Prof Christopher Pollitt

Career: asst princ then princ Home Civil Serv (MOD, Miny of Technol, DTI), lectr then sr lectr in govt Open Univ 1975-90; Brunel Univ: prof of govt and co-dir Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice 1990-98, dean Faculty of Social Scis 1994-97, prof of public mgmnt Erasmus Univ Rotterdam 1999-2006, prof of public mgmnt Univ of Leuven 2006-; hon jt ed Public Admin 1980-88, non-exec dir Hillingdon Hosp Tst 1995-97; numerous research grants and consultancies with public and govt bodies incl: ESRC, EC, HM Treasy, OECD, World Bank; memb Cncl RIPA 1990-92, pres Euro Evaluation Soc 1996-98; Hon PhD Univ of Vaasa Finland

Books and Publications: incl: Managerialism and the Public Services (1990, 2 edn 1993), The Essential Public Manager (2003), Public Management Reform: a Comparative Analysis (with Geert Bouckaert, 2004), Time, Policy, Management (2008)