Biografisk notat

Jonathan Craft is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science and jointly appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He is also the founding director of Policy Ready—a research and learning platform focused on revitalizing public sector policy making. Jonathan specializes in comparative public policy and administration, policy analysis, and Canadian politics. He is particularly interested in the study of the policy process, political-administrative relations, policy advice, and the intersection of technology and policy making. He is the author of Backrooms and Beyond: Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada (2016) and is a co-editor of Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities (2017) and Issues in Canadian Governance (2018). John Halligan is Emeritus Professor of Public Administration and Governance at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. John publishes on comparative public management, policy and governance, including public sector reform, performance management and political-bureaucratic relationships. He specialises in the Anglophone countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has authored: Reforming Public Management and Governance: Impact and Lessons from Anglophone Countries (2020); and co-authored: Performance Management in the Public Sector (2010, 2015); Public Sector Governance in Australia (2012); Managing Performance: International Comparisons (2008); Parliament in the 21st Century: Institutional Reform and Emerging Roles (2007); Political Management in the 1990s (1992); Political Leadership in an Age of Constraint: The Australian Experience (1992).