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How do Changes in Institutional Memory Affect Public Policy Processes? (2021-2024)

Abstract

This project will analyse how changes in institutional memory inside government impact on the effectiveness of public policy processes. Institutional memory changes as ministers, public servants and public agencies come and go, but we don¿TM)t know what effect these changes have over the quality of public policy. This project will therefore analyse how changes to institutional memory have influenced public services and policies in Australia and the UK. Expected outcomes include best practice recommendations for government - about how to address memory loss to improve public policy - and novel academic findings about how institutional memory influences the character of public service delivery, lesson-learning and long-term reform.

Experts

Dr Alastair Stark

Associate Professor
School of Political Science and International Studies
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Alastair Stark
Alastair Stark