Dr Eleanor Mackillop
Teams and roles for Eleanor Mackillop
Research Associate, Wales Centre for Public Policy
Overview
JOB TITLE | Research Associate |
ORGANISATION | Wales Centre for Public Policy |
CONTACT EMAIL | eleanor.mackillop@wcpp.org.uk |
PHONE NUMBER | 02922510878 |
Publication
2024
- Piddington, G., MacKillop, E. and Downe, J. 2024. Do policy actors have different views of what constitutes evidence in policy-making?. Policy and Politics 52(2), pp. 239-258. (10.1332/03055736Y2024D000000032)
2023
- MacKillop, E., Connell, A., Downe, J. and Durrant, H. 2023. Making sense of knowledge-brokering organisations: Boundary organisations or policy entrepreneurs?. Science and Public Policy 50(6), pp. 950-960. (10.1093/scipol/scad029)
- Connell, A., Downe, J., Durrant, H., MacKillop, E. and Martin, S. 2023. Externalising policy advice within subnational governments. Policy and Politics 51(4), pp. 628-646. (10.1332/030557321X16883943592187)
- Carter, I. and MacKillop, E. 2023. Can we promote plural local pathways to sustainable development? Insights from the implementation of Wales’s Future Generations Act. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 25(5), pp. 554-569. (10.1080/1523908X.2023.2221182)
- MacKillop, E. and Downe, J. 2023. Knowledge brokering organisations: A new way of governing evidence. Evidence and Policy 19(1), pp. 22-41. (10.1332/174426421X16445093010411)
2022
- MacKillop, E. and Downe, J. 2022. What counts as evidence for policy? An analysis of policy actors' perceptions. Public Administration Review (10.1111/puar.13567)
- Durrant, H. and MacKillop, E. 2022. University policy engagement bodies in the UK and the variable meanings of and approaches to impact. Research Evaluation 31(3), pp. 372-384. (10.1093/reseval/rvac015)
- Sharples, J., Bristow, D., Taylor-Collins, E. and MacKillop, E. 2022. What Works Network Implementation Project. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Centre for Public Policy Cardiff University. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.54454/20220411
2020
- Nesom, S. and MacKillop, E. 2020. What matters in the implementation of sustainable development policies? Findings from the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 2015. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (10.1080/1523908X.2020.1858768)
- MacKillop, E., Quarmby, S. and Downe, J. 2020. Does knowledge brokering facilitate evidence-based policy? A review of existing knowledge and an agenda for future research. Policy and Politics 48(2), pp. 335-353. (10.1332/030557319X15740848311069)
2019
- MacKillop, E. and Sheard, S. 2019. The politics of health policy knowledge transfer: The evolution of the role of British health economics academic units. Evidence and Policy 15(4), pp. 489-507. (10.1332/174426418X15378681544353)
2018
- MacKillop, E. and Sheard, S. 2018. Quantifying life: Understanding the history of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs). Social Science & Medicine 211, pp. 359-366. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.004)
- MacKillop, E. 2018. Leadership in organisational change: A post-structuralist research agenda. Organization 25(2), pp. 205-222. (10.1177/1350508417733137)
2016
- MacKillop, E. 2016. How do empty signifiers lose credibility? The case of commissioning in English local government. Critical Policy Studies 12(2), pp. 187-208. (10.1080/19460171.2016.1236740)
Articles
- Piddington, G., MacKillop, E. and Downe, J. 2024. Do policy actors have different views of what constitutes evidence in policy-making?. Policy and Politics 52(2), pp. 239-258. (10.1332/03055736Y2024D000000032)
- MacKillop, E., Connell, A., Downe, J. and Durrant, H. 2023. Making sense of knowledge-brokering organisations: Boundary organisations or policy entrepreneurs?. Science and Public Policy 50(6), pp. 950-960. (10.1093/scipol/scad029)
- Connell, A., Downe, J., Durrant, H., MacKillop, E. and Martin, S. 2023. Externalising policy advice within subnational governments. Policy and Politics 51(4), pp. 628-646. (10.1332/030557321X16883943592187)
- Carter, I. and MacKillop, E. 2023. Can we promote plural local pathways to sustainable development? Insights from the implementation of Wales’s Future Generations Act. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 25(5), pp. 554-569. (10.1080/1523908X.2023.2221182)
- MacKillop, E. and Downe, J. 2023. Knowledge brokering organisations: A new way of governing evidence. Evidence and Policy 19(1), pp. 22-41. (10.1332/174426421X16445093010411)
- MacKillop, E. and Downe, J. 2022. What counts as evidence for policy? An analysis of policy actors' perceptions. Public Administration Review (10.1111/puar.13567)
- Durrant, H. and MacKillop, E. 2022. University policy engagement bodies in the UK and the variable meanings of and approaches to impact. Research Evaluation 31(3), pp. 372-384. (10.1093/reseval/rvac015)
- Nesom, S. and MacKillop, E. 2020. What matters in the implementation of sustainable development policies? Findings from the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 2015. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (10.1080/1523908X.2020.1858768)
- MacKillop, E., Quarmby, S. and Downe, J. 2020. Does knowledge brokering facilitate evidence-based policy? A review of existing knowledge and an agenda for future research. Policy and Politics 48(2), pp. 335-353. (10.1332/030557319X15740848311069)
- MacKillop, E. and Sheard, S. 2019. The politics of health policy knowledge transfer: The evolution of the role of British health economics academic units. Evidence and Policy 15(4), pp. 489-507. (10.1332/174426418X15378681544353)
- MacKillop, E. and Sheard, S. 2018. Quantifying life: Understanding the history of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs). Social Science & Medicine 211, pp. 359-366. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.004)
- MacKillop, E. 2018. Leadership in organisational change: A post-structuralist research agenda. Organization 25(2), pp. 205-222. (10.1177/1350508417733137)
- MacKillop, E. 2016. How do empty signifiers lose credibility? The case of commissioning in English local government. Critical Policy Studies 12(2), pp. 187-208. (10.1080/19460171.2016.1236740)
Monographs
- Sharples, J., Bristow, D., Taylor-Collins, E. and MacKillop, E. 2022. What Works Network Implementation Project. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Centre for Public Policy Cardiff University. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.54454/20220411
Research
Please see below the projects I have been working on:
- Covid-19 work: I took part in the writing of two C-19 papers: one on local government and one on procurement, co-production. I also wrote a blog on the cost of health and rationing for the WCPP website.
- Formulation of a project to review the literature on co-production of knowledge between researchers and policy-mkaers with planned outputs of an academic journal article and another output aimed at WCPP's working practices.
- Children Looked-After impact project: aim is to understand the impact of the WCPP in its Public Service (PS) stream. I conducted five interviews with CLA professionals and other stakeholders, with more planned. The findings will inform how WCPP can think of its impact in its PS work.
- Knowledge Brokering literature review: article published in Policy and Politics (with Sarah Q and James) https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/2020/00000048/00000002/art00008;jsessionid=26tiwujsfufcd.x-ic-live-03
- Our Future Wales consultation: Worked with Cate Hopkins and James Downe on reviewing the data from submissions to the consultation organised by Welsh Government on the future of Wales post-Cpvod-19. Helped draft a report submitted to WG and a blog to be published on the WCPP's website.
- Q method (with James Downe): Study which explores what is meant by evidence by different actors in the policy community in Wales. Output planned is an academic article.
- SAPEA sustainable food policy review: I took part in an evidence review of sustainable food policy research for the Science Advice for Policyby European Academics (SAPEA) which informs the European Commission's Advisers' report. https://www.sapea.info/topics/sustainable-food/
- University policy institutes project (with Hannah Durrant): conducted interviews with university policy institutes staff and drafted an article on their emergence and role. Also presented our research to the ECPR conference in August.
- Well-being of Future Generations project (with Suzanna Nesom): conducted interviews with PSB members and others involved in the implementation of the Act. Drafting an article published in Dec 2020. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1858768
Biography
Eleanor is a researcher with a background in political science, organisation studies and local government research. Her work at the Wales Centre for Public Policy involves, amongst other issues, researching the role of evidence in policy-making in Wales and elsewhere, examining policy-making in devolved administrations and small countries, and evaluating the Well-Being of Future Generations Act recently adopted in Wales. Her interests span austerity and crisis, organisational change, and policy formulation and change.
Prior to joining the Wales Centre for Public Policy, she held research positions at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV), University of Birmingham, working with Professor Chris Skelcher on the ESRC-funded Shrinking the State project and researching advisory bodies and the Coalition's 'bonfire of the quangos'; and at the University of Liverpool, working as a research associate for three years on the Wellcome-funded Governance of Health project which examined policy-making in health since the creation of the NHS in 1948 and the role of economics in this area. Her PhD (De Montfort University, Leicester) looked at austerity in local government following the 2010 Coalition government decision to drastically cut local government funding.