Dr Jo Baulderstone

Director, Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management
Senior Lecturer, School of Political and International Studies and
      Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management

Contact Details Email: jo.baulderstone@flinders.edu.au Telephone: +61(0) 8 8201 2878 Fax: +61(0) 8 8201 5111 Postal: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001 Office: Room 309, Social Sciences South Building

Current Teaching

POAD 8102 Management in Non Profit Government Organisations
POAD 9039 Public Management
POAD 9113 Managing Human Resources in the Public Sector
POAD 9127 Toolkit for Public Management
POAD 9109 Action Learning Project (Policy)
POAD 9120 Action Learning Project (Management)
SOCI 9020 Applied Evaluation Methods

Qualifications

BSc, Adelaide University, 1978
Grad Dip Teaching English as a Second Language, Sturt CAE, 1982
M Pol Admin, Flinders University, 1995
Graduate Certificate in Mediation, University of South Australia, 1997
PhD Flinders University, 2005. "Why can't you just tell the minister we're doing a good job? Managing accountability in community service organisations"

Background

Jo Baulderstone brings perspectives from the public and non-government sectors to her work at Flinders University. She worked as a manager in a number of Commonwealth government departments prior to joining FIPPM in 1996, and has been a member of non-government boards since 1995. She is currently the Director of FIPPM.

Research and Consulting Expertise

Jo undertakes research and consulting work in the following areas: Non government organisations; Interagency collaboration; Evaluation in the human services; Public Administration; Tenancy support and homelessness. Some examples from recent projects are:

Baulderstone, J and Beer, A, 2003, Evaluation of Successful Tenancies Demonstration Projects and Initiatives, SAHT, Adelaide

Slatter, M., Adcock, J. & Baulderstone, J. 2004, Sexcluded? Women, Homes and Sex Discrimination 2004: A Snapshot Study, Shelter SA, Adelaide

Board Membership

ANZTSR Conference

Jo was involved in the organisation of the Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research Eighth Biennial Conference: Navigating New Waters in 2006.
For details of keynote speakers and papers presented see the ANZTSR Conference site.

Publications

Baulderstone J. 2008 'Changing Relationships Between the Public Sector and Community Service Organisations: Insights from the South Australian Case' Public Policy, vol. 3, No. 1, 1-16.

Baulderstone, J., Presser, K. & Smith, M. 2008 'Making Three into One: The Story of a Merger in Response to Environmental Change' Third Sector Review, Vol. 14, No. 1 67-81.

Baulderstone J. 2008 ‘Responding to Homelessness in South Australia’, Parity Vol 21, Issue 3, April 2008.

Flatau, P., Slatter, M., Baulderstone, J., Coleman, A., Long, S., Memmott, P.and Sheppard. L. 2008 Sustaining at-risk Indigenous Tenancies, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute AHURI Positioning Paper No. 104,

Slatter, M. & Baulderstone J. 2007. "'But is it homelessness research, virginia?' Definitions, risks and reflections from the Field", Parity,Vol 20, Issue 7, pp. 10-11.

Baulderstone, J. 2007. "Accountability to Service Users: Rhetoric or Reality?", Third Sector Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 9-20.

Slatter, M. & Baulderstone, J. 2007. "Sharing the Pain", Parity, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 33-34.

Baulderstone, J. 2007. " Changing Relationships between the Public Sector and Community Service Organisations", Public Policy Network Conference, Adelaide, 1-2 February.

Baulderstone, J. 2006. "Partnerships Between CSOs: What Happens to Accountability?", Proceedings of the ANZTSR Conference Navigating New Waters, Adelaide, 26-28 November.

Baulderstone, J. 2006. "A changing relationship with government: contracts or partnerships in the delivery of community services", Selected Proceedings from the Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG), The Role of Public Administration in Building a Harmonious Society, Beijing, China, 5-7 December 2005.

Beer, A., Slatter, M. & Baulderstone, J. 2006. Evictions and housing management: Toward more effective strategies, AHURI.

Slatter, M., Adkins, J. & Baulderstone, J. 2005. "A Glimpse of the Invisible: Sex discrimination in housing", Alternative Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Talbot, C. & Baulderstone, J. 2005. "Accountability and Practice: The Measurement of Client Outcomes in SAAP Services", Parity, Vol. 18, Issue 10, p. 55.

Baulderstone, J. 2004. "Ensuring All Voices Are Heard", Parity, Vol. 17, Issue 9, p. 6.