ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SUE OLNEY

Sue is the Director of Power to Persuade. She is the UoM-BSL Principal Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a Visiting Fellow in the Public Service Research Group in the School of Business at UNSW Canberra. Her research focuses on the impact of reform of public services on citizens with complex needs. Over her career in universities, government and in the not-for-profit sector, she has been part of numerous research teams, government inquiries, cross-government and cross-sector initiatives, committees and working groups examining governance, policy implementation and equity issues in employment, training and disability services in Australia and internationally, and has worked on both sides of government contracts. Her past appointments at the University of Melbourne include Public Policy Research Fellow at the Melbourne Disability Institute, Honorary Senior Fellow in the Melbourne School of Government, and Honorary Fellow in the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, and her academic experience includes teaching and research on governance and public administration at the University of Melbourne, UNSW Canberra, ANU, and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). Sue holds a PhD in Public Policy and is on the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Public Administration. She tweets @olney_sue

2023

The importance of diverse perspectives

2022

Looking for workers in the lead up to the Jobs and Skills Summit? Here’s half a million.

The social safety net as a complex system failure for women

Finding support outside the NDIS

2021

Australians with disability need - and deserve - an ambitious and forward-looking employment strategy

2020

Will COVID-19 kill the 'lifters and leaners’ welfare trope?

The long tail of COVID-19: implications for disability policy

2019