Alex Lawrie
Alex is one of Australia’s most insightful and influential policy scientists and analysts. A respected and sought after advisor to governments across Australia and internationally, Alex has led award winning projects that have shaped high profile and transformational economic, social and environmental reforms at local, state and national levels. Alex holds a Bachelor of Planning (1st Class Hons) and Master of Urban Policy and Strategy (Excellence), and his Dual International PhD with UTS and Key Technology Partner, Technical University of Berlin, investigated the evolution of national urban policy since the Global Financial Crisis.
Alex designs, delivers and manages quantitative and qualitative research to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of government policy processes and outcomes. Alex specialises in urban policy and governance and city strategy. He has substantial expertise and experience in strategic, statutory and social planning; stakeholder and community engagement; development assessment; environment, sustainability and climate change policy; public and affordable housing; urban renewal and regeneration; infrastructure planning, finance and funding; property taxes; water regulation and pricing; disability, youth and human services; innovation systems; agriculture and primary industries; workforce planning and development; public service delivery; public sector financial management; public sector leadership; and arts and culture, amongst others.
Alex is highly skilled in advanced quantitative and qualitative methods including literature and policy reviews, structured and semi-structured interviews, online, face to face, intercept, and telephone surveys, focus groups, citizen juries and deliberative panels, observation, willingness to pay and choice modelling, impact assessment, feasibility studies, scenario planning, demographic analysis, behavioural insights, market, demographic and psychographic segmentations, and formative and summative process, outcome and impact evaluations.
Alex runs the Comparative Governance subject in the UTS Master of Local Government, and lectures in the UTS Master of Applied Public Policy on multi-level governance, evidence based policy and evaluation, strategic policy, public sector leadership, community engagement and stakeholder management, social planning and community development, and advanced development assessment. He also teaches advanced engagement methods in the IAP2 Foundations of Public Participation short course. Alex is regularly invited to present keynote sessions at conferences in Australia and around the world and has published book chapters, journal articles, and academic and industry conference papers. He has also provided commentary to local, regional and national print and TV media.
Address: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alex designs, delivers and manages quantitative and qualitative research to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of government policy processes and outcomes. Alex specialises in urban policy and governance and city strategy. He has substantial expertise and experience in strategic, statutory and social planning; stakeholder and community engagement; development assessment; environment, sustainability and climate change policy; public and affordable housing; urban renewal and regeneration; infrastructure planning, finance and funding; property taxes; water regulation and pricing; disability, youth and human services; innovation systems; agriculture and primary industries; workforce planning and development; public service delivery; public sector financial management; public sector leadership; and arts and culture, amongst others.
Alex is highly skilled in advanced quantitative and qualitative methods including literature and policy reviews, structured and semi-structured interviews, online, face to face, intercept, and telephone surveys, focus groups, citizen juries and deliberative panels, observation, willingness to pay and choice modelling, impact assessment, feasibility studies, scenario planning, demographic analysis, behavioural insights, market, demographic and psychographic segmentations, and formative and summative process, outcome and impact evaluations.
Alex runs the Comparative Governance subject in the UTS Master of Local Government, and lectures in the UTS Master of Applied Public Policy on multi-level governance, evidence based policy and evaluation, strategic policy, public sector leadership, community engagement and stakeholder management, social planning and community development, and advanced development assessment. He also teaches advanced engagement methods in the IAP2 Foundations of Public Participation short course. Alex is regularly invited to present keynote sessions at conferences in Australia and around the world and has published book chapters, journal articles, and academic and industry conference papers. He has also provided commentary to local, regional and national print and TV media.
Address: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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