Adam is a Lecturer in Political Science, focusing on comparative politics and public policy.He is primarily interested in the translation of political ideas and expert knowledge into health and social policy. He has particular expertise in international comparative research, including with regard to major bouts of health care and public pension reform in Sweden and the United States, policy responses to health crises such as antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19 vaccinations and distributional inequality across welfare systems. He has published in scholarly journals such as Policy & Politics, Public Administration, Policy Sciences, Policy & Society and The Journal of European Social Policy.
Book Chapter: Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts
Hannah, Adam, Attwell, Katie and Tchilingirian, Jordan (2024). Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts. Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19. (pp. 206-217) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802205954.00025
Journal Article: Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia
Attwell, Katie, Hannah, Adam, Drislane, Shevaun, Harper, Tauel, Savage, Glenn C. and Tchilingirian, Jordan (2024). Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia. Policy Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11077-024-09522-z
Journal Article: The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research
Hannah, Adam, Tchilingirian, Jordan, Botterill, Linda and Attwell, Katie (2023). The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research. Evidence and Policy, 19 (1), 116-130. doi: 10.1332/174426421x16552882375377
(2023–2026) University of Western Australia
The Political Economy of Market-oriented Healthcare Reform in State-Socialist Asia: State, Interests, and Ideology
Doctor Philosophy
The Paradox of University Autonomy: Power and Politics in University Governance
Doctor Philosophy
Strategies of influence used by the meat industry to impact policy making decisions in Australia and the European Union
Doctor Philosophy
Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts
Hannah, Adam, Attwell, Katie and Tchilingirian, Jordan (2024). Trust, capacity and management of vaccine rollouts. Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19. (pp. 206-217) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802205954.00025
Policy styles in healthcare understanding variations in health systems
Bali, Azad Singh and Hannah, Adam (2021). Policy styles in healthcare understanding variations in health systems. The Routledge handbook of policy styles. (pp. 105-122) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429286322-12
Attwell, Katie, Hannah, Adam, Drislane, Shevaun, Harper, Tauel, Savage, Glenn C. and Tchilingirian, Jordan (2024). Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia. Policy Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11077-024-09522-z
The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research
Hannah, Adam, Tchilingirian, Jordan, Botterill, Linda and Attwell, Katie (2023). The role of ‘non-knowledge’ in crisis policymaking: a proposal and agenda for future research. Evidence and Policy, 19 (1), 116-130. doi: 10.1332/174426421x16552882375377
Ideas and crisis in policy and administration: existing links and research frontiers
Hannah, Adam, Baekkeskov, Erik and Tubakovic, Tamara (2022). Ideas and crisis in policy and administration: existing links and research frontiers. Public Administration, 100 (3), 571-584. doi: 10.1111/padm.12862
Attwell, Katie and Hannah, Adam (2022). Convergence on coercion: functional and political pressures as drivers of global childhood vaccine mandates. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11 (11), 2660-2671. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6518
Policy capacity: evolving theory and missing links
Brenton, Scott, Baekkeskov, Erik and Hannah, Adam (2022). Policy capacity: evolving theory and missing links. Policy Studies, 44 (3), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2022.2043266
COVID-19: talk of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ lets governments off the hook
Attwell, Katie, Hannah, Adam and Leask, Julie (2022). COVID-19: talk of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ lets governments off the hook. Nature, 602 (7898), 574-577. doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00495-8
Procedural tools and pension reform in the long run: the case of Sweden
Hannah, Adam (2021). Procedural tools and pension reform in the long run: the case of Sweden. Policy and Society, 40 (3), 362-378. doi: 10.1080/14494035.2021.1955487
Hannah, Adam and Baekkeskov, Erik (2020). The promises and pitfalls of polysemic ideas: ‘One Health’ and antimicrobial resistance policy in Australia and the UK. Policy Sciences, 53 (3), 437-452. doi: 10.1007/s11077-020-09390-3
Evaluating the role of bricolage in US health care policy reform
Hannah, Adam (2020). Evaluating the role of bricolage in US health care policy reform. Policy and Politics, 48 (3), 485-502. doi: 10.1332/030557319X15734252004022
Hannah, Adam, Brown, Jeremiah Thomas and Gibbons, Andrew (2020). Welfare capabilities: evaluating distributional inequalities and welfare policy in advanced democracies. Journal of European Social Policy, 30 (3), 293-305. doi: 10.1177/0958928719868447
Hannah, Adam (2018). Rethinking the ‘open functional’ approach: ideas, problem pressure and reform in the contemporary welfare state. Public Administration, 96 (3), 528-543. doi: 10.1111/padm.12414
The Political Economy of Market-oriented Healthcare Reform in State-Socialist Asia: State, Interests, and Ideology
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Paradox of University Autonomy: Power and Politics in University Governance
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Strategies of influence used by the meat industry to impact policy making decisions in Australia and the European Union
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Institutional Amnesia, Public Policy and Non State Actors
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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