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Dr Max French

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Max French

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Applying critical systems thinking through phronetic pluralism: Learning from human learning systems and the adaptive learning pathway, Hesselgreaves, H., Hobbs, C., French, M., Wilson, R., Lowe, T. 26 Feb 2025, In: Systems Research and Behavioral Science
  • Charting a route back to relevance? Supporting 21st Century public service practitioners through action-oriented, complexity-informed, and engaged pedagogy, Hawkins, M., French, M., Diamond, J., Wilson, R., Hesselgreaves, H. 2 Jul 2025, In: Teaching Public Administration
  • Futures in Public Management: The Emerging Relational Approach to Public Services, Wilson, R., Hesselgreaves, H., French, M., Hawkins, M., Jamieson, D., King, M., Kimmitt, J. 28 Mar 2025
  • New development: Redefining failure in English local government—Implications for research and practice, Dodd, M., French, M., Wilson, R., King, M. 9 Jun 2025, In: Public Money & Management
  • Areas of Research Interest: a Practical Guide, French, M., Hawkins, M. 10 Dec 2024
  • How a strengthened National Performance Framework can drive effective government in Scotland, French, M. 28 Aug 2024
  • New development: Relational public services—reform and research agenda, Wilson, R., French, M., Hesselgreaves, H., Lowe, T., Smith, M. 17 Aug 2024, In: Public Money & Management
  • Power, performance, and the governance of systemic goals: evidence from national wellbeing framework integration, French, M., Wallace, J. 8 Aug 2024
  • Harnessing Complexity for better outcomes in Public and Non-profit Services, French, M., Hesselgreaves, H., Wilson, R., Hawkins, M., Lowe, T. 23 Feb 2023
  • New development: Learning communities—an approach to dismantling barriers to collective improvement, Wilson, L., Hawkins, M., French, M., Lowe, T., Hesselgreaves, H. 19 May 2023, In: Public Money and Management

  • Stewart Martin Making it count – what works in implementing wellbeing frameworks? Start Date: 01/03/2023
  • Matthew Dodd How applicable is the concept of the Strategic State in English Local Government: Considering issues of central control, local autonomy, and failure at a local level? Start Date: 24/11/2023

Economics MSc June 01 2012


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