Professor Phil Haynes

Philip Haynes is Professor of Public Policy. He researches and teaches public policy and management, as applied to a variety of contemporary circumstances.

His research focuses on the application of complex systems theory, often using applied statistical methods. His research has been funded by the ESRC and the government and voluntary sector.

He has published in a wider variety of journals including Social Policy and Administration and Public Management Review. He is author of several books including Managing Complexity in the Public Services (2015) now in its second edition.

He is a member of the university's research and enterprise centre of excellence, the  Centre of Resilience for Social Justice.

Phil Haynes

Professor Phil HaynesProfessor of Public Policy

How I like to teach

I teach public policy and public management, and quantitative research methods to social science students. I teach public policy and management across all levels, including supervising research students, taught masters and undergraduates.

Postgraduate public administration at the 欧美性爱片 provides a rich environment for comparing and contrasting themes and practices from all over the world while learning from each other.

At undergraduate level, in addition to lecturing to large groups, I enjoy teaching and encouraging students to make the most of the excellent opportunities at this university to learn applied statistical analysis methods using state-of-the-art computer systems. I like to use clear and interactive communication, alongside a range of presentation and online methods. The aim is to ensure students who are anxious about statistics have an opportunity to regularly revisit and rehearse what they have learnt in order to build their confidence.

My research interests

I am influenced by interdisciplinary approaches to public policy and management and the application of complexity theory to the applied social sciences. I am ambitious to link scientific theory with the imperatives of practice. I use innovative and mixed quantitative methods to try and find the best models and arguments for understanding the contemporary and complex public policy world. I also research ‘soft’ systems approaches to management practice.

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Watch the inaugural lecture by Professor Phil Haynes on Complexity in public policy.

Research activity

Current research projects

Social Factors, Care and Community Treatment Orders, Service User and Practitioner Perspectives (2016-17) NIHR/NHS,
Co-investigator with Principal Investigator Dr Julia Stroud

Previous research projects

Systems and Complex Systems approaches in Public Policy and Practice: A Knowledge Exchange (KE) between Academics and Practitioners (2011) ESRC, Principal Investigator 

Social Networks amongst older people and their implications for social care services: A cross national comparison. (International secondary data analysis) (2007-08) ESRC, Principal Investigator 

Changes in Communal Provision for Adult Social Care, 1991-2001 (Secondary data analysis) (2004-2005) Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Principal Investigator

Research centres and groups

Social Science Policy and Research Centre (SSPARC)

Social media links

Contact me

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Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642200

Email: P.Haynes@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

I was appointed Professor of Public Policy in 2007. I have undertaken a variety of leadership and management roles. From 2007–2015, I was Head of the School of Applied Social Science at the 欧美性爱片 responsible for the strategic and operational management of a large school and overseeing the growth and development of a range of social science subjects. In 2005, I was appointed Reader in Social and Public Policy and before that worked as a Senior Lecturer and Lecturer. Prior to entering employment in higher education in 1991, I had a career as a social worker, including specialising as a probation officer and supporting people with chronic drug and alcohol dependence issues.

Research output

Conference papers

April, 2007 Can we use quantitative data to understand the behaviour of complex policy systems? Invited to present paper at: 11th International Research Society for Public Management Symposium in Potsdam (Germany).

3 November 2005 Do local variations in residential social care matter? Taiwanese Social Policy Association International conference on social care at Chi Nan University, Taiwan.

2-3 November 2004. Understanding Complexity in the Public Services. 2004 International Conference on Professionalization, Localization and Privatisation National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

1 November 2004 Changes in Communal Provision for Adult Social Care, 1991-2001. British Council sponsored comparative study conference at Chi Nan University, Taiwan.

7 November 2003 Integrating e-learning into the organization and culture of a UK university. European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) Annual Conference, E-Bologna: Progressing the European Learning Space, Madrid.

Reports

Cunningham, L, Haynes, P. (2005) 'We're all vulnerable people' Evaluation of the Relationship Support Programme: 欧美性爱片 Oasis Project, HSPRC, 欧美性爱片

Haynes, P. (2002) Ed. West Sussex Drug Action Team. West Sussex Service and Treatment Strategy. Chichester: West Sussex County Council.

Consultancy

I have undertaken a variety of consultancy projects including: strategic planning for public agencies, and the use of online learning for professional training. In 2015, I worked with The Raven Housing Association, SE England, to offer advice about the measurement of housing affordability.

PhD students

PhD students
Joseph Nasr Hospital governance in Lebanon: governance structure, measures of performance, and the agency problem
Esther Emanuel

Self help in the community: An exploration of self-help in the context of Barking and Dagenham 
Mark Edwards

Utilising incident and experience data in support of healthcare quality improvement
Josie Maitland

Mixed methods study of school staff experiences of an academic resilience approach: a whole
systems perspective
Claire Warrington

Frequent detainees under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: Repeated detention and
practitioner responses
Jo Wilding

Asylum seekers: The business of justice 
Rebecca Farme

Public values and their influence of public sector work: the development of theory and
measurement with reference to Higher Education in England
Jennifer Jones

Exploring ways in which academic professional and personal relationships influence
part-time PhD students’ learning journeys in UK universities in the 21st century
Carla Ricaurte-Quijano (2013)

Self organisation in tourism planning: Complex dynamics of planning, policy making and tourism governance in Santa Elena, Ecuador
John Patience (2008)

The complex interplay of factors in sustaining the tenancies of long-term alcohol misusers

Roles

My previous external examining roles include: University of Durham, University of York, University of Portsmouth and London Metropolitan University.

I have been a member of the ESRC Peer Review College

Member of the 欧美性爱片 and Hove City Strategic Needs Assessment Steering Group