Daniel Casey
Academic publications
“Robodebt and the limits of learning: exploring meaning-making after a crisis“ Journal of European Public Policy (2026) (supplementary information, including all of the FOI responses are available here: part 1, part 2 and part 3
Encyclopedia of Political Communications – Letters to leaders (2025) (Lead author, with Brandon Rottinghaus) https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035301447.vol2.00091
“CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators’ e-Newsletters in Australia“ Legislative Studies Quarterly (2025)
“Responsiveness to the Public Opinion Expressed in Letters to Political Leaders: Insights from Australia“ Government & Opposition (2025)
“The Opinion-Agenda Linkage: How Letters From the Public to the Prime Minister Impact the Policy Agenda” (PhD dissertation, 2024)
“Punctuated equilibrium and the dynamics of political participation: the case of letter writing” Policy Studies (2024)
“Selective rememberings? Access to ‘private’ documents of former Ministers and Prime Ministers at the National Archives of Australia” Humanities Research Journal (Lead author, with Josh Black) (2024)
ChatGPT in Public Policy Teaching and Assessment: An Examination of Opportunities and Challenges Australian Journal of Public Administration (2024)
“Analysing Policy Success and Failure in Australia: Pink Batts and Set-Top Boxes” Australian Journal of Public Administration (2024) (Solo author)
“Bridging the expectation gap: A survey of Australian PhD candidates and supervisors in politics and international relations” Australian Journal of Political Science (Lead author, with Serrin Rutledge-Prior) (2023)
“An Isolating experience aggravated by COVID”: Disconnection between political science PhD candidates and supervisors in the wake of COVID-19 PS: Political Science and Politics (with Serrin Rutledge-Prior) (2023)
“Hard Work and You Can’t Get it: An International Comparative Analysis of Gender, Career Aspirations, and Preparedness Among Politics and International Relations PhD Students” PS: Political Science and Politics (Lead author, with Serrin Rutledge-Prior, Lisa Young, Jonathan Mally and Loleen Berdahl) (2023)
“Proudly ‘disinterested’ – A public administration career for social science PhD graduates.” In Non-Academic Careers for Quantitative Social Scientists: A Practical Guide to Maximizing Your Skills and Opportunities, edited by Natalie Jackson. Springer. (Lead author, with Mark Fletcher)
“Accessing Documents of Former Ministers – Plugging the Accountability Gap” Public Law Review 33: 91-96 (SSRN version) (2022)
“Book Review: Dear Prime Minister: Letters to Robert Menzies 1949–1966. By Martyn Lyons (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2021), pp. vi+ 266. AU $39.99 (pb)”. Australian Journal of Politics and History 67: 533-534 (2022)
Other publications / blogs / podcasts / webinars
“Politicians’ e-newsletters to their constituents: what are they saying? ECPR The Loop, September 2025
“After Robodebt – How leaders can embed a robust culture of integrity & ethics” Webinar as part of Social Science Week (Academy of Social Sciences in Australia), September 2025
“Australia’s Foreign Policy in the Trump Era: Balancing Responsiveness and Responsibility?” E-International Relations, August 2025.
“Voices beyond the ballot: How letters shape Australian politics” Work with Purpose Podcast (Institute of Public Administration Australia) (2025)
“Could it happen to us? Government approaches to learning from the Robodebt crisis” Power to Persuade (2025)
“Yes We Spam” – 6 part series with Crikey analyzing e-newsletters during the 2025 election campaign
“How did public service leaders talk to staff about Robodebt? What they said – or didn’t – is revealing” The Conversation (2024)
Access to documents about Australia’s political history is fraught and inadequate. It needs to change The Conversation (2024)
“Dear John…’: Letters from the Public to Prime Minister Howard – Policy Perspectives Series, John Howard Prime Ministerial Library (UNSW) (ANU repository version) (2022)
“How letters to leaders can improve our understanding of public opinion” – ECPR The Loop, September 2022.
“Managing and sustaining the APS workforce: a graduate perspective” Public Administration Today 6: 35-36 (2006).
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