaboration in public sector
2 March 2022, The Conversation, featuring Prof. Rodney Scott →
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Masks, RATs and clean air – how people with disability can protect themselves from COVID
24 February 2022, The Conversation, co-authored by Prof. Helen Dickinson →
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Burnout rises among APS staff but cause might not be working from home
16 February 2022, The Mandarin, featuring A/Prof Sue Williamson →
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Who to believe about productivity – employees or managers?
15 February 2022, The Mandarin, by A/Prof Sue Williamson →
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'Can you really carbon offset a power station? Sure – but it’s unimpressive
10 February 2022, The Guardian, featuring Dr. Megan Evans →
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Working from home: the genie is out of the bottle, new research shows
8 February 2022, The Riotact, featuring A/Prof Sue Williamson →
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[Paywall] Public servants pushed through COVID fatigue, working from home brought 'costs' in lockdown, UNSW study finds
7 February 2022, The Canberra Times, featuring A/Prof Sue Williamson →
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Agencies without hybrid work a deal breaker for many public servants, survey shows
3 February 2022, The Mandarin, featuring A/Prof Sue Williamson →
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Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients
2 February 2022, The Conversation, co-authored by Dr Sophie Yates →
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Why do women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients?
2 February 2022, ABC News, co-authored by Dr. Sophie Yates →
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[Paywall] APS faces a tough balancing act in writing Blue and Red Books during 2022 federal election period
1 February 2022, The Canberra Times, co-authored by Dr. Wendy Jarvie →
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Professor Helen Dickinson named one of the most influential academics in government
19 January 2022, UNSW Canberra, featuring Prof. Helen Dickinson →
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Top five episodes of Policy Forum Pod in 2021 - The future of the public servant
14 January 2022, Policy Forum, co-authored by Prof. Helen Dickinson →
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[Paywall] Scrutiny can be burdensome, but it's an important part of a public servant's job
10 December 2021, The Canberra Times, co-authoured by Dr. Wendy Jarvie →
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Public servants burning bright for love of work risk burning out
3 December 2021, The Mandarin, featuring A/Prof. Sue Williamson →
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