Overview
Background
Adam is a Lecturer in Political Science, focusing on comparative politics and public policy.He is primarily interested in the translation of political ideas and expert knowledge into health and social policy. He has particular expertise in international comparative research, including with regard to major bouts of health care and public pension reform in Sweden and the United States, policy responses to health crises such as antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19 vaccinations and distributional inequality across welfare systems. He has published in scholarly journals such as Policy & Politics, Public Administration, Policy Sciences, Policy & Society and The Journal of European Social Policy.
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Works
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2025
Journal Article
Ignoring harm, saving face: non-knowledge, senior public servants and the Robodebt scheme
Hannah, Adam and Botterill, Linda Courtenay (2025). Ignoring harm, saving face: non-knowledge, senior public servants and the Robodebt scheme. Australian Journal of Political Science. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2025.2486108
2024
Journal Article
What happens at two? Immunisation stakeholders’ perspectives on factors influencing sub-optimal childhood vaccine uptake for toddlers in regional and remote Western Australia
Carlson, Samantha J., Tomkinson, Sian, Hannah, Adam and Attwell, Katie (2024). What happens at two? Immunisation stakeholders’ perspectives on factors influencing sub-optimal childhood vaccine uptake for toddlers in regional and remote Western Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 24 (1) 968, 968. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11371-8
2024
Journal Article
Policy feedback and the politics of childhood vaccine mandates: conflict and change in California, 2012–2019
Attwell, Katie, Hannah, Adam, Drislane, Shevaun and Navin, Mark Christopher (2024). Policy feedback and the politics of childhood vaccine mandates: conflict and change in California, 2012–2019. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 49 (6), 1075-1110. doi: 10.1215/03616878-11377933
2024
Book Chapter
Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts
Hannah, Adam, Attwell, Katie and Tchilingirian, Jordan (2024). Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts. Research handbook on public management and COVID-19. (pp. 206-217) edited by Helen Dickinson, Sophie Yates, Janine O’Flynn and Catherine Smith. Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802205954.00025
2024
Journal Article
Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia
Attwell, Katie, Hannah, Adam, Drislane, Shevaun, Harper, Tauel, Savage, Glenn C. and Tchilingirian, Jordan (2024). Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia. Policy Sciences, 57 (1), 29-51. doi: 10.1007/s11077-024-09522-z
2023
Journal Article
The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research
Hannah, Adam, Tchilingirian, Jordan, Botterill, Linda and Attwell, Katie (2023). The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research. Evidence and Policy, 19 (1), 116-130. doi: 10.1332/174426421x16552882375377
2023
Journal Article
Policy capacity: evolving theory and missing links
Brenton, Scott, Baekkeskov, Erik and Hannah, Adam (2023). Policy capacity: evolving theory and missing links. Policy Studies, 44 (3), 297-315. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2022.2043266
2022
Journal Article
Ideas and crisis in policy and administration: existing links and research frontiers
Hannah, Adam, Baekkeskov, Erik and Tubakovic, Tamara (2022). Ideas and crisis in policy and administration: existing links and research frontiers. Public Administration, 100 (3), 571-584. doi: 10.1111/padm.12862
2022
Journal Article
Convergence on coercion: functional and political pressures as drivers of global childhood vaccine mandates
Attwell, Katie and Hannah, Adam (2022). Convergence on coercion: functional and political pressures as drivers of global childhood vaccine mandates. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11 (11), 2660-2671. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6518
2022
Journal Article
COVID-19: talk of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ lets governments off the hook
Attwell, Katie, Hannah, Adam and Leask, Julie (2022). COVID-19: talk of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ lets governments off the hook. Nature, 602 (7898), 574-577. doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00495-8
2021
Journal Article
Procedural tools and pension reform in the long run: the case of Sweden
Hannah, Adam (2021). Procedural tools and pension reform in the long run: the case of Sweden. Policy and Society, 40 (3), 362-378. doi: 10.1080/14494035.2021.1955487
2021
Book Chapter
Policy styles in healthcare understanding variations in health systems
Bali, Azad Singh and Hannah, Adam (2021). Policy styles in healthcare understanding variations in health systems. The Routledge handbook of policy styles. (pp. 105-122) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429286322-12
2020
Journal Article
The promises and pitfalls of polysemic ideas: ‘One Health’ and antimicrobial resistance policy in Australia and the UK
Hannah, Adam and Baekkeskov, Erik (2020). The promises and pitfalls of polysemic ideas: ‘One Health’ and antimicrobial resistance policy in Australia and the UK. Policy Sciences, 53 (3), 437-452. doi: 10.1007/s11077-020-09390-3
2020
Journal Article
Welfare capabilities: evaluating distributional inequalities and welfare policy in advanced democracies
Hannah, Adam, Brown, Jeremiah Thomas and Gibbons, Andrew (2020). Welfare capabilities: evaluating distributional inequalities and welfare policy in advanced democracies. Journal of European Social Policy, 30 (3), 293-305. doi: 10.1177/0958928719868447
2020
Journal Article
Evaluating the role of bricolage in US health care policy reform
Hannah, Adam (2020). Evaluating the role of bricolage in US health care policy reform. Policy and Politics, 48 (3), 485-502. doi: 10.1332/030557319X15734252004022
2018
Journal Article
Rethinking the ‘open functional’ approach: ideas, problem pressure and reform in the contemporary welfare state
Hannah, Adam (2018). Rethinking the ‘open functional’ approach: ideas, problem pressure and reform in the contemporary welfare state. Public Administration, 96 (3), 528-543. doi: 10.1111/padm.12414
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Navigating Global Health Diplomacy: Analyzing Indonesian Government- Health NGOs Collaboration in Pandemic Response
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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Doctor Philosophy
Institutional Amnesia, Public Policy and Non State Actors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alastair Stark
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Doctor Philosophy
The Paradox of University Autonomy: Power and Politics in University Governance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ravinder Sidhu
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Doctor Philosophy
Strategies of influence used by the meat industry to impact policy making decisions in Australia and the European Union
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton
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Doctor Philosophy
The Political Economy of Market-oriented Healthcare Reform in State-Socialist Asia: State, Interests, and Ideology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shahar Hameiri
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