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Principal & Vice-Chancellor
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- Email Address
- boyne@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272135
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272134
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- Principal's Office
Biography
Professor George Boyne became Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen on 1 August 2018.
Professor Boyne led the creation of the University’s Aberdeen 2040 strategy which was launched in February 2020 to mark the 525th anniversary of the foundation of Kings College in Old Aberdeen. Aberdeen 2040, which builds directly on the university’s foundational purpose to be open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others, won the Higher Education Strategic Planners Association award for University strategy of the year in 2021.
Professor Boyne is Chair of the University Senate, a member of the University Court and a member of the Board of the University’s Development Trust. His external roles include Chair of Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), Convenor of Universities Scotland Funding Policy Group, member of the Board of Opportunity North East, and member of the Aberdeen City Deal Joint Committee.
Professor Boyne has published extensively on the performance of public sector organisations and has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2010.
Principal's Office Contacts
Julia Garrow - Personal Assistant to Principal and Vice-Chancellor
- Tel: +44 (0)1224 272135
- Email: PrincipalPA@abdn.ac.uk
Fiona Beedie - Admin Assistant (8.30am to 1.45pm)
- Tel: +44 (0)1224 272134
- Email: fiona.beedie@abdn.ac.uk
J Ross Anderson - Governance & Executive Support Officer
- Tel: +44 (0)1224 273881
- Email: ross.anderson@abdn.ac.uk
Latest Publications
What Explains Agency Heads’ Length of Tenure? Testing Managerial Background, Performance, and Political Environment Effects
Public Administration Review, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 591-602Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12735
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When Bureaucracy Matters for Organizational Performance: Exploring the Benefits of Administrative Intensity in Big and Complex Organizations
Public Administration, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 115-139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPublic sector motivation ad fonts: Personality traits as antecedents of the motivation to serve the public interest
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 20-35Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muw027
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The Politics of Agency Death: Ministers and the Survival of Government Agencies in a Parliamentary System
British Journal of Political Science, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 763-784Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123414000477
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Prosocial Behavior and Public Service Motivation
Public Administration Review, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 177-187Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12480
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- Research
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Funding and Grants
Housing Grant Policies: An Evaluation (1988-89, £21,000 Welsh Office, with A.Millington).
Local Government in Wales: Its Role and Functions (1990-91, £15,500, Joseph Rowntree Foundation).
Local Government Reform in Scotland and Wales (1993-94, £45,000, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with Grant Jordan, University of Aberdeen).
Spatial Equity and Local Government Finance: Who Gets What Where? (1995-97, £26,500, Leverhulme Trust, with Martin Powell, University of Bath).
Best Value in Welsh Local Government (1998-2000, £153,333, Welsh Office, with Richard Walker, Cardiff University, and Jennifer Law, University of Glamorgan).
Devolution and Regulation: Political Control of Public Bodies in Scotland and Wales (1999-2000, £44,000, ESRC, with Arthur Midwinter, University of Strathclyde, and Richard Walker, Cardiff University).
Strategy and Performance in Local Government (2001-2004, £163,893, ESRC, with Richard Walker, Cardiff University, and Jennifer Law, University of Glamorgan).
Long Term Evaluation of the Impact of Best Value (2001-2005, £1.1 million, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, with Steve Martin and Richard Walker, Cardiff University).
AIM Public Services Research Fellowship on Organizational Turnaround (2003-4 ESRC, £127k.)
Evaluation of Local Public Service Agreements (2003-7, £1.2 million, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; with the Office of Public Management).
Designing Outcome Measures For The Second Generation of Local Public Service Agreements (2004-6, £97k, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, with J.Law, University of Glamorgan).
Leadership Change and Public Services: Reinvigorating Performance or Reinforcing Decline? (2006-2008, £253k, ESRC, with P. John, Manchester, and O. James, Exeter)
Local Authority Size and Performance (2006-7, £56k, Department for Communities and Local Government, with R. Andrews, Cardiff University).
How Public Management Matters: Strategy, Networking and Local Service Performance (2006-2010, £750k, ESRC, with R. Walker, Hong Kong University, K. Meier, Texas A&M University, and L. O’Toole, University of Georgia).
Local Authority Form and Function: An Evaluation of the Impact of Structural Change (2008-2013, £820k, Department for Communities and Local Government; with the Office of Public Management and Price Waterhouse Coopers).
Chief Executive Succession and the Performance of Central Government Agencies (2010-2014, £216k, ESRC, with Oliver James, Exeter, and Nico Petrovsky, Kentucky).
- Publications
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Public choice theory and local government structure: An evaluation of reorganisation in Scotland and Wales
Local Government Studies, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 56-72Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003939708433876
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Fragmentation, concentration, and local government structure: Top-tier authorities in England and Wales, 1831 - 1996
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 501-514Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/c140501
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Scale, performance and the new public management: An empirical analysis of local authority services
Journal of Management Studies, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 809-826Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1996.tb00173.x
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Competition and local government: A public choice perspective
Urban Studies, vol. 33, no. 4-5, pp. 703-721Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989650011799
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Evaluating the structure of local government: The importance of tiers
Public Policy and Administration, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 63-73Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/095207679601100106
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Scale, performance and local government reorganization: An analysis of the non-metropolitan districts
Public Money and Management, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 55-60Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540969609387934
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The intellectual crisis in British public administration: Is public management the problem or the solution?
Public Administration, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 679-694Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1996.tb00890.x
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Recurring Issues in Scottish Local Government Reform
Public Policy and Administration, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/095207679501000301
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So You Think You Know What Local Government Is?
Local Government Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 191-205Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003939508433771
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Bidding for Unitary Status: An Evaluation of the Contest in Wales
Local Government Studies, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 537-557Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003939308433700
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Central Policies and Local Autonomy: The Case of Wales
Urban Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 87-101Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989320080061
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Territorial justice and Thatcherism
Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 35-53Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/c110035
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Is there a relationship between fragmentation and local government costs?: A Comment on Drew Dolan (UAQ 26: 28–45)
Urban Affairs Review, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 317-322Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/004208169202800207
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Local Government Structure and Performance: Lessons from America?
Public Administration, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 333-357Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1992.tb00942.x
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Regional Influences on Local Policies: The Case of the Welsh Effect
Regional Studies, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 569-580Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343409212331347211
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The reform of local government structure in wales: A critique of the case for unitary authorities
Public Money and Management, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 49-52Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540969209387736
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Government by Grant: The Case of Housing Renovation
Public Policy and Administration, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 7-21Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/095207679100600302
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ACCOUNTABILITY AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORTS: THE CASE OF WELSH DISTRICT COUNCILS
Financial Accountability and Management, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 179-194Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0408.1991.tb00349.x
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Bureaucratic Power and Public Policies: a Reply to Gibson
Political Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 555-557Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1991.tb01628.x
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Territorial justice. A review of theory and evidence
Political Geography Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 263-281Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-9827(91)90038-V
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CENTRAL GRANTS AND LOCAL POLICY VARIATION
Public Administration, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 207-233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1990.tb00755.x
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THE MEASUREMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY STAFFING LEVELS
Public Administration, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 228-230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1989.tb00724.x
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Politics, Unemployment and Local Economic Policies
Urban Studies, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 474-486Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00420988820080641
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The Extent and Impact of Local Fiscal Stress
Public Policy and Administration, vol. 3, pp. 15-26Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/095207678800300110
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Bureaucratic Power and Public Policies: a Test of the Rational Staff Maximization Hypothesis
Political Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 79-104Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1987.tb00189.x
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