[IMCnetwork] IMC Seminar | Interpretive Political Science: as a Tool for Understanding Policy Making in Practice by Sarah Ball | Friday 19 April 2024

[Steven Rood]

Nick,
Now that I could participate electronically, a week from now I will be in
Ohio (on the wrong side of the globe!).
Still, I'm paying attention.
Steve

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 11:02 AM Nick Cheesman via IMCnetwork <
imcnetwork at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> Hello IMC list serv
>
> A reminder of this talk by Sarah Ball next week: please come join us on
> the third floor of the RSSS building if you are in Canberra; otherwise,
> online.
>
> Best wishes
> Nick
>
>
>
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> School of Politics and International Relations
> Interpretive Political Science:
> *as a Tool for Understanding Policy Making in Practice*
>
> Sarah Ball (University of Melbourne)
>
> Friday 19 April 2024,
> 12.00 pm AEST
> Level 3 Room 3.72, RSSS building and via Zoom
> ZOOM LINK
> <https://anu.zoom.us/j/3364169330?pwd=ZStOdm4vTWpwS1RMbmFYUisxWVB2UT09>
>
> Policy-making is an ongoing process of negotiation and mediation of
> meaning but this side of policy often goes unnoticed, made up of ‘hundreds
> of practical judgments, the everyday, taken-for-granted-routines and
> practices’ (Wagenaar). This research draws on key concepts from Bevir and
> Rhodes’s interpretive political science to bring to light how traditions
> shape this process of meaning making within the public sector, and how this
> can explain why some interpretations of policy concepts gain traction over
> others. In past research I have used this approach to explore the
> translation of behavioural insights and the three traditions which shaped
> how behavioural public policy was understood. This paper outlines how these
> ideas can also contribute to understanding of emerging issues such as the
> use of AI and the ongoing challenges facing collaboration between the
> public sector, academia and NGOs.
>
>
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> Presenter Bio
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> *Sarah Ball* is a lecturer in public policy. She is currently working on
> an ARC Linkage Project titled ‘The new digital governance of
> welfare-to-work’ and an ESRC project exploring 'Ethics and expertise in
> times of crisis: Learning from international varieties of ethics advice'.
> Prior to this she completed her PhD at the Institute of Social Science
> Research at the University of Queensland. Her research explored the use of
> behavioural insights and experimental methods in the development of social
> policy in the Australian Federal Government. She has worked for both the
> Australian Public Service Commission and the Department of Social Services,
> where she developed a deep interest in public administration, knowledge
> sharing and evidence-based policy.
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