Season's Greetings from @ausjpa.bsky.social 🌲 🎅 We are proud to host the conversation on #Australia & beyond on our pages We wish you all a joyous #FestiveSeason & a #HappyNewYear! Look forward to 2⃣0⃣2⃣6⃣ with our #Australian roots & #Global reach 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/14678500

Highlights from 8⃣4⃣(4⃣) the #SpecialIssue on #StreetLevel #Organisations & #Bureaucrats (co-guest edited by @gabilotta.bsky.social & Mark Considine) @lutfunlata.bsky.social & colleagues examine the barriers to equity by centralised & street-level public governance approaches👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Highlights from 8⃣4⃣ (4⃣) the #SpecialIssue on #StreetLevel #Organisations & #Bureaucrats (co-guest edited by @gabilotta.bsky.social & Mark Considine) Nashellit González-Martínez & @rikpeeters2.bsky.social study informal street-level interactions & citizen–state relations 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Highlights from 8⃣4⃣ (4⃣) the #SpecialIssue on #StreetLevel #Organisations & #Bureaucrats (co-guest edited by @gabilotta.bsky.social & Mark Considine) Jawad Abu Younis, Anna Uster & Itai Beeri explore #CoProduction between the state and non-profits in #Israel 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🎊 Congratulations to Nicole El-Haber & Dr Swati Nagpa for winning this year’s #IPAA #SamRichardsonAward for the most influential paper published in @ausjpa.bsky.social in 2024 #SamRichardsonAward page ❓ 👇 www.ipaa.org.au/national-awa... The article ❓ 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📣 Highlights from 8⃣4⃣ (4⃣) & the #SpecialIssue on #StreetLevel #Organisations & #Bureaucrats (co-guest edited by @gabilotta & Mark Considine) 📚 Claudio Domenig & Fritz Sager study how street-level organisations adapt to a new legal framework after regulatory reform 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📣 Vol 8⃣4⃣ ( 4⃣ ) is out 🌞 The December 2025 Issue features a #SpecialIssue on the implications of new public governance for #StreetLevel #organisations and #bureaucrats & 3⃣ research articles See our newsletter 👇 mailchi.mp/e74ef5557f23... For the Issue 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...

Is #success in one domain (i.e., #Policy, #Process, and #Political) sufficient to ensure success in other domains ❓ Scott Prasser shows why success needs to be seen across the interrelated areas of policy, process, and politics 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

☕️ How does managing a #BlendedWorkforce impact the well-being of middle managers in the public service ❓ Vindhya Weeratunga, Fiona Buick, Deborah Blackman, Michael O'Donnellexplore the unintended consequences of the blended workforce model 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Thanks Daniel and Al for a great panel and presentations! I presented on work in progress with Neil Mortimer 👇 This builds upon our recent @ausjpa.bsky.social paper and new framework for understanding crisis policy learning: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

In case you missed @ausjpa.bsky.social's trending article @christianeva.bsky.social examines the #IndigenousProcurementPolicy in #Australia & shows half of the $7 billion spent in the first eight years of the policy went to just 18 businesses 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Great panel @auspsa.bsky.social yesterday discussing AI/ChatGPT in teaching, with Blair Williams, Diane Perche, Rob Manwaring @mussagulova.bsky.social and Narelle Miragliotta. I’ve written about my experience with this in @ausjpa.bsky.social

What is on the menu 🧑‍🍳❓ @ausjpa.bsky.social's December is in the press & brings together a co-guest edited (by @gabilotta.bsky.social & Mark Considine) special issue on #NewPublicGovernance at street-level The Issue will also include 3⃣ research articles More soon...👇

🗞️ Early view #RegulatoryDarkMatter are instruments that often evade democratic oversight, despite binding regulatory ramifications Michael McGuinness & colleagues examine the influence of unofficial rules, soft law & quasi-regulatory mechanisms in #Australia 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🗞️ Early view #PolicyLearning literature has generated a prolific endeavour & examines learning processes at micro-, meso- and macro-levels @bishoyzaki.bsky.social focuses on the meso-level & conceptualises the scarcely theorised ‘organisational policy learning’ 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

☕️ Early view #PolicyCapacity available to oppositions and parliaments has received less attention Darren A. Disney studies the policy capacity across major Australian national and sub-national jurisdictions 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🆕 Early view 🗣️ How could we design #deliberative summits better ❓ Heath Pickering discusses the @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social's #M2050 Summit. The article derives four lessons for improvements and the bases for replication elsewhere 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🧐 In case you missed it Phuc Nguyen & colleagues study the under-performing provision of employment services in #Australia They apply the #SupplyChainManagement theory & visualise the network of stakeholders involved in the provision of employment services 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

⏰ Early view What is the mediating role of laissez-faire leadership in the relationship between #MeaningfulWork & #JobSatisfaction ❓ Abid Hussain & Esme Franken examine the interplay between #Autonomy, #Leadership, and #OrganisationalConstraints 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

♨️Early view Who defines #success in #IndigenousPolicymaking❓ Christian Eva provides the most comprehensive quantitative analysis of the distribution of #Procurement contracts to #IndigenousBusinesses 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🧐 Which are the "most-read" "top-5" articles published in 2025 ❓ You have been reading #PolicySuccess & #failure, foundations of a #HumaneGovernment, #BureaucraticGovernance, #PolicyImplementation & In Memoriam #GemmaCarey👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...

⏰Early view How is #Empathy understood by public servants❓ How do #PublicServants practise empathy in their work❓ @mussagulova.bsky.social, Jaime Padilla, & Andy Asquith study how empathy is enacted and structured into public service work 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

⏰ Early view How is #merit conceptualised in public sector merit protection frameworks ❓ Sue Williamson & colleagues examine the #MeritProtectionFrameworks in the #AustralianCapitalTerritory, #Queensland & #Aotearoa in #NewZealand👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📣 Early View What constitutes an ideal-type #MicroLevel #Learning process during a #crisis ❓ And what challenges might undermine this ideal ❓ Neil Mortimer & @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social study #Australia's #COVID19 crisis learning as an exemplar case 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🚨 Publication alert 🚨 Neil Mortimer and I explain Australia's COVID governance success and failure via a new framework for understanding crisis policy learning. Ft. interviews w politicians, bureaucrats and experts: Scott Morrison, Greg Hunt, Brendan Murphy and Paul Kelly. 🧵

👉It is #OAWeek @ausjpa.bsky.social endorses Open Access publishing & publishes #OpenAccess The share of open access articles was only 3⃣% in 2018. It has reached 6⃣9⃣% in 2024. As of September 2025, it is 6⃣1⃣%. For more information 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...

📣 Early View How does #PolicyCapacity impact managing wicked problems such as climate change in the #GlobalSouth ❓ Rameen Khan & Fiaz Hussain provide insights into the capacities needed for effective #ClimateChange #PolicyWork in #Pakistan 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🧐 In case you missed it In this #Forum article, dedicated to #FabienneMaron, Edoardo Ongaro, Wolfgang Drechsler, Hiroko Shimada-Logie (in this photo) & colleagues argue that #Humanities help us rediscover the significance of #MoralSentiments, #Imagination & #Compassion in PA 👇

🧐 In case you have missed @ausjpa.bsky.social's September Issue is out With Australian roots, @ausjpa.bsky.social has an international standing & @ausjpa.bsky.social looks forward to receiving your excellent submissions from the #GlobalSouth and beyond 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...

With all of this news of AI slop from Deloitte, it’s worth remembering that in this study, even my undergrads could see how poorly AI produced policy advice @ausjpa.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Story today about unis relying on Turnitin to detect AI. My research last year (@ausjpa.bsky.social) where students were required to use ChatGPT to produce policy briefs showed that Turnitin produced a lot of false negatives: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣) 🧐Have you had the opportunity to read Janine O’Flynn's reflections on the foundations for a human(e) government ❓ 🖊️The article argues for interweaving #positivity, #complexity, #humility, & #empathy 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📣 Early View What is #GamefulGovernment ❓ David Threlfall & Catherine Althaus study the usage of #games and #gamification in #Australian public sector practice, & what it means for processes and outcomes of policymaking 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

📣Early View Can #CommunityOrganisations (COs) extend the reach of support to at-risk groups❓ Corina Crisan & colleagues employ #CollaborationTheory & suggest a framework to guide strategic alliances with COs to support at-risk workers👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣) 🖊️ Government agencies are not just complex bureaucracies but also learning organisations Ed Dandalt analyses the themes covered in public sector leadership development programmes 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣) ✏️ #HumanLearningSystem emphasises continuous learning & improvement within organisations to enhance their effectiveness Christianne Ormston & Michael Macaulay examine the emergent HLS project #CollaborativeNewcastle #NHSUK 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣) 🖊️ Christiane Gerblinger examines the dynamics of selective knowledge in government policymaking How & why the strategic use of overlooking, ignoring, & silencing is a challenge to #accountability and #PublicTrust 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

“Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it” … by re-separating political and civil service roles once again. Nice paper from Keith Dowding, Marija Taflaga doi.org/10.1111/1467... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣Vol 8⃣4⃣(3⃣) is out ❗️ 🌥️ 🌞 The September 2025 Issue is a rich, dense, and stimulating collection of 3⃣ Research articles 4⃣ Research notes 2⃣ Practice and policy articles Explore, read, & engage 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...

📣🆕Early View #LeveragePoints are places within #systems where small, strategic interventions can create significant and lasting impact Deborah Blackman, Vindhya Weeratunga, Jade Hart, @hdicko.bsky.social propose a crucial refinement to Meadows’ leverage points👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🧐 Holistic approaches studying #CitizenSatisfaction with public services in developing countries have been scarcer 👉 Xin Tao, Nikita Makarchev & colleagues examine the sources and mechanisms of #Vietnamese citizens’ satisfaction with land administration services 👇

📣🆕Early View Can we trace back the performance of public services to the effectiveness of service providers’ management of their supply chains❓ Phuc Nguyen & colleagues study the under-performing provision of employment services from a system approach👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📣🆕Early View Why can the #humanities be beneficial for the practice of #PublicAdministration (PA)❓ In this Forum article, dedicated to Fabienne Maron, Edoardo Ongaro, @albertmeijer.bsky.social & colleagues argue that the humanities can deepen our understanding of PA👇

🌞Summer readings & highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (2⃣) Kerkko Huhtanen, Anna-Katriina Salmikangas & Hannu Itkonen discuss #Hybridity in the provision of public services driven by economic recessions, #NewPublicManagement & other societal changes in #Finland 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🌞Summer readings More than 300K full-text downloads in the last two years, which articles have been read most ❓ Explore our readers' collection 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...

🌞Summer readings & highlights from Vol 8️⃣4️⃣(2️⃣) Sebastian Singler & Ali A. Guenduez examine: How prevalent are #PublicSectorInnovation (PSI) barriers in the innovation process❓ What differences exist between PSI barriers at the national and regional levels❓ 👇

What are the three dimensions of co-destruction of service value ❓ Shabana Naveed identifies three dimensions: 👉Value-in-production 👉 Value-in-delivery 👉 Value-in-usage 👇

🧐Have you had the opportunity to explore the latest Special Issue (SI) on #HybridisedPublicManagement, co-guest edited by an-Erik Johanson, Jarmo Vakkuri, David Mills & @adinadudau.bsky.social ❓ Explore AJPA's collection of‬ Symposiums, SIs & Virtual Issues👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

A new academic year is ahead of us 🏫 In case you are looking for 📚 on #AdministrativeBurden, @ausjpa.bsky.social recommends a recent article by Zhang Chun, Jiang Guojun & Liao Fuchong The article examines the relationship between public sector reform & administrative burdens 👇

🆕 Early view 📩 👉 Co-guest edited by @gabilotta.bsky.social & Mark Considine present the upcoming special issue on "The implications of #NewPublicGovernance arrangements for #StreetLevelOrganisations and #Bureaucrats" 👉 Watch this space for the collection 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...