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Professor Catherine Althaus

Professor Catherine Althaus

Professor
Canberra
School of Business

Catherine Althaus is ANZSOG Deputy Dean (Teaching and Learning) and the ANZSOG Chair of Public Service Leadership and Reform at the University of New South Wales in Canberra. She has a passion for creatively serving the public interest as a practitioner-academic. Her academic training is in economics and politics and public policy.

Before coming to ANZSOG, she spent nine years teaching and researching in Canada, culminating in her position as Director of the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Prior to that, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Australian National University, and she held a number of policy posts with the Queensland Treasury department and Queensland Office of the Cabinet.

Professor Althaus continues to act as a curriculum, economics and public policy consultant for a range of clients across Australia and Canada. She has been a co-author of the popular textbookThe Australian Policy Handbooksince its fourth edition in 2007. Since 2017 she has been an editor of theAustralian Journal of Public Administration.

Catherine is a University Medallist and has won several awards, including the 2012 Sam Richardson Award for the most influential article in theAustralian Journal of Public Administration, and an Australia Day Medallion for service to the Queensland Treasury.
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c.althaus@anzsog.edu.au
  • Books | 2022
    Althaus C; Ball S; Bridgman P; Davis G; Threlfall D, 2022, The Australian Policy Handbook: A Practical Guide to the Policymaking Process, Seventh edition,
    Books | 2019
    Althaus C; O’Faircheallaigh C, 2019, Leading from Between: The Challenge and Promise of Indigenous Public Service Leadership in Canada and Australia,
    Books | 2013
    Althaus C, 2013, Calculating political risk,
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Althaus C; Casey D; de Toca L, 2024, 'Responding to COVID-19 in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: The importance of strengths-based public administration, cultural safety and working in genuine partnership', in Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19, pp. 162 - 175
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Althaus C; Workman SK, 2023, 'A Comparative History of Social Provision for Indigenous Australians and Māori', in The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy, OUP, pp. 351 - 365,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Althaus C, 2023, 'Public sector reform and merit: Principles, practices, and pushback', in Handbook of Public Administration Reform, Edward Elgar, pp. 27 - 40,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Althaus C; Threlfall D, 2021, 'The policy cycle and policy theory: From theory-building to policy making', in Handbook of Public Administration: Fourth Edition, pp. 283 - 292
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Althaus C, 2021, 'Cultural Fluency Training for the Twenty-First-Century Public Servant', in The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1685 - 1709,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Althaus C, 2021, 'Political science and the arts as allies and strange bedfellows: A chapter in five parts', in What Political Science Can Learn from the Humanities: Blurring Genres, pp. 287 - 313,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Althaus C, 2020, 'Cultural Fluency Training for the Twenty-First-Century Public Servant', in The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 25,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Althaus C, 2017, 'Establishing the Moral Object of Heterologous and Homologous Embryo Transfer', in Eberl JT (ed.), CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES IN CATHOLIC BIOETHICS, SPRINGER, pp. 169 - 187,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Althaus C; Siemens L; Stange C, 2013, 'Balancing Students’ Privacy Concerns while Increasing Student Engagement in E-Learning Environments', in Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies, Emerald, pp. 339 - 357,
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Althaus C, 2011, 'Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and the Case of the Queensland Charter of Social and Fiscal Responsibility', in Graham A (ed.), Innovation in Public Expenditure Management – Case Studies from the Commonwealth,
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Althaus C; Wanna J, 2008, 'The Institutionalisation of Leadership in the Australian Public Service', in Hart P; Uhr J (ed.), PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES, AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, pp. 117 - 131,
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Althaus C, 2007, 'Human Embryo Transfer and the Theology of the Body', in Brakman SV; Weaver DF (ed.), ETHICS OF EMBRYO ADOPTION AND THE CATHOLIC TRADITION, SPRINGER, pp. 43 - 67,
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Althaus C, 2007, 'The right to assistance from society, if necessary from the State, in distress of family or persons', in Franklin J (ed.), Life to the Full: Rights and Social Justice in Australia,
    Book Chapters | 1997
    Althaus C, 1997, 'The Application of Agency Theory to Public Management', in Davis G; Sullivan B; Yeatman A (ed.), The New Contractualism?, MacMillan
    Book Chapters | 1994
    Althaus C, 1994, 'Legitimation and Agenda-Setting: Development and the Environment in Australia and Canada’s North', in Weller P (ed.), Royal commissions and the making of public policy,
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Taher TB; Althaus CE; Tranter PJ; Evans MC, 2023, 'Impacts of shrimp aquaculture on the local communities and conservation of the world's largest protected mangrove forest', Environmental Science and Policy, 147, pp. 351 - 360,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Althaus C; O'Faircheallaigh C, 2022, 'Bureaucratic Representation, Accountability, and Democracy: A Qualitative Study of Indigenous Bureaucrats in Australia and Canada', Public Administration Review, 82, pp. 646 - 659,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Althaus C, 2022, 'Complementary Bureaucracy: Reimagining Weberian Impersonalism with Indigenous Relationality', Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 5, pp. 135 - 150,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Althaus C; Carson L; Smith K, 2021, 'Rethinking the commissioning of consultants for enhancing government policy capacity', Policy Sciences, 54, pp. 867 - 889,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Althaus C; Dickinson H; Katsonis M; O'Flynn J, 2021, 'Back to the future: Reflections and predictions', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 80, pp. 647 - 651,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Carson L; Althaus C; Sullivan H; van Wanrooy B, 2021, 'Implementation for impact—Measurement, partnership approaches, and storytelling', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 80, pp. 539 - 543,
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Research and education in public sector practice: a systems approach to understanding policy impact', ,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Althaus C, 2020, 'Different paradigms of evidence and knowledge: Recognising, honouring, and celebrating Indigenous ways of knowing and being', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 79, pp. 187 - 207,
    Journal articles | 2019
    ALTHAUS C; O’FAIRCHEALLAIGH C, 2019, 'Leading from Between', ,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Althaus C; Patterson M, 2017, 'A Line in the Sand 50 Years On: Commonwealth Involvement in Indigenous Affairs', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 76, pp. 395 - 396,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Althaus C, 2017, 'Reluctant Representatives: Blackfella Bureaucrats Speak in Australia's NorthElizabethGanter (Canberra: ANU Press; Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research: Research Monograph No 37, 2016, ISBN9781760460327 (paperbook), 210 pp.)', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 76, pp. 529 - 530,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hallgrimsdottir H; Shumka L; Althaus C; Benoit C, 2017, 'Fear, Risk, and the Responsible Choice: Risk Narratives and Lowering the Rate of Caesarean Sections in High-income Countries', AIMS Public Health, 4, pp. 615 - 632,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Althaus C, 2016, 'Soft Diplomacy or Hard Policy Benefits? Exploring the Value of Cross-jurisdictional Learning Exchanges in Policy and Public Administration across the Asia-Pacific Region', ASR CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES, 3, pp. 1 - 25,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Althaus C, 2016, 'The Administrative Sherpa and the Journey of Public Service Leadership', Administration and Society, 48, pp. 395 - 420,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Althaus C; Bridgman P; Davis G, 2015, 'Learning about Learning: Discovering the Work of Policy by Adams, Colebatch, and Walker', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 74, pp. 112 - 113,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Althaus C; Morrison TH, 2015, 'Federalism Dreaming? Re-imagining the Governance of Australian Landscapes', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 74, pp. 93 - 99,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Althaus C, 2015, 'What Do We Talk About Now? Reflecting on Publications in AJPA 1970-2015', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 74, pp. 227 - 238,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Althaus C, 2014, 'Citizen, Customer, Partner: Engaging the Public in Public Management', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 73, pp. 525 - 526,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Althaus C; Vakil T, 2013, 'Political transitions: Opportunities to renegotiate the public service bargain', Canadian Public Administration, 56, pp. 478 - 490,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Althaus C, 2013, 'Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives', CANADIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE, 46, pp. 489 - 491,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Siemens L; Althaus C; Stange C, 2013, 'Balancing students' privacy concerns while increasing student engagement in e-learning environments', Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, pp. 339 - 357,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Althaus C; Evans B; Rathbone E, 2012, 'Trends in Australian and Canadian Public Service Perceptions from an Employee Survey Perspective', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 71, pp. 423 - 439,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Althaus C; Tedds LM; McAvoy A, 2011, 'The Feasibility of Implementing a Congestion Charge on the Halifax Peninsula: Filling the “Missing Link” of Implementation', Canadian Public Policy, 37, pp. 541 - 561,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Althaus C; Tedds LM; McAvoy A, 2011, 'The feasibility of implementing a congestion charge on the halifax Peninsula: Filling the "missing link" of implementation', Canadian Public Policy, 37, pp. 541 - 561,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Althaus C, 2011, 'Assessing the Capacity to Deliver - The BER Experience', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 70, pp. 421 - 436,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Althaus C, 2005, 'Can one "rescue" a human embryo? The moral object of the acting woman.', The national Catholic bioethics quarterly, 5, pp. 113 - 141,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Althaus CE, 2005, 'A disciplinary perspective on the epistemological status of risk', Risk Analysis, 25, pp. 567 - 588,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Wechter D; Althaus C, 2005, 'Response to Catherine Althaus on heterologous embryo transfer.', The national Catholic bioethics quarterly, 5, pp. 451 - 452
    Journal articles | 1997
    Althaus C, 1997, 'What do we talk about? Publications in AJPA 1970-95', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 56, pp. 141 - 146,
    Journal articles | 1996
    Althaus C, 1996, 'National competition policy: Progress and prospects', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 55, pp. 65 - 67,
    Journal articles | 1996
    Althaus C, 1996, 'The state under contract - Boston,J', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 55, pp. 118 - 119,
    Journal articles | 1996
    Brown A; Althaus C, 1996, 'Public service broadcasting in Australia', Journal of Media Economics, 9, pp. 31 - 46,
    Journal articles | 1996
    1996, 'Book Reviews', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 55, pp. 118 - 124,

  • Indigenous public administration and leadership
  • The policy process including particular dimensions of policymaking including analysis, design, implementation and evaluation
  • Cultural competency and confidence
  • Public sector capability assessment
  • Public sector and community leadership
  • Place-based policymaking
  • Public sector risk analysis and management
  • Representative bureaucracy