Dr Sue Olney

Associate Professor Sue Olney is a Visiting Fellow in the Public Service Research Group in the School of Business at UNSW Canberra and the UoM-BSL Principal Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Her research examines market-based reform of public services with a focus on disability services, employment and the welfare-to-work service system. Sue has worked in universities, government and in the not-for-profit sector, and been involved in a range of cross-government, cross-sector and interdisciplinary research projects, government and community sector initiatives, committees and working groups to promote access and equity in employment, education, training and disability services in Australia and internationally. Her academic experience includes teaching and research on governance and public administration at the University of Melbourne, UNSW Canberra, ANU, and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). She is on the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Public Administration and is the Director of the social policy discussion platform Power to Persuade. Sue holds a PhD in Public Policy and a Master of Public Policy and Management from the University of Melbourne.