Crawford School of Public Policy

Research about rules covering the career options for ministers and senior public servants in their post-office life gets IPAA’s top gong.

Dr Heather Smith says the task of solving problems and looking for opportunities for Australia requires reimagining how work is approached in the APS and how it is structured. 

Public service academic Janine O’Flynn says the trust bubble the public had towards the government at the start of the pandemic has burst.

A look at the CV of the man chosen to lead APS reform in a brand new secretary role signals a public sector renaissance may be on the horizon. Here’s what we know.

Behavioural fatigue within the community means policymakers should be wary of relying too heavily on COVID vaccine nudge interventions. 

“Accidental public servant” Glyn Davis is a distinguished professor at the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy. Davis talks to Martin Stewart-Weeks about good policy processes and the factors making it hard for public servants to do their jobs well.