Professor Stephen Osborne is Chair of Public Management and Director of the Centre for Service Excellence in the University of Edinburgh Business School. He was previously Deputy Dean of the Business School. He was a public service practitioner and manager before moving to academia in 1990.
His research focuses on four areas: co-production and the co-creation of value in public service delivery; public service design; innovation in public services and public services reform; and the role of the third sector in public service delivery. He is the founding and current editor of the influential journal Public Management Review and edits three book series for Routledge – two research monograph series and a text-book series. He was the founding president of the International Research Society for Public Management.
He has received two international awards for outstanding contribution to his discipline and also an Honorary Doctorate and Chair from Corvinus University in Budapest. He was made an Honorary Fellow of CIPFA (Japan) in 2016 and is a Fellow of both the UK Academy of Social Sciences and the Higher Education Academy.
Knowledge transfer is an important part of his work and he has worked with, amongst others, governments in the UK, Hungary and Japan on public service innovation and reform strategies and on service design. He is currently leading work on value co-creation in public service delivery as part of the European Commission’s H2020 Co-Val programme.
His research focuses on four areas: co-production and the co-creation of value in public service delivery; public service design; innovation in public services and public services reform; and the role of the third sector in public service delivery. He is the founding and current editor of the influential journal Public Management Review and edits three book series for Routledge – two research monograph series and a text-book series. He was the founding president of the International Research Society for Public Management.
He has received two international awards for outstanding contribution to his discipline and also an Honorary Doctorate and Chair from Corvinus University in Budapest. He was made an Honorary Fellow of CIPFA (Japan) in 2016 and is a Fellow of both the UK Academy of Social Sciences and the Higher Education Academy.
Knowledge transfer is an important part of his work and he has worked with, amongst others, governments in the UK, Hungary and Japan on public service innovation and reform strategies and on service design. He is currently leading work on value co-creation in public service delivery as part of the European Commission’s H2020 Co-Val programme.
