Linda Botterill
Professor in Australian Public Policy
Visiting Fellow
Email: l.botterill@adfa.edu.au
Professional Background
Linda Botterill is Professor in Australian Public Policy at the ANZSOG Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra. Her field of expertise is Australian politics and public policy with a focus on rural policy and politics. Professor Botterill's work in this area builds on nearly fifteen years as a public policy practitioner in the Australian Public Service, as a policy officer in two industry associations and as an adviser in the Office of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy. Her work is focused on the policy development process with a particular interest in the role of values in the policy process and how these values become embodied in institutional structures. Linda is a regular commentator on rural policy and is acknowledged as one of Australia's leading experts on drought policy, receiving regular invitations to speak internationally on the topic. Linda has co-edited three books and has published widely in the Australian Journal of Political Science, the Australian Journal of Public Administration, Public Policy, the Journal of Public Policy, Public Administration, the Australian Journal of International Affairs, the Australian Journal of Labour Economics and Political Quarterly. Her current book projects include a monograph on Australian wheat marketing and an edited collection on the role of scientists in the development of drought policy in Australia and the USA.
She currently convenes the Master of Public Administration and Master of Management in the Faculty of Business and Government at the University of Canberra and teaches units on public policy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Linda has also worked at the Australian National University and at UNSW@ADFA where she taught Politics 1A in 2005 and 2006.