Pauline McGuirk is Director of the Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, University of Wollongong. Her work revolves, broadly, around critical studies of urban governance, its changing geographies, material practices and politics, and the differential implications for urban places, communities, subjectivities and power.

Governments are having a mission moment: what can they learn from cities?
3 October 2023

As more governments around the world adopt a “mission” approach to their biggest challenges, they should be informed by the experience of “Challenge” competitions used by cities.
Pauline McGuirk, Tom Baker, Alistair Sisson, Robyn Dowling & Sophia Maalsen
Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: innovating city governance around the world
23 November 2022

Local governments are vital laboratories for policy innovation and experimentation. How can Australia better harness this potential?
Pauline McGuirk

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Governments are having a mission moment: what can they learn from cities?

Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: innovating city governance around the world

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