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Dr Alastair Stark
Dr

Alastair Stark

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Overview

Background

Alastair is a public policy scholar, a crisis management expert and has an ongoing interest in the institutionalization of participatory modes of governance. His current policy research examines the role that institutional amnesia plays in the policy process, his crisis management research has been focused upon the relationship between public inquiries and lesson-learning, and in relation to participatory governance, he is currently examining the validity of different forms of deliberative democracy in the context of Australian environmental policy. Alastair has published widely in high-ranking international journals and is the recipient of the Mayer Prize (best paper in the Australian Journal of Political Science) and the Lasswell Prize (best paper in Policy Sciences). He has authored three books, won three large-scale Australian Research Council Discovery grants and is always looking for outstanding students who may be interested in completing PhDs in relation to the topics outlined above.

Availability

Dr Alastair Stark is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Strathclyde
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Strathclyde
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Glasgow Caledonian University

Research interests

  • Public Policy

  • Governance

  • Crisis Management

  • Deliberative Democracy

Works

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34 works between 2002 and 2024

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2024

Book

Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector

Drennan, Lynn T., Dudau, Adina, McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2024). Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003367499

Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector

2024

Journal Article

Institutional Amnesia in Government : How much is enough?

Stark, Alastair (2024). Institutional Amnesia in Government : How much is enough?. Policy Quarterly, 20 (1), 3-9. doi: 10.26686/pq.v20i1.9046

Institutional Amnesia in Government : How much is enough?

2024

Book

Public inquiries and policy design

Stark, Alastair and Yates, Sophie (2024). Public inquiries and policy design. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009286879

Public inquiries and policy design

2023

Journal Article

The traveller's guide to policy learning

Stark, Alastair and van der Arend, Jenny (2023). The traveller's guide to policy learning. Journal of European Public Policy, 31 (7), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2243997

The traveller's guide to policy learning

2023

Book Chapter

Measuring public inquiry success

Stark, Alastair (2023). Measuring public inquiry success. New directions in royal commissions and public inquiries: do we need them?. (pp. 195-215) edited by Scott Prasser. Australia: Connor Court.

Measuring public inquiry success

2023

Journal Article

A return to the classics? The implementation of royal commissions in Australia

Stark, Alastair, Punter, Helen and Zarrabi, Behnaz (2023). A return to the classics? The implementation of royal commissions in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 58 (1), 19-36. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2022.2117017

A return to the classics? The implementation of royal commissions in Australia

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

Policy inaction meets policy learning: four moments of non-implementation

Brown, Prudence R. and Stark, Alastair (2022). Policy inaction meets policy learning: four moments of non-implementation. Policy Sciences, 55 (1), 47-63. doi: 10.1007/s11077-021-09446-y

Policy inaction meets policy learning: four moments of non-implementation

2021

Journal Article

Public inquiries as procedural policy tools

Stark, Alastair and Yates, Sophie (2021). Public inquiries as procedural policy tools. Policy and Society, 40 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/14494035.2021.1955485

Public inquiries as procedural policy tools

2021

Journal Article

Public deliberation and policy design

Stark, Alastair, Thomson, N. K. and Marston, Greg (2021). Public deliberation and policy design. Policy Design and Practice, 4 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2021.1912906

Public deliberation and policy design

2021

Book Chapter

Policy learning in the Australian public service

Stark, Alastair (2021). Policy learning in the Australian public service. The Oxford handbook of Australian politics. (pp. 397-414) edited by Jenny M. Lewis and Anne Tiernan. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.24

Policy learning in the Australian public service

2021

Journal Article

Understanding policy responses to COVID-19: the stars haven’t fallen from the sky for scholars of public policy

McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2021). Understanding policy responses to COVID-19: the stars haven’t fallen from the sky for scholars of public policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 28 (8), 1115-1130. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1942518

Understanding policy responses to COVID-19: the stars haven’t fallen from the sky for scholars of public policy

2019

Journal Article

Left on the shelf: Explaining the failure of public inquiry recommendations

Stark, Alastair (2019). Left on the shelf: Explaining the failure of public inquiry recommendations. Public Administration, 98 (3) padm.12630, 609-624. doi: 10.1111/padm.12630

Left on the shelf: Explaining the failure of public inquiry recommendations

2019

Journal Article

Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?

Marston, Greg, Stark, Alastair, Matthews, Tony and Baker, Douglas (2019). Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 78 (1), 3-16. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12339

Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?

2019

Journal Article

Policy learning and the public inquiry

Stark, Alastair (2019). Policy learning and the public inquiry. Policy Sciences, 52 (3), 397-417. doi: 10.1007/s11077-019-09348-0

Policy learning and the public inquiry

2019

Book Chapter

Institutional Amnesia and Crisis Management Analysis

Stark, Alastair (2019). Institutional Amnesia and Crisis Management Analysis. Oxford Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis. (pp. 1-15) edited by Denis Fischbacher-Smith, Sanneke Kuipers, Allan McConnell and John Thomas Preston. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1526

Institutional Amnesia and Crisis Management Analysis

2019

Journal Article

Explaining institutional amnesia in government

Stark, Alastair (2019). Explaining institutional amnesia in government. Governance, 32 (1), 143-158. doi: 10.1111/gove.12364

Explaining institutional amnesia in government

2019

Journal Article

Institutional amnesia and public policy

Stark, Alastair and Head, Brian (2019). Institutional amnesia and public policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 26 (10), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2018.1535612

Institutional amnesia and public policy

2018

Book

Public inquiries, policy learning, and the threat of future crises

Stark, Alastair (2018). Public inquiries, policy learning, and the threat of future crises. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198831990.001.0001

Public inquiries, policy learning, and the threat of future crises

2017

Journal Article

New institutionalism, critical junctures and post-crisis policy reform

Stark, Alastair (2017). New institutionalism, critical junctures and post-crisis policy reform. Australian Journal of Political Science, 53 (1), 24-39. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2017.1409335

New institutionalism, critical junctures and post-crisis policy reform

Funding

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    How do Changes in Institutional Memory Affect Public Policy Processes?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    Do Public Inquiries Matter? Tracking Inquiry Implementation in Australia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Connecting social policy and urban planning for a low carbon future
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Can public inquires promote effective policy learning after crises?
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    'Structured Ideas' and Crisis Management: Coordination during the Queensland Floods
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Alastair Stark is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Effectiveness of Rapid Evidence in Fast-Paced Policy Contexts

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Conflict and Disaster Recovery

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Morgan Brigg

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Institutional Amnesia, Public Policy and Non State Actors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Adam Hannah

Completed supervision

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