Dr Steven Parker

Steve has over twenty years of experience in local government as a social worker, policy and planning officer and manager.  

He was previously a Lecturer in Public Management at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) University of Birmingham.

Shand, R., Parker, S. and Elliott, C. (Forthcoming) “Understanding Renewed Public Service Ethos in Public Management: Policy, Purpose, and Pedagogy” in Liddle, J. and Diamond, J. (eds) Re-imagining Public Sector Management- A new age of Renewal and Renaissance? Emerald: Bingley. 

Parker, S., Hartley, J., Beashel, J., and Vo, Q. (2021) ‘Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration’ Public Policy and Administration. 

Cluley, V., Parker, S., Radnor, Z. (2020) New development: Expanding public service value to include dis/value. Public Money and Management, doi: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1737392  

Needham, C., Mangan, C., Bottom, K., and Parker, S. (2020) “Who Speaks for the Neighbourhood? Elected and Appointed Officials in the era of austerity” in Sullivan, H. and Dickinson, H. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant. Palgrave: London.   

Hartley, J., Parker, S., Beashel, J. (2019) ‘Leading and recognising public value’ Public Administration. 97 ( 2) pp 264 278

Parker, S. (2019) 'What is the meaning of philosophy for local government officers?’ Public Money and Management. doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2018.1552012 

Hartley, J., Parker, S., Beashel, J. (2018) Leadership to create public value: A case study of multi-agency working and victim support services Centre for Policing Research and Learning, Open University: Milton Keynes.

Parker, S., Hartley, J. and Beashel, J. (2017) Place leadership in a case study of rural crime, Open University Seminar on Place Leadership: Prospects, Problems and Priorities, Open University: Milton Keynes.

Parker, S., Hartley, J., Beashel, J., Vo, Q. (2017) Leadership to create public value: A case study of an initiative to address rural crime Centre for Policing Research and Learning, Open University: Milton Keynes.

Vo, Q., Hartley, J., Khalil, L., Beashel, J. & Parker, S. 2017. Understanding public value through policing priorities using Q methodology. Final report. Centre for Policing Research and Learning, The Open University

Parker, S, Needham, C, Mangan, C, Bottom K (2016) The 21^st Century Councillor: 8 Lessons from the Literature. INLOGOV, University of Birmingham.

C, Mangan, Needham, C, Bottom, K, Parker, S (2016) Report on the 21^st Century Councillor. INLOGOV, University of Birmingham.

Parker, S. (2016) 'Reconnecting public service ethos and multi-agency collaboration. What are the possibilities and prospects for new local collaborative environments?' Public Money and Management. 36 (1)

Parker, S. (2015) 'What does working in public services mean? Describing the public service ethos in practice'. In: Lawton, A. et al. (Eds.) Ethics in Public Policy and Management: a Global Research Companion. Routledge: London.

Parker, S. (2015) Researching the Values of Participants Attending Strategic Boards in Public Services: Semi-Structured Interviews, Documentary Research and Observation. SAGE Research Methods Cases. Sage: Thousand Oaks.

Parker, S. (2015) ‘Debate: Public Service Motivation, Citizens and Leadership Roles’ in Public Money and Management Journal. 35 (5)

Steve’s research interests are broadly in public management:

• Public service ethos
• Values of public service professions
• Public value
• Strategy and collaboration
• Strategic commissioning

• Programme Leader - MSc Project Management
• Programme Leader - MA Public Leadership and Management    
• Public Management and Public Administration
• Project Management Theory and Practice

International teaching:

Niels Brock Business College, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)

Economics University, Katowice, Poland (2017) 

SISFU, Manila, Phillipines (2020) 

• Doctor of Social Science (School for Policy Studies, Bristol University)
• MA/CQSW (Leicester)
• BA Hons. (Essex)  
• PGCertHE (DMU, Distinction)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• Political Studies Association
• Qualified Social Worker
• Associate member - Association of Project Management

• Public Administration Committee, NNU, Newcastle (September 2018) 
• PuPOL, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm (April 2018)
• Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference, De Montfort University (July 2017)
• International Research Society in Public Management (IRSPM), Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary (May 2017)
• Public and Political Leadership Conference (PuPOL), Open University Business School, Milton Keynes (April 2017)
• Place Leadership: Prospects, Problems and Priorities Seminar, Open University Business School (March 2017)
• Political Studies Association, Brighton (2016)
• Social Work Symposium:  Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013)
• Ideals and Reality in Social Ethics: University of Wales, Newport (2011)
• Public Policy Research Seminar University of Lincoln (2011)
• Doctoral Workshop, - 'Thinking Critically about Governance: Explorations of Power in Practice' (University of Bath (2009)
• International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis: University of Essex (2008)

Reviewer: Public Money and Management and Public Administration Review.