David Bromell
David Bromell is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the School of Government.
Contact details
Email: david.bromell@vuw.ac.nz
Phone: +64 021 140 2062
Qualifications
PhD, University of Otago, 1990
Profile
Dr David Bromell has worked in senior policy advice roles in central government (2003–2013) and local government (2013–20). He has been a Senior Associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies (2008–2023). He contributes to Policy Quarterly and has been a member of the editorial board since 2010. He co-taught GOVT539 (Philosophy, Politics and Public Policy) with Prof. Jonathan Boston in the years this course was offered from 2012–2020.
He has been an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury (2017–2023) and has held visiting research fellowships at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum, Germany (2020–2021); the NRW School of Governance in Duisburg, Germany (2016); the Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago (2011); Ormond College, University of Melbourne (1999); and the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (1988). He lives in Christchurch.
Publications
Selected publications
Books and book chapters
2024—Policy analysis: A practical introduction. Springer.
2022—The art and craft of policy advising: A practical guide (2nd ed.; 1st publ. 2017). Springer.
2022—Regulating free speech in a digital age: Hate, harm and the limits of censorship. Springer.
2019—Ethical competencies for public leadership: Pluralist democratic politics in practice. Springer.
2010—The public servant as analyst, adviser and advocate. In J. Boston, A. Bradstock and D. Eng (Eds.), Public policy: Why ethics matters (pp. 55–78). ANU E Press.
2009—Recognition, redistribution and democratic inclusion. In R. Openshaw and E. Rata (Eds.), The politics of conformity in New Zealand (pp. 231–255). Pearson.
2008—Ethnicity, Identity and Public Policy: Critical perspectives on multiculturalism. Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
Policy Quarterly articles
2021—Censored! Developing a framework for making sound decisions fast. With D. Shanks. Policy Quarterly 17(1), 42–49.
2016—Why (not) political philosophy? Policy Quarterly 12(2), 80–84. 2014 ‘A fair go’ in public policy. Policy Quarterly 10(2), 12–21.
2012—Creating public value in the policy advice role: A reflection from the front line. Policy Quarterly 8(4), 16–22.
2010—Income inequality and the economy of ideas. Policy Quarterly 6(3), 40–4.
Working papers
2021—After Christchurch: Hate, harm and the limits of censorship. Seven working papers, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
2012—Evidence, values and public policy. Occasional paper, Australia and New Zealand School of Government.
2012—Doing the right thing: Ethical dilemmas in public policy. Working paper, Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago.
2011—A changing population, changing identities: The Crown-Māori relationship in 50 years’ time? with Paul Callister. Institute of Policy Studies Working Paper 11/09.
Op-eds
2023—Words are not weapons and disagreement is not hate. Stuff, March 23, 2023.
2022—How to argue in a free and open society. Newsroom, October 5, 2022.
2021—After Christchurch, hate speech policy should focus on harm, not offence taken. The Guardian, March 12, 2021.
2021—After Christchurch: Hard questions for policy makers. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/02/27/after-christchurch-hard-questions-for-policymakers/