COURSE OUTLINES/SYLLABUS/READING LIST
Public policy for 21st century challenges (Warwick, 2nd year undergraduate, 20 weeks)
I suspect that this is a one-of-a-kind course combining perspectives on good policy design from economics, sociology, psychology, law, and political science; public administration theory and theories of the policymaking process, including the bureaucracy and evaluation; and case studies of policymaking chosen by the class.
STUDENT COURSE EVALUATIONS (average 85-90%)
COURSES I HAVE TAUGHT (chronologically from most recent)
Wellbeing Public Policy (postgraduate - Warwick)
Public policy for 21st century challenges (undergraduate - Warwick)
Topics in Land Economy (undergraduate - Cambridge)
Urban Economics (undergraduate - Cambridge)
Economics for Public Policy (masters - ANU)
Evidence and Analysis in Public Policy (masters - ANU)
Issues in Development Policy (masters - ANU)
Governments, Markets, and Global Change (masters - ANU)
Fundamentals of Political Theory: From Herodotus to Machiavelli (undergraduate - ANU)
PhD DISSERTATIONS I HAVE SUPERVISED (chronologically from most recent)
A context-sensitive training program for improving subjective wellbeing in Tasmania (Rebecca McGloughlin, University of Tasmania)
Essays on issues in the value-laden social science of inequality studies (Moritz Horl, University of Vienna)
Essays on the psychological science of wellbeing (Sophia Panasiuk, University of Toronto)
Implementing wellbeing public policy (Yamini Cinamon Nair, University of Cambridge)
MASTER DISSERTATIONS I HAVE SUPERVISED (chronologically from most recent)
Using social-ecological systems theory to undergird adaptation in a bushfire affected community (Paul Doehring, University of Tasmania)
UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS I HAVE SUPERVISED (chronologically from most recent)
Wellbeing and the built environment in the UK. (2023, 1st class)
Policies to improve housing affordability in the UK .(2023, 2.1)
An historical analysis of ideological influences in UK education policy. (2023, 2.1)
Cultural variation in notions of corruption and their implications for development policy. (2023, 1st class).
Analysis of sentiment towards elite scholarship programs in Singapore. (2023, 1st class).
Approaches to improving equity in R&D for pharmaceuticals with low prospects for profit. (2023, 1st class)
Bricolage in local government policymaking on cycling infrastructure (2022, 1st class, published in the journal Mobilities)
Ethical principles underpinning the criminalisation of psychoactive substances (2022, 1st class)
Police service collaborations and service quality (2022, 1st class)
Disability policy: lessons from personal independence payments (2022, 1st class)
Social justice issues in China's net zero transition (2022, 1st class)
The effects of electoral systems on economic policies (2022, 2.1)
Elite influence in the policymaking process: a case study of corruption in COVID procurement (2022, 2.1)
Reasons for the rise of populism in Europe (2022, 2.1)