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Personal profile
Biography
Associate Professor Deirdre O'Neill is Associate Dean Education (Student Experience) and Director, Public Policy Graduate Programs in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University. She is Course Director of the Master of Public Policy at Monash University Australia, and Course Director of the Master of Public Policy and Management at Monash Indonesia.
As Academic Director, she led the internationally renowned Executive Master of Public Administration at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government for six years. While at ANZSOG she also established a major senior public sector leadership program for the Pacific for AusAID, the Australian government's international aid agency.
Her current research focus includes declonising pedagogy, prisons privatisation, public sector reform and accountability. She has numerous publications, including an edited book (The Contract State: Public Management and the Kennett Government), book chapters and articles in refereed Australian and international journals. She is the co-author of Business, Government and Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). She is an Academic Fellow of ANZSOG and chairs the ANZSOG Human Research Ethics Committee.
Her Ph.D - The Challenge of Administrative Reform: Public Service Reform Under the Hamer and Kennett Governments in Victoria - was awarded by Monash University in 2000.
Research interests
Decolonising pegagogy
Prisons privatisation
Accountability
Public sector reform
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Public administration, PhD, The Challenge of Administrative Reform, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 4 Feb 2000
Political Science , BA (Hons), University of Melbourne
Award Date: 18 Feb 1978
Research area keywords
- Public Sector Management
- Public sector reform
- Prisons privatisation
Projects
- 2 Finished
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AAAWTL: Development Program for Australia-Award Alumni Women in Timor-Leste
Niner, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & O'Neill, D. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Palladium International Pty Ltd
16/08/18 → 31/10/18
Project: Research
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Developing new methods for building health policy capacity in Australia
Oldenburg, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Eagar, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fleming, M.-L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hall, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Legge, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lin, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McDermott, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Neill, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Filby, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Wilson, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Wilson, I. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/01/07 → 31/12/10
Project: Research
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Policy education in Australia and New Zealand: towards a decolonized pedagogy
Mintrom, M. & O'Neill, D., 2023, In: Journal of Asian Public Policy. 16, 1, p. 35-52 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus) -
Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and bureaucratic transformation
Newman, J., Mintrom, M. & O'Neill, D., Feb 2022, In: Futures. 136, 11 p., 102886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
45 Citations (Scopus) -
Royal commissions and policy influence
Mintrom, M., O'Neill, D. & O'Connor, R., Mar 2021, In: Australian Journal of Public Administration. 80, 1, p. 80-96 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
15 Citations (Scopus) -
P3s and social infrastructure: three decades of prison reform in Victoria, Australia
O'Neill, D., Sands, V. & Hodge, G., 2020, In: Public Works Management & Policy. 25, 3, p. 214-230 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Cheaper, better, and more accountable? Twenty-five years of prisons privatisation in Victoria
Sands, V., O'Neill, D. & Hodge, G., Dec 2019, In: Australian Journal of Public Administration. 78, 4, p. 577-595 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Academic Program Review
Deirdre O'Neill (Member)
May 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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University of Melbourne (External organisation)
O'Neill, D. (Member)
Oct 2016 → Oct 2017Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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ANZSOG Human Research Ethics Committee
Deirdre O'Neill (Chair/ Co-Chair)
3 May 2016 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Independent Inquiry into the EPA
Deirdre O'Neill (Contributor)
6 Nov 2015Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries