Dr Chris Walker

Research Summary

CHRIS teaches policy analysis, policy and organisations, and policy case studies. He has worked in various senior and middle level management and policy positions at the NSW Department of Health, the Roads and Traffic Authority and the Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator. Prior to joining the School, he was a member of the NSW Senior Executive Service working at the Cabinet Office. Chris has been on staff exchange with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Department of Health and worked on developing training material in public sector ethics for the Institute of Public Administration Australia. His research interests include intergovernmental relations, federalism, regulatory reform, public sector management and public sector reform. Of particular interest is the practice of separating policy from operations in government agencies and the consequences this presents for policy development and policy implementation.

Research Areas
Chris's possible topic areas for supervision include: Public policy and Regulation, Industry self-regulation, transport regulation.

UNSW Research Profile

Teaching

Postgraduate Research Supervision
Regulation and social policy

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Walker C (2009) Teaching policy theory and its application to practice using long structured case studies: An approach that deeply engages undergraduate students, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Issue 20 (2) pp.214-225. http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE347.pdf

Walker, C & Hill, G 2001, 'Improving access to driver license and vehicle registration information across multiple governments: The Australian approach', Routes, Roads, World Road Association, no. 312, pp. 6-14.

Walker, C 1996, 'An overview of the role of government in the organisation and provision of health services in Japan', Australian Health Review, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 75-93.

Walker, C & Baldwin, R 1995, 'The separation of policy and operations in organisations: A NSW case study', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 184-195.

Walker, C 1993, 'Social justice in a market economy', Australian Disability Review, no. 1-93, pp. 36-41.

BOOKS

Walker C (2008) ‘The mirage of rail reform: Building regulatory capacity in policy sectors’, in Minding the Gap: Appraising the promise and performance of regulatory reform in Australia, ANU E Press, Canberra, pp.51-62. http://epress.anu.edu.au/minding_gap_citation.html