Directions

This section of our website contains details of meetings and important papers connected with the research program.

Meetings

International Collaboration Meeting 5 August 2005

• Agenda
   
• Research Themes Diagram
   
• Government Capacities: Comparative Research Initiatives
        - A Draft Prospectus
   
• Comparative Probes in Public Administration
        - A Prospectus for a Program of Research - by Professor Evert Lindquist
   
• Minutes (to come)
   

Strategic Directions Papers

• Enhancing ANZSOG's Contribution to Better Government: Future research directions
   
• ANZSOG Research Priority Areas: A Blue Skies Approach
        - by John Wanna
   
• Mapping research agendas with government: surveys, priorities and future needs
        - by Rhodes, Wanna and Hanson
   
• Trajectories of public administration and administrative history in Australia: rectifying 'a curious blight'?
        - by Scott and Wanna
   
• Public management and departments: contemporary themes - future agendas
        - by Halligan
   
• Investigating power at the centre of government: surveying research on the Australian executive
        - by Weller
   
• Surveying research on New Zealand Government: what next?
        - by Baehler et al
   
• Surveying research on parliament and parliamentary oversight of the public sector
        - by Lewis and Coghill
   
• Social science research and public policy: narrowing the divide
        - by Edwards
   

Presentations

The following presentations were given at the first annual Future Research Agenda Workshop in February 2004. Some of these papers were published in the March 2004 edition of the Australian Journal of Public Administration.

• Mr Andrew Podger - Public Service Commissioner 2002-2004
   
• Mr Michael Wintringham - State Services Commissioner 2000-2004
   
• Mr Mark Burford - Executive Director of the Strategic Directions Group in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet
   

p.s. The views of the speakers are their personal reflections, and do not necessarily represent the views of ANZSOG.