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Performance Models
This research program aims to develop and evaluate performance measures for overseas policing missions in post-conflict or troubled states. The project focuses on peace operations and capacity building by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) missions particularly in terms of their contribution to the Australian government’s commitment to enhancing regional stability. The project will develop an effective means of measuring the AFP / International Deployment Group’s impact on Australian interests and international peace and security through its participation in peace operations and capacity building. These measures will allow the AFP to examine what it is delivering, improve future delivery, and demonstrate return for investment.
Interviews, consultation and working group discussions have been undertaken to gain further insight into current practices, perceived problems and potential recommendations for improvements. Such interviews include Australian Government officials primarily the Australian Federal Police personnel and AusAID representatives, as well as police officers operating in the field (including members from participating Pacific Island police forces).
Drawing on these research findings, performance management indicators and processes for monitoring and evaluation are being developed. Such indicators are being tested through field trips and case studies. Further refinement and re-evaluation will be conducted in light of field-testing.
The project will develop an effective means of project evaluation and a set of performance models to measure:
- the overall impact of international policing missions in relation to government international relations and international aid policies;
- the impact of international policing contributions to peace operations in the context of the nature of the mission (monitoring, peace enforcement etc);
- the impact of international policing contributions to capacity building in post-conflict circumstances.
In 2010, the following publications and activities were achieved:
Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
- Hughes, B.W (2010). Moving beyond rethinking the ‘State of the State’: To the challenge of reshaping international contributions to peace operations. Conflict, Security & Development,10(3), 345-360.
- Hughes, B.W (2010). Revisiting the liberal logic of intra-state security: The mitigation of political violence for all?. Democracy & Security, 6(1), 52-80.
- Hunt, C.T. & Hughes, B.W. (2010). ‘Assessing police peacekeeping: Systemisation not serendipity’. The Journal of International Peacekeeping, 14(3-4): 403-424
- Hunt, C. & Hughes, B.W. (2010). Making sense of peace and capacity-building operations: Rethinking policing and beyond. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 14(3-4), 217-222.
Book
- Hughes, B.W., Hunt, C.T. & Kondoch, B. (2010). Making sense of peace and capacity-building operations: Rethinking policing and beyond. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Book Chapters
- Hunt, C.T., & Hughes, B.W. (2010). Assessing police peacekeeping: Systemisation not serendipity. In B.W. Hughes, C.T. Hunt & B. Kondoch (Eds.), Making Sense of Peace and Capacity-Building Operations: Rethinking Policing and Beyond (pp. 187-208). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff.
- Hunt, C.T., & Hughes, B.W. (2010). Introduction: Making Sense of Peace and Capacity-building Operations: Rethinking Policing and Beyond. In B.W. Hughes, C.T. Hunt & B. Kondoch (Eds.), Making Sense of Peace and Capacity-Building Operations: Rethinking Policing and Beyond (pp 1-6). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff.
Report for Industry Collaborators
- Hughes, B., Curth, J. & Hunt, C. (2010). Collaborative Monitoring and Evaluation: Program Management Framework Practitioner version. Institute for Social Science Research: The University of Queensland.
Conference Papers
- Hughes, B. (2010, November). Finding the heartbeat: Engaging the political in peace operations. Presented at the Non-State Justice & Security Sector Conference, Danish Institute of International Studies, Copenhagen.
Field Work
- The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), May-June, 2010, with the Australian Federal Police.
Reports Unpublished (from field work)
- Hughes, B.W. (2010). Situation analysis, stakeholder analysis and insighted learned: Report on fieldwork conducted in the Republic of Marshall Islands May-June 2010 with the Australian Federal Police. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
Industry Meetings
- Four face-to-face meetings with the Australian Federal Police on performance issues, March, May, September and November 2010; updates on performance modelling.
Plans for 2011 include:
- Publication of a book reporting the results of the project, titled “Rethinking International Policing: Beyond the State Toward a De-centred Paradigm” with Edward Elgar, London and New York.
- Completion of an Operational Manual for the International Deployment Group, the Australian Federal police on collaborative monitoring and evaluation.
- Submission of PhD theses by Jodie Curth and Charles Hunt.
Professor Paul Boreham (Chief Investigator)
Professor Mark Western (Project Collaborator)
Dr Michele Haynes (Associate Investigator)
Associate Professor Nerina Jimmieson (Research Associate)
Associate Professor Warren Laffan (Associate Investigator)
Professor Alex Bellamy
Dr Bryn Hughes (Associate Investigator)
Charles Hunt (PhD Student)
Jodie Curth (PhD Student)
Alex Pound (PhD Student)
Patrick Law (PhD Student)
