TJ Ryan Foundation

Purpose and function

• stimulate debate on issues in Queensland public administration, including effective resource allocation, service delivery, governance and accountability;
• review policy directions of current and past State governments on economic, social and cultural issues, and to analyse options for future decision-makers; and
• assist policy-makers inside and outside government in developing progressive evidence-based policy.

Foundation Board

• Roger Scott, Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland
• Paul Boreham, Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland
• John Battams
• Tom Cochrane, Emeritus Professor, Queensland University of Technology
• Robert Lingard, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Queensland
• Paul Mazerolle, Pro Vice Chancellor, Griffith University
• Jacki O'Mara, graduate student, Griffith University
• John Quiggin Professor, ARC Laureate, Fellow University of Queensland
• Linda Rosenman, Professor of Social Work, University of Queensland
• Mary Sheehan, Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology
• Linda Shields, Professor of Nursing, Charles Sturt University
• Gillian Whitehouse, Professor in Political Science, University of Queensland