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2025

Journal Article

Who decides what works? Ethical considerations arising from the Australian Government's use of behavioural insights and Robodebt

Ball, Sarah (2025). Who decides what works? Ethical considerations arising from the Australian Government's use of behavioural insights and Robodebt. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 84 (1), 159-171. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12676

Who decides what works? Ethical considerations arising from the Australian Government's use of behavioural insights and Robodebt

2025

Journal Article

Introduction to the Special Issue on Activation and the Digital Welfare State

Mcgann, Michael, Considine, Mark, Nguyen, Phuc and Ball, Sarah (2025). Introduction to the Special Issue on Activation and the Digital Welfare State. Australian Journal of Social Issues. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.70002

Introduction to the Special Issue on Activation and the Digital Welfare State

2025

Journal Article

Using interpretive political science to understand policy-making in practice

Ball, Sarah (2025). Using interpretive political science to understand policy-making in practice. Australian Journal of Political Science, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2025.2454556

Using interpretive political science to understand policy-making in practice

2024

Journal Article

Collaboration and public policy: agency in the pursuit of public purpose

Ball, Sarah (2024). Collaboration and public policy: agency in the pursuit of public purpose. Critical Policy Studies, 18 (4), 728-731. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2311198

Collaboration and public policy: agency in the pursuit of public purpose

2024

Journal Article

Beyond administrative burden: activation and administrative harm

McGann, Michael and Ball, Sarah (2024). Beyond administrative burden: activation and administrative harm. Australian Journal of Social Issues. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.371

Beyond administrative burden: activation and administrative harm

2024

Journal Article

Unlocking policy success: is codesign the key to achieving effective policy outcomes?

Ball, Sarah and Rejón, René (2024). Unlocking policy success: is codesign the key to achieving effective policy outcomes?. Policy Design and Practice, 7 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2024.2368911

Unlocking policy success: is codesign the key to achieving effective policy outcomes?

2023

Journal Article

Emerging modes of digitalisation in the delivery of welfare‐to‐work: implications for street‐level discretion

Ball, Sarah, McGann, Michael, Nguyen, Phuc and Considine, Mark (2023). Emerging modes of digitalisation in the delivery of welfare‐to‐work: implications for street‐level discretion. Social Policy and Administration, 57 (7), 1166-1180. doi: 10.1111/spol.12939

Emerging modes of digitalisation in the delivery of welfare‐to‐work: implications for street‐level discretion

2023

Journal Article

Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work Edited by JoIngold and PatrickMcGurk. Bristol University Press, Mar 1, 2024, 270 pp., ISBN: 978–1529223002, Price GBP 28.99, p/b

Ball, Sarah (2023). Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work Edited by JoIngold and PatrickMcGurk. Bristol University Press, Mar 1, 2024, 270 pp., ISBN: 978–1529223002, Price GBP 28.99, p/b. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 61 (4), 990-992. doi: 10.1111/bjir.12772

Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work Edited by JoIngold and PatrickMcGurk. Bristol University Press, Mar 1, 2024, 270 pp., ISBN: 978–1529223002, Price GBP 28.99, p/b

2023

Journal Article

Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought?

Pykett, Jessica, Ball, Sarah, Dingwall, Robert, Lepenies, Robert, Sommer, Theresa, Strassheim, Holger and Wenzel, Lars (2023). Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought?. Evidence and Policy, 19 (2), 236-255. doi: 10.1332/174426421X16596928051179

Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought?

2022

Journal Article

Dramaturgy and crisis management: a third act

Ball, Sarah, McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2022). Dramaturgy and crisis management: a third act. Public Administration, 100 (3) padm.12775, 585-599. doi: 10.1111/padm.12775

Dramaturgy and crisis management: a third act

2022

Journal Article

Can robots understand welfare? Exploring machine bureaucracies in welfare-to-work

Considine, Mark, McGann, Michael, Ball, Sarah and Nguyen, Phuc (2022). Can robots understand welfare? Exploring machine bureaucracies in welfare-to-work. Journal of Social Policy, 51 (3) PII S0047279422000174, 519-534. doi: 10.1017/s0047279422000174

Can robots understand welfare? Exploring machine bureaucracies in welfare-to-work

2021

Journal Article

Knowledge coproduction: panacea or placebo? Lessons from an emerging policy partnership

Reddel, Tim and Ball, Sarah (2021). Knowledge coproduction: panacea or placebo? Lessons from an emerging policy partnership. Policy Design and Practice, 5 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2021.1992106

Knowledge coproduction: panacea or placebo? Lessons from an emerging policy partnership

2021

Journal Article

Translating behavioral public policy into practice: Interpretations and traditions

Ball, Sarah (2021). Translating behavioral public policy into practice: Interpretations and traditions. Critical Policy Studies, 16 (3), 315-332. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2021.1973525

Translating behavioral public policy into practice: Interpretations and traditions

2019

Journal Article

The boundaries of behavioural insights: observations from two ethnographic studies

Ball, Sarah and Feitsma, Joram (2019). The boundaries of behavioural insights: observations from two ethnographic studies. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 16 (4) https://doi.org/10.1332/174426419X15643724702722, 559-577. doi: 10.1332/174426419X15643724702722

The boundaries of behavioural insights: observations from two ethnographic studies

2019

Journal Article

How far to nudge?: assessing behavioural public policy

Ball, Sarah (2019). How far to nudge?: assessing behavioural public policy. Local Government Studies, 45 (2), 283-286. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2019.1570048

How far to nudge?: assessing behavioural public policy

2017

Journal Article

Starting a behavioural insights team: three lessons from the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government

Sarah Ball, Michael Hiscox and Tara Oliver (2017). Starting a behavioural insights team: three lessons from the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 1 (Special Issue), 21-26.

Starting a behavioural insights team: three lessons from the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government