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Name:	Professor Ian Thynne
Qualifications:	PhD
Main role:	Chair in Governance
Phone:	+61 8946 7243
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Email:	ian.thynne@cdu.edu.au
Address:	Governance Program Faculty of Law, Business and Arts Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia

Research interests Publications Current projects Recent completions supervised

Research Interests Modes of governance and public management, with a focus on organisational types, inter-organisational relationships, reform strategies and public-private mixes.

Recent Publications “Symposium on Organisations in Public Management”, Public Organization Review, 3(3), 2003 (guest edited with R Wettenhall). Wrote one of the six articles: “Making Sense of Organisations in Public Management: A Back-to-Basics Approach”. “Making Sense of Public Management Reform: ‘Drivers’ and ‘Supporters’ in Comparative Perspective”, Public Management Review, 5(3), 2003. “State Organisations as Agencies: An Identifiable and Meaningful Focus of Research?” Public Administration and Development, 24(2), 2004. “Public Management and Organisational Autonomy: The Continuing Relevance of Significant Earlier Knowledge”, International Review of Administrative Sciences, 70(4), 2004 (written with R Wettenhall). “Symposium on Public Ownership and Enterprise Management”, The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 27(2), 2005 (edited with R Wettenhall). Wrote (with R Wettenhall) one of the eight articles: “Ownership and Management in the Public Sphere: Governance Issues and Concerns”. “Statutory Bodies as Instruments of Government in Hong Kong: Review Beginnings and Analytical Challenge Ahead”, Public Administration and Development, 26(1), 2006. “Privatisation by Divestment”, in B G Peters and J Pierre (eds), Handbook of Public Policy, Sage, London, 2006. “Symposium on Statutory Bodies in Hong Kong and Singapore: Issues and Cases of Organizational Autonomy and Integration”, Public Organization Review, 6(3), 2006 (guest edited with I Scott). Wrote one of the eight articles: “Statutory Bodies: How Distinctive and In What Ways?” “The Reform of the Northern Territory Correctional Services: Process, Content and Challenges – Draft Discussion Paper”, 2007.

Current Projects An ongoing study of the reform of the Northern Territory Correctional Services – supported financially by the Correctional Services. Drafted (with A Massey) a chapter on “Global Governance: Prospects and Challenges” as part of a study of the human factor in global governance. This chapter will be included in a book to be published in 2008-09 by the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. Preparing (with R Wettenhall) a panel on public ownership for the annual conference of the International Research Society for Public Management to be held in Brisbane in March 2008. We will guest edit a selection of the papers from this panel for a “Symposium on Ownership in the Public Sphere” to be published in the International Journal of Public Policy in 2008-09. An edited version of our panel paper – “Ownership in the Public Sphere: The Significance of Community and Organisational Form” – will introduce the symposium. Beginning to write (with B Guy Peters) a book on Organising Public Action. Preparing to guest edit a “Symposium on Climate Change, Governance and Environmental Services” to be published in Public Administration and Development in 2008. My article – “Climate Change and Governance: Contributory, Warranted and Enlightened?” – will introduce the symposium.

Recent Completions Supervised Three PhD students in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong - studying aspects of modern governance.