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Rhys Andrews

Professor Rhys Andrews

(he/him)

Professor of Public Management

Cardiff Business School

Email
AndrewsR4@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 74198
Campuses
Aberconway Building, Room E10, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

My research interests focus on public management and corporate political activity. I am especially interested in cross-sector partnerships, business-government relations, strategic management, corporatization and public service performance.

I have published widely in refereed journals including: European Journal of Political Research,  Human Relations, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Journal of Urban Economics, Public Administration Review, Social Science & Medicine, Strategic Management Journal, Regional Studies and Urban Studies.

I am co-editor of Corporatization of Local Government: Context, Experiences and Perspectives from 19 Countries (Palgrave, 2023) and Public Administration Reforms in Europe: The View from the Top (Edward Elgar, 2016). I am also co-author of Strategic Management and Public Service Performance (Palgrave, 2011) and Public Service Efficiency: Reframing the Debate (Routledge, 2013).

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Articles

Book sections

Books

Conferences

Monographs

Research

Research interests

  • Public management
  • Corporate Political Activity

PhD supervision research interests

  • Public sector reform
  • Cross-sector partnerships
  • Privatisation and corporatisation
  • Strategic management in the public sector
  • Corporate Political Activity
  • Business-government relations

Teaching

Teaching commitments

  • BSc Business Management Year 1: Management: Theory and Evidence
  • BSc Business Management Year 2: Business, Government & Society
  • Research methods
  • MBA Business projects
  • MSc dissertations
  • PhD supervision

Biography

Qualifications

  • PhD Politics (University of Wales) 2005
  • MA Political Theory (University of Wales) 1996
  • BA (Hons) Government (Essex) 1994

Honours and awards

  • Best Journal Article 2019, International Review of Administrative Sciences
  • Best Journal Article 2015, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
  • Best Journal Article 2006, Public Management Review
  • Best Paper, Public & Non-Profit Division, Academy of Management Meeting, 2019
  • Best paper presented at the International Research Symposium in Public Management annual conference, 2018.

Professional memberships

Higher Education Academy

Academic positions

Reader in Public Management, Cardiff Business School, 2011-13

Senior Research Fellow, Cardiff Business School, 2008-2011

Research Fellow, Cardiff Business School, 2006-2008

Research Associate, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, 2001-2006

Research Officer, National Foundation for Educational Research, 2000-2001

Committees and reviewing

Editorial board:

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Public Administration

Policy & Politics

Public Performance & Management Review

Local Government Studies

Journal of Policy Studies

Supervisions

  • Public sector reform
  • Cross-sector partnerships
  • Privatisation and corporatisation
  • Strategic management in the public sector
  • Corporate Political Activity

Current supervision

Doaa Guzaiz

Doaa Guzaiz

Research student

Panayiota Georgiou

Panayiota Georgiou

Graduate Tutor

Frank Baafi

Frank Baafi

Graduate Tutor

Specialisms

  • Public sector organisation and management