I am based at The Australian National University and hold a joint appointment at The School of Politics & International Relations, and The Crawford School of Public Policy. My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of policy theory (policy design, instruments, comparative approaches) and health policy in Asia. At the ANU, I convene the Bachelor of Public Policy degree, and teach graduate and undergraduate courses on public policy theory, policy capacity, and public sector management. I am part of the editorial collective at the Australian Journal of Public Administration and Policy Design & Practice.

I am currently working on two projects. The first is a book-length manuscript Thinking Comparatively About Public Policy (with Adam Hannah) which advances a theoretical framework, and engages with the methodological and empirical issues in comparative studies of public policy.

The second project The Competing Struggles of Health Reform is a follow through on a recently completed book, Health Policy in Asia: A Policy Design Approach, and conceptualises efforts to sustain universal healthcare as a series of competing policy struggles . The argument is illustrated with reference to reforms underway in Southeast Asia.

Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to know more about my teaching or research.

Contact

The School of Politics & International Relations, The Research School of Social Sciences, Room 2.34, RSSS Building, Building 146, Ellery Crescent, Acton ACT 2601 | E: azadsingh.bali@anu.edu.au