How do Changes in Institutional Memory Affect Public Policy Processes?

该项目将分析政府内部制度记忆的变化如何影响公共政策过程的有效性。制度记忆随着部长、公务员和公共机构的更替而变化，但我们不知道这些变化对公共政策的质量有什么影响。因此，该项目将分析制度记忆的变化如何影响澳大利亚和英国的公共服务和政策。预期的结果包括为政府提供最佳实践建议——关于如何解决记忆丧失问题以改善公共政策——以及关于制度记忆如何影响公共服务提供、经验教训和长期改革的特点的新颖学术发现。

This project will analyse how changes in institutional memory inside government impact on the effectiveness of public policy processes. Institutional memory changes as ministers, public servants and public agencies come and go, but we don’t know what effect these changes have over the quality of public policy. This project will therefore analyse how changes to institutional memory have influenced public services and policies in Australia and the UK. Expected outcomes include best practice recommendations for government - about how to address memory loss to improve public policy - and novel academic findings about how institutional memory influences the character of public service delivery, lesson-learning and long-term reform.