Areas of expertise

• Public administration and public policy
• Policy analysis
• Evaluating the impact of processes of globalisation on domestic policy formulation
• Post-war development

Profile

Mark Evans is the Director of the ANZSOG Institute for Governance and Dean of the Faculty of Business & Government at the University of Canberra. This role draws on his considerable international experience in supporting and training senior civil servants and in evaluating public policy programs. The emphasis of his work at ANZSOG is fourfold: the provision of the ANZSOG governments with strategic training and research support; the development of short courses in conflict transformation; the development of an international masters of public administration (MPA) program and the provision of research on different aspects of institution-building and governance. Prof Evans was also formerly the Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Canberra.

Before taking this role, Prof Evans was Director of York MPA and professional training programs at the University of York, United Kingdom. Between 1998 and 2009, he played a central strategic role in the development of the department’s graduate school and the creation of three successful interdisciplinary research centres: York MPA and professional training programs, Politics, Economics and Philosophy and Post-war Reconstruction and Development. Prof Evans has also played an international role in supporting good administrative practices in public administration in developed and developing contexts as well as the reconstruction of public administration in war-torn societies. He has delivered training and managed evaluation projects on behalf of the World Bank, United Nations agencies, the European Union, the Consortium of Humanitarian Affairs in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the British Council and the West Asia and North Africa Forum, as well as government departments such as: the UK’s Cabinet Office and departments for International Development, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, China’s National School of Administration and Social and Economic Reform Commission and others. Since he has been in Australia, he has provided professional development support to the ACT Government, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and AusAID.

Recent publications

Books

Book chapters

Journals

Journal articles

Conferences & lectures

Books

• Evans, M, Aulich, C & Wettenhall, R 2011 (eds.), Understanding integrity agencies in Australia, Routledge/Taylor Francis, Oxford.
• Evans, M & Aulich, C 2010 (eds.), The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth administration 2007–2010, ANU E-Press, Canberra.
• Evans, M & Lunt, N 2010 (eds.), Understanding competition states, Routledge/Taylor Francis, Oxford.
• Evans, M & Barakat, S 2009, Policy transfer and post-war reconstruction, IB Tauris, London. 
• Evans, M 2008 (ed.), New directions in policy transfer analysis, Routledge/Taylor and Francis/Policy Studies, Oxford. 
• Evans, M 2007, Understanding governance, E-University on-line, York. 
• Evans, M 2006, Public administration and development, E-University on-line, York.
• Evans, M 2004 (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot.
• Evans, M & Wilson, G 2003, Policy-making and policy processes, E-University on-line, York.
• Evans, M 2003, Constitution-making and the Labour Party, Palgrave, Basingstoke.

Book chapters

• Evans, M & Aulich, C 2010, 'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times', in M Evans & C Aulich (eds.), The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth administration 2007–2010, ANU E-Press, Canberra.
• Evans, M & Aulich, C 2010, 'Privatisation in service delivery: lessons from Australia', in T Moon Joong (ed.), The service sector advancement: issues and implications for the Korean economy, Korean Development Institute, Seoul, pp. 155–171.
• Evans, M & Aulich, C 2010, 'Reconstructing the Australian state: the privatisation factor', in J Springford (ed.), Dealing with debt: lessons from abroad, CentreForum, London.
• Evans, M 2010, 'The rise and fall of the Magic Kingdom: understanding Kevin Rudd's domestic statecraft', in M Evans & C Aulich (eds.), The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth administration 2007–2010, ANU E-Press, Canberra.
• Evans, M 2009, 'Cameron's competition state', in M Beech & S Lee (eds.), Cameron's Conservatives, Palgrave, Basingstoke.
• Evans, M 2009, 'Towards public service oriented governance? Administrative reform with Chinese characteristics', in A Massey (ed.), Comparative public administration, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
• Evans, M 2009, 'Understanding policy transfer – a British perspective', in J Fenwick & J McMillan (eds.), Public management in the postmodern era – challenges and prospects, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
• Evans, M 2008, 'New Labour and the rise of the new constitutionalism', in M Beech & S Lee (eds.), Ten years of New Labour, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 68–88. 
• Evans, M 2006, 'Elitism', in C Hay, M Lister & D Marsh (eds.), The state, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 39–58. 
• Evans, M & Bui, D H 2005, 'Embedding neo-liberalism through statecraft: the case of market reform in Vietnam', in S Soederberg, G Menz & P Cerny, Internalizing globalization: the rise of neo-liberalism and the decline of national varieties of capitalism, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 219–237.
• Evans, M 2005, 'Neo-liberalism and policy transfer in the British competition state: the case of welfare reform in Britain', in S Soederberg, G Menz & P Cerny (eds.), Internalising globalization: the rise of neo-liberalism and the decline of national varieties of capitalism, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 69–89.
• Evans, M & Cerny, P 2004, 'New Labour and globalisation', in S Lütz & R Czada (eds.), Der wohlfahrtsstaat: transformation und perspektiven, Leske & Budrich, Opladen, pp. 207–230.
• Evans, M & Lana, X 2004, 'Policy transfer between developing countries: the case of the Bolsa Escola programme to Ecuador', in M Evans (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 190–210.
• Evans, M & McComb, P 2004, 'Policy transfer into a transition state: the case of local government reform in the Ukraine', in M Evans (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 95–112.
• Evans, M 2004, 'In conclusion – policy transfer in global perspective', in M Evans (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 211–226.
• Evans, M 2004, 'Is policy transfer rational policy-making?', in M Evans (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 1–9.
• Evans, M 2004, 'Policy transfer in a competition state: Britain's new deal', in M Evans (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 64–78.
• Evans, M 2004, 'Post-war reconstruction and public administration', in S Barakat (ed.), Reconstruction after war: peace, humanitarianism and development, IB Tauris, London, pp. 191–212.
• Evans, M 2004, 'Understanding policy transfer', in M Evans (ed.), Policy transfer in global perspective, Ashgate, Aldershot
• Evans, M & Cerny, P 2003, 'New Labour, globalisation and the competition state: the case of social policy', in C Pierson et al (eds.), Developments in Scoail Policy, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 19–40.
• Evans, M & Coen, L 2002, 'Elitism', in M Adshead & M Millar (eds.), Public administration and public policy in Ireland, Routledge, pp. 1–20.
• Evans, M 2002, 'Human rights and freedom of information under New Labour', in S Lancaster (ed.), Developments in politics, Causeway Press Limited, p. 43–74.

Journals

• Evans, M 2008 (ed.),  Policy Studies, vol. 29, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Oxford.
• Evans, M 2007 (ed.), Policy Studies, vol. 28, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Oxford.
• Evans, M 2006 (ed.), Policy Studies, vol. 27, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Oxford.
• Evans, M 2005 (ed.), Policy Studies, vol. 26, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Oxford.
• Evans, M 2004 (ed.), Policy Studies, vol. 25, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Oxford.

Journal articles

• Evans, M & Aulich, C 2010, 'Putting "partnership" into PPPs: an Australian perspective', International Journal of Institutions and Economies, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 1–16.
• Evans, M, Aulich, C, Batainah, H & Wettenhall, R 2010, 'Autonomy and control in Australian agencies: data and preliminary findings from a cross-national empirical study', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 214–228.
• Evans, M 2010, 'Observing government elites: up close and personal', Public Administration, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 269–272.
• Evans, M 2009, 'A project in search of a big idea? Gordon Brown and public services management', in M Beech & S Lee (eds.), Policy Studies – Special Issue: The Brown Effect, vol. 30, no. 1.
• Evans, M 2007, 'The art of prescription – theory and practice in public administration research', Public Policy and Administration, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 128–152.
• Evans, M 2006, 'Afghanistan? The good news is that things are nothing like as bad as the media say', Parliamentary Brief, December, pp. 10–11.
• Evans, M 2006, 'At the interface between theory and practice – policy transfer and lesson-drawing', Public Administration, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 479–489.
• Evans, M 2004, 'New directions in policy studies', Policy Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1–4.
• Evans, M 2001, 'Studying the new constitutionalism: bringing political science back in', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 413–426.
• Evans, M 2001, 'Understanding dialectics in policy network analysis', Political Studies, vol. 49, pp. 542–552.
• Evans, M 2000, 'The new constitutionalism and the impact of spill-over', Public Policy and Administration, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 5–24. 

Conferences & lectures

• Evans, M (keynote speaker) 2008, 'Administrative reform in international perspective', Tiri Integrity in Public Administration Conference, Budapest, July.
• Evans, M 2008, 'New Labour and the rise of the new constitutionalism' and 'post-war reconstruction and the World Bank: the case of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme', PSA Conference, Swansea, April 3.
• Evans, M 2008, 'A project in search of a bid idea?', Gordon Brown and Public Services Reform: Symposium on 'the Brown Effect, Centre for British Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, March 17.
• Evans, M 2007, 'Negotiating the problems of network governance', Conference on Public Sector Management: China-Europe Public Administration Conference, China National School of Administration, Beijing, November 14.
• Evans, M 2007, 'New Labour and the rise of the new constitutionalism', Symposium on Ten Years of New Labour, Centre for British Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, June 29.
• Evans, M 2006, 'Mid-term evaluation of the NSP: preliminary findings', Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), Kabul.
• Evans, M 2005, 'Mid-term evaluation of the NSP: theory and method', MRRD, Kabul.