Guest Lecture: Managing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Public Sector Event

Time:

14:00 - 15:00

Date:

2026-04-29 13:34:00

Venue:

Room 1023, Building 58, Highfield Campus

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Event details

As part of the optional module for Master of Public Administration students, “PAIR6081 Professional Skills for the 21st Century Policy World”, this guest lecture draws on the speaker’s extensive research on the topic related to the management of equity, diversity and inclusion with a particular focus on the public sector. It will focus on the case of women in public policy and administration, but also situate the topic in key academic debates related to representative bureaucracy and public service bargain.

About the speaker:

Karen Johnston is Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Portsmouth. Her research interests include public administration, public management, public governance and gender studies. Karen has published highly regarded books, chapters and journal articles, and serves on editorial boards of highly ranked journals. She is currently the Deputy Editor of Public Money & Management and was the editor of Public Policy & Administration. She served in leadership positions on executive boards of learned societies and held numerous leadership positions, most notable was leading the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and Associate Dean for Research for her respective institutions. Karen has received a number of research grant awards, and awards recognising her contribution to scholarship such as the prestigious Julia H. Henderson Award and being made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.