Dr Stephen Jones
Senior Lecturer
School of Business
+61 7 334 68044
Room 323, Colin Clark Building, St. Lucia Campus
Publications
Books
Jones, Stephen M (2021). Advancing a circular economy: a future without waste?. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland/Palgrave Pivot. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-66564-7
Jones, Stephen (2018). Cities responding to climate change: Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64810-1
Book Chapters
Jones, Stephen (2018). Stakeholder partnerships and the delivery of services. Transformational leadership and not for profits and social enterprises. (pp. 55-74) edited by Ken Wiltshire, Aastha Malhotra and Micheal Axelsen. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315468570-5
Wiltshire, Kenneth and Jones, Stephen (2013). Giving voice to values for the public sector: an exploratory approach. Educating for Values-Driven Leadership: Giving Voice to Values Across the Curriculum. (pp. 87-104) edited by Mary C. Gentile and Oliver Laasch. New York, NY, United States: Business Expert Press.
Journal Articles
Jones, Stephen and Head, Brian W. (2023). The limits of voluntary measures: Packaging the plastic pollution problem in Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 83 (4), 647-665. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12614
Amirul, Sharifah Rahama, Haertel, Charmine E. J., Jones, Stephen, Mail, Rasid and Amirul, Sharifah Milda (2023). Government incentives: the role of human resource in delivering flexible organizational working strategies in Singapore. International Journal of Economics Management and Accounting, 31 (2), 369-395. doi: 10.31436/ijema.v31i2.1084
Jones, Stephen, Head, Brian and Ferguson, Michele (2021). In search of policy innovation: Behavioural Insights Teams in Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 80 (3), 435-452. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12478
Jones, Stephen (2020). Waste management in Australia is an environmental crisis: what needs to change so adaptive governance can help?. Sustainability, 12 (21) 9212, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/su12219212
Jones, Stephen (2019). Establishing political priority for regulatory interventions in waste management in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 55 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2019.1706721
Jones, Stephen (2019). Reconceptualising the governance of migration policy in Australia: from centralised to cooperative approaches. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava, 19 (3), 377-406. doi: 10.31297/hkju.19.3.2
Jones, Stephen, Bouckaert, Geert, Fafard, Patrick and Bernier, Luc (2018). Strange bedfellows: federal systems and performance management. Regional & Federal Studies, 29 (4), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/13597566.2018.1517086
Aulich, Chris, Jones, Stephen and Head, Brian (2018). Divestment of commonwealth public enterprises in Australia: the cupboard is bare. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89 (3), 475-490. doi: 10.1111/apce.12171
Jones, Stephen (2018). City governments measuring their response to climate change. Regional Studies, 53 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1463517
Jones, Stephen and Bouckaert, Geert (2017). Performance for accountability: the case of joint agreements in a federal system. Public Performance and Management Review, 40 (4), 765-796. doi: 10.1080/15309576.2017.1342667
Jones, Stephen (2016). ‘If You Can Make it Here, You Can Make it Anywhere’: Performance Management and PlaNYC Climate Change Initiatives. Regional Studies, 50 (4), 744-755. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1052389
Jones, Stephen (2014). Flirting with climate change: a comparative policy analysis of subnational governments in Canada and Australia. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 16 (5), 424-440. doi: 10.1080/13876988.2014.942570
Jones, Stephen (2013). Climate change policies of city governments in federal systems: an analysis of Vancouver, Melbourne and New York City. Regional Studies, 47 (6), 974-992. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2011.585150
Jones, Stephen (2012). A tale of two cities. Climate change policies in Vancouver and Melbourne: barometers of cooperative federalism?. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 36 (6), 1242-1267. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01083.x
Jones, Stephen (2011). Superheroes or puppets? Local government chief executive officers in Victoria and Queensland. Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 14 (2), 6-1-6-25.
Jones, Stephen (2010). The national renewable energy target: An example of post-Machiavellian policy-making?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 69 (2), 165-177. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2010.00678.x
Jones, S. (2009). A quiet revolution: City governments tackle global warming. Australian Review of Public Affairs, Digest (July).
Jones, Stephen (2009). The future of renewable energy in Australia: A test for cooperative federalism?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 68 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2008.00606.x
Jones, S. (2009). A new deal for local government?. Australian Review of Public Affairs, Digest (February).
Jones, S., Dollery, B. and Grant, B. (2009). A generic approach to conceptualising economic development in Australian local government. Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 13 (1), 1-20.
Jones, S. (2008). Cooperative Federalism? The Case of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 67 (2), 161-172. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2008.00579.x
Jones, S. (2008). Can Australian local governments have a role in local economic development?: Three cases of evidence. Urban Policy and Research, 26 (1), 23-38. doi: 10.1080/08111140701606785
Conference Papers
Amirul, Sharifah, Shaari, C. and Jones, S. (2023). Reforming government policy on flexible working arrangements in Malaysia. International Conference on Public Policy and Social Sciences 2023., Bosnia, 13-15 September 2023.
Head, Brian and Jones, Stephen (2019). Mapping the uses of behavioural economics and behavioural insights in government agencies – Australia and New Zealand. ReNewing Public Management for Stewardship, Innovation and Impact, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 April 2019.
Jones, Stephen (2019). Coping with complexity: adaptive governance for waste management in a multilevel system. International Research Society for Public Management, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 April 2019.
Jones, Stephen, Bouckaert, Geert, Cooper, Amy and Bernier, Luc (2015). Performance federalism: a model for analysis. International Conference on Public Policy, Milan, Italy, 1-4 July 2015.
Jones, S (2012). Climate Change Policies of Subnational Governments in Canada and Australia. International Political Science Association 22nd World Congress, RC30 Comparative Public Policy, Madrid, Spain, 8-12 July.
Jones, S. M. (2002). The role of local government in economic development. 2002 Research Student Colloquium, Riverglenn Conference Centre, Indooroopilly, 1 June, 2002. The University of Queensland, St Lucia: UQ Business School.
Jones, S. (2001). The role of local government in economic development. Third Annual Research Colloquium, Indooroopilly, Queensland , Australia, 2 June, 2001. St Lucia, Qld, Australia: School of Management, University of Queensland.
Thesis
Jones, Stephen M. (2006). Local government policies for economic development : the experience of Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle. PhD Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/131959
Research Reports
Jones, Stephen and Wiltshire, Keneth (2011). Threats to local democracy and community engagement: implications of recent incursions into local government land use and planning powers in Queensland. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland School of Business.
Jones, S. M. (2003). Beyond the boundaries: The contribution of regions to Queensland's economic development. Melbourne: CEDA.