Victoria Business School’s Institute for Governance and Policy Studies (IGPS) has received a generous $7 million endowment from the Gama Foundation to support its ongoing work leading thinking and debate around issues at the heart of the democratic process.
Professor Jacqueline Cumming has been awarded a Fellowship for the Australasian College of Health Service Management.
The School of Government celebrated some significant milestones at the prize-giving and anniversary ceremony on 11 November.
Professor Miriam Lips, the Chair in Digital Government, says research shows continuing divides between 'digital-rich' and 'digital-poor' people in New Zealand society in an opinion piece published by the Dominion Post.
Professor Berman was invited to deliver a presentation earlier this month in front of 900 people gathered as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Graduate School of Public Administration in Thailand.
Academics, practitioners, public servants and NGO leaders gathered last week for a workshop looking at e-Government in the Pacific Islands, hosted by the School of Government.
Dr Chris Eichbaum says the Office of the Auditor-General needs to conduct an inquiry into whether the public service is providing government with "free and frank" advice.
Dr Michael Macaulay will lead work in New Zealand on a three-year, trans-Tasman research project into whistleblowing practices in the workplace that has been granted over $500,000 in funding by the Australian Research Council Linkage.
Professor Miriam Lips and A/Prof Michael Macaulay have been appointed to a new Stakeholder Advisory Group formed to provide input into New Zealand's Open Government Partnership Action plan.
