Research into the application of artificial intelligence in the Public Service, the steps a Public Servant might take to follow a stretch as a Ministerial adviser and how to understand the capabilities of social procurement implementation is being funded by a joint program from the University of Canberra (UC) and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA).
Director of the UC Centre for Change Governance, Darren Sinclair said $15,000 had been awarded to three research projects through the Public Administration Research Trust Fund, with researchers from four Australian universities chosen to conduct original research in the field of public administration that was relevant to public service practitioners.
“Public administration is undergoing a period of rapid transformation, with the advent of digitisation and big data, together with new and demanding challenges such as COVID-19, and the need to addresses integrity, diversity and inclusion,” Professor Sinclair said.
National Executive Director of the IPAA, Caroline Walsh said the three research projects would deliver real-world insights for public servants and those involved in the wider public purpose sector.
Ms Walsh said Monash University Associate Professor Joshua Newman had been awarded $6,000 to research the ethical application of artificial intelligence in Australian public administration.
She said Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University’s School of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Maria Maley was awarded $3,000 for research into the career steps following work as a Ministerial adviser.
Ms Walsh said the Lecturer in Social Procurement at the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne School of Government, Warren Staples and Director of the Melbourne School of Government and Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law at the University of Melbourne, John Howe along with Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Diep Nguyen and Associate Dean (Research) at the same University, Stephen Teo were awarded $6,000 for research into understanding capabilities in social procurement implementation.
