Associate Professor Janet McIntyre

in the School of Political and International Studies and
      Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management

Contact Details Email: janet.mcintyre@flinders.edu.au Telephone: +61(0) 8 8201 2075 Fax: +61(0) 8 201 5111 Postal: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001 Office: Room 385, Social Sciences South Building

Current Teaching

POAD 9038 Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
POAD 9114 Critical Systems Thinking and Practice
POAD 9123 Ethics in Public Administration
POAD 9124 Governance and Public Policy
POAD 9126 Resarch Methods

Dr Janet McIntyre (nee Mills) is Associate Professor in the Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management. Her research has influenced the field of critical systems thinking and practice as it relates to design, governance and democracy. She is author and editor of several books and publishes as McIntyre-Mills. She conceptualised and lead an ARC linkage grant that spans university disciplines (informatics, health, public policy, management and cultural studies). The project and the software can be viewed at: http://www.socsci.flinders.edu.au/av/pathways/binder.php

Janet participates in several international professional organisations such as the International Sociological Association, the International Systems Sciences and the Australianand New Zealand Systems Sciences and International Systems Sciences. For example she was nominated and elected as a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA), RC10's organising committee for Barcelona 2008 on participation and democracy, chaired by Professor Sunker.

Qualifications and Background

Dr Janet McIntyre is an Associate Professor in the Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management has contributed across the fields of sociology, development studies and social cybernetics. She currently leads an Australian research Council linkage grant with a multidisciplinary team in partnership with Neporendi Forum Inc and South Australian Health Department.

Selected Publications

Books

McIntyre-Mills, J. (2006) 'Systemic Governance and Accountability: working and re-working the conceptual and spatial boundaries of international relations and governance'. Volume 3 of the 'C. West Churchman and Related Works Series'. Contributed 80% of the chapters with vignettes and contributions from colleagues. The volume makes a case for interorganisational co-operation and civil participation in decision making, in order to ensure a better match between service users and providers.

Edited Books

Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself: Critical and Systemic Implications for democracy' (2006) C. West Churchman Series, Vol. 1. Springer. London. ISBN -10 0-387 27587-8, ISBN -10: 0387-27589-4(e book) - contributed 3 chapters and the preface. The book comprises 16 chapters (approx 400 pages) submitted by thirteen colleagues, representing critical and systemic thinking in Australia, USA, Norway, France, South Africa and Greece. This co-edited volume applies critical thinking and practice to contemporary issues internationally. Civil rights, human rights and worker rights are discussed in terms of a sustainable social and environmental future. I wrote chapters based on current research on democracy, human rights, governance and also case studies on complex health, housing and social wellbeing issues.

Van Gigch, J.P. with McIntyre-Mills, editor J. Wisdom (2006), Knowledge and Management Volume 2 of the 'C. West Churchman and Related Works Series'. In Collaboration with Emeritus Professor John. P. Van Gigch

Journal Articles

2007

'The hijab and systemic governance: transnational policy making and human right'. Systems Research and Behavioural Science, volume 24, No. 1, 37-58.

'Challenging economic and religious fundemantalisms: implications for the state, the market and 'the enemies within' International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies. Vol. 1, No. 1, 49-67.

Joint author

Recent Papers and Presentations

McIntyre-Mills, J., 2007, Systemic wellbeing based on user centric design and experimental learning: making new meanings through identification of patterns. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the International Society of the Systems Sciences: Integrated Systems Sciences: Systems thinking, Modeling and Practice, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. August 5 - 10, ISBN 0 974073571.

McIntyre, J. and Morgan D., 2006, Workshop on ARC research entitled: User centric design for wellbeing ANZYS, 3-6 Dec, Blue Mountains, Sydney.

McIntyre, J. Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself: Implications for addressing democracy and the enemies within. A summary of volumes 1-3 of the C. West Churchman Series. RC 10 International Sociological Association Congress of Sociology, Durban South Africa 23-29 July, ISA 2006 Congress CD ROM: The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalizing World.

McIntyre, J. with Morgan, D. and Van gigch, J. 2005, Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself: implications for addressing democracy: a case study of participatory democracy. Paper delivered at 11th ANZSYS / Managing the Complex V Dec. 2005 Christchurch. This was a panel presentation on work in progress.

2005, Participatory planning: computer design and strategic partnerships to address complex health, housing and social inclusion issues with Aboriginal Australians theses' International Society for the Systems Sciences 49th Annual Meeting, July, Cancun, Mexico, published in proceedings ISBN 0-9740735-5-5. 'Participation