Professor Alice Moseley

Personal statement:

I have over 20 years experience as public policy researcher and 10 years of experience in HE teaching. My main areas of research interest and expertise are in public participation, collaborative governance, environmental policy, behavioural public policy and administration, and policy and service evaluation.

I use mixed research methods, including experimental and survey methods, interviews, focus groups, literature reviewing and evidence synthesis. Recent projects have focused on deliberative engagement with the farming community in Net Zero transitions, climate focused citizen’s assemblies, and public and stakeholder engagement with biodiversity renewal. Much of my work is impact focused and co-designed.

Key topic areas of research or interest:

Behavioural Public Policy – the ethics and effectiveness of behavioural tools of public policy
Behavioural Public Administration – decision-making, perceptions and behaviour of actors in public administration, including bureaucrats, policy makers and citizens; behavioural governance across the policy process
Civic and Community Engagement – Public participation in public policy and politics – eg co-production, deliberative mini publics, climate assemblies, electoral participation, citizen engagement with environmental policy
Collaborative Governance: Inter-agency collaboration and coordination; Stakeholder conflict management in contested areas of public policy and in sustainability transitions

Publications:

Sandover, R., Moseley, A. & Devine-Wright, P. (2021) Contrasting Views of Citizens’ Assemblies: Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Deliberation on Climate, Politics and Governance, 9 (2), 76-86. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4019

Moseley A, Thomann E (2021). A behavioural model of heuristics and biases in frontline policy implementation. Policy & Politics, 49(1), 49-67. https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/pp/49/1/article-p49.xml

Gofen A, Moseley A, Thomann E, Kent Weaver R (2021). Behavioural governance in the policy process: introduction to the special issue. Journal of European Public Policy, 28(5), 633-657. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2021.1912153