Jenny M Lewis | |
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Occupation(s) | Political scientist, author and academic |
Academic background | |
Education | Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Statistics Master of Environmental Studies Doctor of Philosophy |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne University of Canberra |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Melbourne Roskilde University |
Jenny M Lewis FASSA is a political scientist, academic, and author. She is a professor of Public Policy and the Academic Director of Scholarly and Social Research Impact in Chancellery Research & Enterprise at the University of Melbourne.[1]
Lewis' research focuses on public policy, with a particular emphasis on governance, the policy-making process, policy networks, and the politics of performance measurement.[2] She is the author of numerous publications, including Innovation in City Governments Structures, Networks, and Leadership, Academic Governance: Disciplines and Policy, and Getting Welfare to Work: Street-Level Governance in Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands.[3]
Lewis is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.[4] She has been the Vice President (Australia and NZ) and President and of the International Research Society for Public Management,[5] as well as being a board member of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Victoria, Lewis serves on the board of several journals and is Editorial Strategy Advisor for the Australian Journal of Public Administration.[6]