Anne Tiernan's information
Dr Anne Tiernan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University. She is also a Research Fellow with the Centre for Governance and Public Policy and is Director of Griffith University’s Graduate Certificate in Policy Analysis (GCPA) program. Dr Tiernan sits on the board of Queensland’s Public Service Commission.
Dr Tiernan’s research and teaching interests include: executive advisory arrangements, policy advice and policy influence. Her current research projects focus on the support needs of ministers: the policy advisory capacities of the Australian Public Service; the ministerial staffing system and government transitions. She has published extensively in Australia and internationally.
A qualified educator, Dr Tiernan has developed and conducted professional development programs for public sector managers, policy officers and ministerial staffers. In 2002 and again in 2004 she led the review and redesign of the Public Sector Management (PSM) Program on behalf of the Australian Public Service Commission.
Dr Tiernan was an invited participant at the Prime Minister’s Australia 2020 Summit. She was a member of the Premier of Queensland’s 2009 Expert Roundtable assisting the Queensland Government’s Integrity and Accountability Review and has recently been appointed to Queensland Health’s Policy Panel, an initiative responding to the Moran Review report, Ahead of the Game: A Blueprint for Reform of Australian Government Administration.
