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Dr Adam Hannah
Dr

Adam Hannah

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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.

Availability

Dr Adam Hannah is:
Available for supervision

Works

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15 works between 2018 and 2024

1 - 15 of 15 works

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. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11371-8

What happens at two? Immunisation stakeholders’ perspectives on factors influencing sub-optimal childhood vaccine uptake for toddlers in regional and remote Western Australia

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

Policy Feedback and the Politics of Childhood Vaccine Mandates: Conflict and Change in California, 2012–2019

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

Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts

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

Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia

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

Policy capacity: evolving theory and missing links

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

The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research

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

Ideas and crisis in policy and administration: existing links and research frontiers

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

Convergence on coercion: functional and political pressures as drivers of global childhood vaccine mandates

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

COVID-19: talk of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ lets governments off the hook

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

Procedural tools and pension reform in the long run: the case of Sweden

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

Policy styles in healthcare understanding variations in health systems

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

The promises and pitfalls of polysemic ideas: ‘One Health’ and antimicrobial resistance policy in Australia and the UK

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

Evaluating the role of bricolage in US health care policy reform

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

Welfare capabilities: evaluating distributional inequalities and welfare policy in advanced democracies

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

Rethinking the ‘open functional’ approach: ideas, problem pressure and reform in the contemporary welfare state

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Health workforce crisis: understanding political capacity for policy change
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    What happens at two? Diagnosing the sub-optimal vaccine coverage of country West Australian toddlers (Western Australian Department of Health administered by The University of Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant

Supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Paradox of University Autonomy: Power and Politics in University Governance

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ravinder Sidhu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Institutional Amnesia, Public Policy and Non State Actors

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alastair Stark

Media

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