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
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Strathclyde
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Strathclyde
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Glasgow Caledonian University
Research interests
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Public Policy
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Governance
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Crisis Management
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Deliberative Democracy
Works
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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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Effectiveness of Rapid Evidence in Fast-Paced Policy Contexts
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Conflict and Disaster Recovery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Morgan Brigg
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Doctor Philosophy
Institutional Amnesia, Public Policy and Non State Actors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adam Hannah
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating hydrogen attitudes and citizen transformation through deliberation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kiah Smith
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Balancing Resilience in a Developing Context: Disaster Management in Vietnam
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicole George
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Policy innovations and agency under the one-party system of Vietnam: the study of primary education decision-making
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Melissa Curley
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Post-Crisis Recovery and Policy Implementation: Public Asset Restoration in Queensland Local Government.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ryan Walter
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Individual Risk Perception and Flood Mitigation: An Empirical Study of Protective Actions in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Simone Blomberg
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Small is Beautiful: Knowledge Sharing Dynamics in Indonesia's Puskesmas Model of Primary Health Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sam Hollingworth, Associate Professor Ryan Walter
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Universal Basic Income: Disarticulating and Rearticulating Australian Discourses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Greg Marston
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Bridging the Open Data and Public Policy Gap: Barriers and facilitators for effective government data sharing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Frank Mols
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The Institutionalisation of Special Autonomy as "Ethnic" Conflict Resolution? The Case of Papua, Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Morgan Brigg
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The design and implementation of gambling regulation: a Queensland case study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Kiwi across the Ditch: An Interpretive Account of the 2001 Changes to Policies in Relation to Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangements
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Katharine Gelber
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Much Ado About Nothing? The Rhetoric and Reality of the Nuclear Renaissance
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Rethinking fisheries management with meta-governance
Associate Advisor
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