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Overview

Jenny M. Lewis is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and business management. Their research spans several subfields, including management of technology and innovation, political science and international relations, public administration, sociology and political science, and general health professions.

Their work covers a range of topics, reflecting a focus on innovative approaches in technology and social development and public policy and administration research. Additional thematic areas include cultural industries and urban development, policy transfer and learning, the Delphi technique in research, university-industry-government innovation models, and evaluation and performance assessment.

Lewis has published multiple recent papers in recognized academic journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Procedural policy tools in theory and practice," 2021, Policy and Society
  • "The limits of policy labs: characteristics, opportunities and constraints," 2020, Policy Design and Practice
  • "Understanding, measuring, and encouraging public policy research impact," 2021, Australian Journal of Public Administration
  • "Formally Alive yet Practically Complex: An Exploration of Academics' Perceptions of Their Autonomy as Researchers," 2020, Higher Education Policy
  • "The Entrepreneurial Public Servant: Unlocking Employee Potential Through Recognition and Inclusion," 2023, Review of Public Personnel Administration

Frequent publication venues for Lewis include:

  • Policy Design and Practice
  • Australian Journal of Public Administration
  • Policy and Society
  • Review of Public Personnel Administration
  • Higher Education Policy

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Lewis's research activity. Regular co-authors include:

  • Peter Triantafillou
  • Arwin van Buuren
  • B. Guy Peters
  • Emma Blomkamp
  • William Voorberg

In addition to journal articles, Lewis has contributed to book publications with established publishers. One such publication is the "Handbook on Measuring Governance" (2024) published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Another work is related to the "Central area redd project [Ribble, Hodder and Lune catchments]" (2021), published by UNESCO.

Best Publications

  • Gender and Welfare Regimes: Further Thoughts

    Jane Lewis

  • Bureaucracy, Network, or Enterprise? Comparing Models of Governance in Australia, Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand

    Mark Considine;Jenny M. Lewis

  • Patterns of Development in Work/Family Reconciliation Policies for Parents in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK in the 2000s

    Jane Lewis;Trudie Knijn;Claude Martin;Ilona Ostner

  • The rise of public sector innovation labs: experiments in design thinking for policy

    Michael McGann;Emma Blomkamp;Jenny M. Lewis

  • Governance at ground level: The frontline bureaucrat in the age of markets and networks

    Mark Considine;Jenny M. Lewis

  • Being around and knowing the players: networks of influence in health policy.

    Jenny M. Lewis

  • How innovation drivers, networking and leadership shape public sector innovation capacity

    Jenny M. Lewis;Lykke Margot Ricard;Erik Hans Klijn

  • The how and why of academic collaboration: disciplinary differences and policy implications

    Jenny M. Lewis;Jenny M. Lewis;Sandy Ross;Thomas Holden

  • THE FUTURE OF NETWORK GOVERNANCE RESEARCH: STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY AND SYNTHESIS

    Jenny M. Lewis

  • Statistical Network Analysis for Analyzing Policy Networks

    Garry Robins;Jenny M. Lewis;Peng Wang

  • Quasi-Markets and Service Delivery Flexibility Following a Decade of Employment Assistance Reform in Australia

    Mark Considine;Jenny M. Lewis;Siobhan O'sullivan

  • UK Work/Family Balance Policies and Gender Equality, 1997–2005

    Jane Lewis;Mary Campbell

  • Assessing Public Leadership Styles for Innovation: A Comparison of Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Barcelona

    Lykke Margot Ricard;Erik Hans Klijn;Jenny M. Lewis;Tamyko Ysa

  • Health Policy and Politics: Networks, Ideas and Power

    Jm Lewis

  • The politics and consequences of performance measurement

    Jenny M. Lewis

  • When design meets power: Design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policymaking

    Jenny M Lewis;Michael McGann;Emma Blomkamp

  • Organization theory and the public sector

    Jenny Lewis

  • Innovation and Innovators Inside Government: From Institutions to Networks

    Mark Considine;Jenny M. Lewis

  • Partnerships in primary care in Australia: network structure, dynamics and sustainability.

    Jenny M. Lewis;Juan I. Baeza;Damon Alexander

  • Networks, innovation and public policy

    Mark Considine;Jenny M. Lewis;Damon Alexander

  • Academic Governance: Disciplines and Policy

    Jenny M. Lewis

  • Civic Engagement and Associationalism: The Impact of Group Membership Scope versus Intensity of Participation

    Damon Timothy Alexander;Jo Barraket;Jenny M. Lewis;Mark Considine

  • Improving Partnership Governance: Using a Network Approach to Evaluate Partnerships in Victoria

    Jeanette Pope;Jenny M. Lewis

  • Procedural policy tools in theory and practice

    Azad Singh Bali;Michael Howlett;Jenny M. Lewis;M. Ramesh

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Considine
Mark Considine University of Melbourne
Erik-Hans Klijn
Erik-Hans Klijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
Garry Robins
Garry Robins University of Melbourne
Ross S. Bailie
Ross S. Bailie University of Sydney
Joan Cunningham
Joan Cunningham Charles Darwin University
B. Guy Peters
B. Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh
Helen Sullivan
Helen Sullivan Australian National University

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