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Dr Max French

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Max French

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Harnessing Complexity for better outcomes in Public and Non-profit Services, French, M., Hesselgreaves, H., Wilson, R., Hawkins, M., Lowe, T. 23 Feb 2023
  • New development: Learning communities—an approach to dismantling barriers to collective improvement, Wilson, L., Hawkins, M., French, M., Lowe, T., Hesselgreaves, H. 19 May 2023, In: Public Money and Management
  • Social Impact Bonds and public service reform: back to the future of New Public Management?, French, M., Kimmitt, J., Wilson, R., Jamieson, D., Lowe, T. 4 May 2023, In: International Public Management Journal
  • Evaluation of the Roundtable on Wellbeing in the North of Tyne, French, M. 9 Nov 2022
  • Guest editorial: Complexity as a model for social innovation and social entrepreneurship: is there order in the chaos?, French, M., McGowan, K., Rhodes, M., Zivkovic, S. 29 Mar 2022, In: Social Enterprise Journal
  • Performance management for systemic problems: The enabling role of soft power, French, M., Wallace, J. 1 Apr 2022
  • Making performance management relevant in complex and inter-institutional contexts: using outcomes as performance attractors, French, M., Mollinger-Sahba, A. 14 May 2021, In: International Journal of Public Sector Management
  • Managing the complexity of outcomes: a new approach to performance measurement and management, French, M., Lowe, T., Wilson, R., Rhodes, M., Hawkins, M. 7 May 2021, Handbook on performance management in the public sector, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
  • Navigating complexity: The future of public service, Lowe, T., French, M., Hawkins, M. 1 Jun 2021, The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
  • New development: Responding to complexity in public services—the human learning systems approach, Lowe, T., French, M., Hawkins, M., Hesselgreaves, H., Wilson, R. 3 Oct 2021, In: Public Money and Management

  • Matthew Dodd The Strategic State and Policy Development in the United Kingdom: Considering issues of local autonomy, central control, and service effectiveness. Start Date: 24/11/2023
  • Stewart Martin Making it count – what works in implementing wellbeing frameworks? Start Date: 01/03/2023
  • Heather McLean Designing health innovation funding programmes, in the third sector, for wider social value. Start Date: 25/02/2022 End Date: 11/01/2023

Economics MSc June 01 2012


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