Areas of expertise

• Relationships between government and community sector organisations
• Inter- and intra-agency cooperation and collaboration
• Responses to homelessness

Profile

Jo Baulderstone is an Associate Professor at Flinders University and is the Director of the Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Administration. She also coordinates a subject on evaluation methods at Flinders and is an advisory committee member on the university’s Gender Consortium.

Before joining academe, Assoc Prof Baulderstone worked as a manager in the Australian Public Sector and held board positions in community sector organisations. She has completed over 30 consultancies for government and nongovernment organisations in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland, mostly in the area of program evaluation.

Programs

Assoc Prof Baulderstone currently teaches in the following ANZSOG courses:

Core programs

• Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)
  – Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU)
• The Pacific Executive Program (PACE)

Executive education

• Evaluation for Public Sector Managers

Recent publications

Books
Journal articles
Reports
Conferences & lectures
Papers

Books

• Baulderstone, J 2008, Why can't you just tell the minister we're doing a good job?, Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbucken.

Journal articles

• Baulderstone, J & Earles, W 2009, ‘Changing relationships: how government funding models impact relationships between organisations’, Third Sector Review, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 17–36.
• Baulderstone, J 2008, ‘Changing relationships between the public sector and community service organisations: insights from the South Australian case’, Public Policy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–16.
• Baulderstone, J, Presser, K & Smith, M 2008, ‘Making three into one: the story of a merger in response to environmental change’, Third Sector Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 67–81.
• Baulderstone, J 2007, ‘Accountability to service-users: rhetoric or reality’, Third Sector Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 9–19.
• Baulderstone, J & Slatter, M 2007, ‘”But is it homelessness research, Virginia?”: definitions, risks and reflections from the field’, Parity, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 10–11.
• Baulderstone, J & Slatter, M 2007, ‘Sharing: the pain’, Parity, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 33–34.
• Baulderstone, J, Beer, A, Slatter, M & Habibis, D 2006, ‘Evictions and housing management’, Final Report Series of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), vol. 94.
• Baulderstone, J, Slatter, M & Adkins, J 2005, ‘A glimpse of the invisible: sex discrimination in housing’, Alternative Law Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 15–18.
• Baulderstone, J & Talbot, C 2005, ‘Accountability and practice: the measurement of client outcomes in SAAP services’, Parity, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 55.
• Baulderstone, J 2004, ‘Ensuring all voices are heard’, Parity, vol. 17, no. 9, p. 6.

Reports

• Baulderstone, J, Geuenich, L, Tually, S, & Cutler, C, 2009, Evaluation of SAAP agreements: Coober Pedy, Port Pirie, Whyalla.
• Baulderstone, J, Tually, S, Cutler, C, & Geuenich, L, 2009, Evaluation of the South Australian innovation and investment projects.
• Baulderstone, J, 2008, I know that I am not alone: report on the integrated service delivery project for clients with multiple complex needs conducted by the Southern Housing Round Table in Adelaide, South Australia.
• Baulderstone, J & Earles, W 2007, Editor, University of Western Sydney.
• Baulderstone, J, Adkins, J & Slatter, M 2004, Sexcluded? Women, homes & sex discrimination 2004: a snapshot study.
• Baulderstone, J & Beer, A 2004, Evaluation of the supported tenancies demonstration projects (final report).
• Baulderstone, J & Talbot, C 2004, Outcome measurement in SAAP funded services : final report, Department of Family and Community Services, Canberra.
• Baulderstone, J & Beer, A 2003, Evaluation of successful tenancies demonstration projects and initiatives.

Conferences & lectures

• Baulderstone, J 2006, ‘Changing relationship with government: contracts or partnerships in the delivery of community services’, The Role of Public Administration in Building a Harmonious Society, pp. 139–160.
• Baulderstone, J 2006, ‘Partnerships between CSOs: what happens to accountability?’, Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research Eighth Biennial Conference: Navigating New Waters.
• Baulderstone, J & O'Toole, K 2005, 'But it's different in my country': teaching public administration using Western materials', The Role of Public Administration in Alleviating Poverty and Improving Governance, pp. 576–586.
• Baulderstone, J & Slatter, M 2003, ‘Avoiding evictions: developing a practice of co-operative professionalism’, Conference Papers Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) 2003.

Papers

• Baulderstone, J, Flateau, P, Coleman, A, Memmott, P & Slatter, M 2009, ‘Sustaining at-risk indigenous tenancies: a review of Australian policy responses’, Final Report Series of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, p. 138.
• Baulderstone, J, Flateau, P. Slatter, M, Coleman, A, Long, S, Memmott, P & Sheppard, L 2008, ‘Sustaining at-risk indigenous tenancies’, AHURI Positioning Paper, no. 104.
• Baulderstone, J, Haggis, J, Schech, S & Ellickson, C 2005, Occasional paper: gender equity in DECS - a focus on women.