Dr Steven Parker

Professional biography

D.SocSci (Bristol); MA/CQSW (Leicester); BA Hons (Essex); PGCertHE; SFHEA.

Lecturer in Public Management in the Department for Public Leadership and Social Enterprise (PuLSE). Prior to joining the OU I worked in local government as a social worker and manager, and previously taught at INLOGOV, Birmingham University and De Montfort University. My teaching interests are public management, project management, and public services design.  

I am chair of the MBA module 'Leadership and Management of Public Services' (BB852) and the apprenticeship work-based learning module 'Leadership in Practice' (BBXY876). I am also part of the delivery team for the undergraduate module, 'Leadership in a Changing World' (B329) and a member of the production team of a new undergraduate leadership module (B211).   

I am external examiner for undergraduate courses run by Norwich College/University of East Anglia and an INLOGOV Associate at the University of Birmingham.  

Research interests

Public management and administration;

Public services design and delivery;

Local Government.

Recent Conference Attendance

British Academy of Management (2024); Nottingham Trent Business School, UK (September 2024). 

Social Outcomes Conference 2023 (SOC23); Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK (September 2023).