Publications

Kirley, R. A. E., & Varriale, C. (2025). Agency, interrupted: Does organizational restructuring improve managerial gender parity? Testing a disruption hypothesis. Public Administration Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70065  

Manuscripts under review

Kirley, R. Ripamonti, J. P., Cucciniello, M. Strategies for mediating downstream citizen voice into policy and service ecosystems - what, how and why?  [abstract] - Revise and resubmit

Kirley, R. Pragmatic responsiveness to citizen voice? Workforce diversity as a learning device  [abstract]  - Revise and resubmit

Kirley, R. Citizen voice as democratic data: public administration’s role in knowing the public in representative government  [preprint]

Selected works in progress (drafts available on request)

Sancino, A., Kirley, R., Bryson, J., Crosby, B., George, B., Hansen, J. & Pop, M. Strategy and governance research need each other to deal with grand challenges

Mele, V., Kirley, R. & Ospina, S. What seems to be the problem? Identifying systemic issues in government through cross-sector collaboration

Kirley, R. Exit Leviathan, enter the octopus? Proprioceptive learning in structurally insulated organizations

Research in progress

Finding her voice: women's peer-to-peer conversations about negative or ambiguous healthcare experiences (with E. Liu & G. Fattore) - Data collection

Policy and practice engagement

Kirley, R. (2026). Policy brief submitted to the Independent Review of UK Police Force Structures — 'Mergers and Senior Talent in Public Organisations: Evidence from the Italian NHS'. [link to PDF] 

Kirley, R. (2026). Written evidence submitted to the Ethics and Integrity Commission Public Sector Ombudsman Review.