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Biography
Lhawang Ugyel has an extensive background and experiences working in both academia as well as public service. As an academic, and in addition to ANU, he taught at UNSW Canberra, Tallin University of Technology (as Visiting Professor) and University of Papua New Guinea (as Visiting Lecturer).
He also worked with Bhutan’s civil service for close to 10 years (as Policy Analyst and Senior Human Resources Officer) and worked with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (as a part-time research officer) for approx. three years whilst doing his PhD at ANU. Since 2019, Lhawang worked with WHO as a short-term technical consultant on three separate projects related to community health workers programs in PNG and Vanuatu.
Lhawang’s research specialises in public policy and administration focusing on public sector reforms in developing countries, and has published with journals, such as, Democratization, Policy and Politics, Review of Policy Research, Australian Journal of Public Administration and Public Administration and Development. His PhD thesis was also published as a monograph (Palgrave Macmillan 2016).
Lhawang is currently working on Buddhist and Oceanic aspects of Non-Western Public Administration and the implementation of happiness and well-being policies.
Qualifications
PhD in Public Policy (Australian National University); Masters in International Development Studies (Cornell University)
Research interests
Public Administration
Public Policy
Non-Western Public Administration
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Characteristics and Determinants of International Migration: The Recent Phenomenon of Migration of Bhutanese to International Destinations
Tobden, T., Ugyel, L. & Dorjee, T., 2023, In: Journal of Bhutan Studies. 49, Winter 2023, p. 36-58 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Punctuating “Happiness”: Punctuated equilibrium theory and the agenda-setting of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) policy in Bhutan
Ugyel, L., Givel, M. & Chophel, D., 5 Jun 2023, Review of Policy Research, 41, 3, p. 491-507 17 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › General Article › peer-review
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Decentralisation: A political analysis
Howes, S., Sause, L. & Ugyel, L., 2022, Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society. 1 ed. Canberra: ANU Press, Vol. 1. p. 57-87 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bhutan: strategy and enablers
Tsheten, T., Tenzin, P., Clements, A. C. A., Gray, D. J., Ugyel, L. & Wangdi, K., Dec 2022, In: Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 11, 1, 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Governance networks in the delivery of public healthcare services in the Pacific: Implementation of the Bougainville Healthy Communities Programme
Ugyel, L., 24 Dec 2021, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 9, 1.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › General Article › peer-review