Making policy reform work: a comparative analysis of social procurement

Funding: 2020: $3,577
2021: $8,275
2023: $445
2020: $1,405
2021: $1,405
2022: $7,830
2023: $445

Project Member(s): Loosemore, M.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)
Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2020

Summary: This project aims to clarify the institutional and cross-sectoral conditions needed for successful implementation of emerging social procurement policy reforms; these seek through public spending to increase employment and business opportunities for people experiencing social exclusion. Via a mixed-methods comparative study in the leading jurisdictions of Victoria and Scotland, the project will extend scholarly knowledge of implementing policy reforms that rely on government and non-government actors working together in new ways, and practical understanding of what is needed to realise social procurement policy goals. This will contribute to effective public expenditure and ultimately help redress the societal consequences of exclusion.

FOR Codes: Public administration, Social change, Business and Management not elsewhere classified, Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis, Community Service (excl. Work) not elsewhere classified, Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified, Community services not elsewhere classified, Pacific Peoples community services not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.