PhD research and student profiles

To find out more about our PhD students, their research and how to contact them, visit their individual profile pages via the links below.

Pacific policy innovation for the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Non-political staff in Ministerial Offices: Navigating the 'event horizon' between politics and the Public Service

Seeing stewardship as it unfolds: What will stewardship become in the context of New Zealand state sector reforms?

Trading in influence: Corruption with a friendly face?

Power and evidence in New Zealand skills policy: Understanding policy practitioners' engagement with evidence

A critical investigation of leadership development within the New Zealand public service

He Kākano nō Rangiātea: Wairua in a public service context

"Just give me some space". The effect of poverty on child development: the role of stress, cognitive load and screen time

Downwards nominal wage rigidity and public policy in New Zealand

Early childhood education and family dynamics

Towards a better understanding of regulatory mixes in health-care related task shifting: A comparative analysis of the United Kingdom and Canada.

Income, experienced wellbeing, and measuring the value of non-market outcomes

Getting ethical leadership right at the top of our organisations to achieve more ethical and thriving organisations and people.

Good governance and economic diversification

Comparative studies on transport investment under state budget and PPP in a developing country

Assessing policy success in Vietnam: A case of farming land policy for ethnic minorities from 2002 to 2020

Exploring the relationship between justice and forgiveness

An exploration of the relationship between government type and bureaucratic structural reorganisation in New Zealand, 1960-2014