Research output per year
Research output per year
Associate Professor, Dr
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Any aspect of Public Sector Reform (policing; national health service; local government/combined authorities; local community/charities)
Transformations in Local government and combined authorities
Organisational change and complexity
Public service innovation
Community voice and underrepresentation in devolved decision-making
Public Sector Partnerships and collaboration
Dr. Lorraine Johnston (PhD, CMI, SFHEA, FHEA) is Associate Professor. Current academic leadership roles include - Head of Subject for Leadership & Management Development (since 2020), and Interim Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Newcastle Business School. Previously, Lorraine served as Faculty Strategic Coordinator representing Research Interest Groups (RIGs) on the Departmental Research and Knowledge Exchange Group (DRaKE). In 2012, she founded and convened the Public Policy & Public Management (3PM) Research Interest Group to foster interactions between academia, policy and practice communities through a guest speaker series.
Prior to academia, Lorraine worked as a practitioner in local government (with Newcastle City Council). Her research interests in public management, public participation, public service reform and complexity in local and regional governance. Funded research includes leading on evaluation, consultancy and partnership work with higher education Institutions; local and regional governments (including combined and directly elected Mayoral authorities). Interdisciplinary approaches seek to address the complex challenge of public service reform and its impact on people and place. Recent collaborations include:
Lorraine is a member of specialist and learned societies as the Political Studies Association (PSA) Local Politics and Governance group; Regional Studies Future Leaders Initiative; Women in Regional Science Initiative and the Public Administration Committee Learned Society in Public Administration (with colleagues at Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool and Glasgow universities).
Recently, she was nominated in Newcastle City Council’s Inspirational International Women’s Day celebrations which marks the contributions of women to equality, diversity and inclusion and regeneration across the city Newcastle (March 2025).
Co-authored publications include: Public Enterprise and Local Place: New Perspectives on Theory and Practice (2020, Taylor & Francis); and, Leading Local Government: A Place for Elected Mayors? (2020, Emerald Publishing).
As an experienced educator Programme Leader, Module Tutor she works across MSc; MBA, UG and Degree Apprenticeship levels including: MSc Public Leadership (Degree Apprenticeship in partnership with local and national government agencies; charities; policing and the national health service); MSc Strategic Leadership for Public Services (Degree Apprenticeship with business communities); MSc Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship (with local entrepreneurs; business professionals and start-ups). Business, Economy and Society.
Current Supervision of RDF funded PhD Projects with:
Lorraine welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students seeking to undertake research-focused projects that seek to make a difference and are related to the above research themes. To discuss potential research projects, please email - [email protected]
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Philosophy, PhD
30 Jun 2007 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 30 Jun 2007
Professor
2020 → …
One Million Women and Girls Network
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Special issue
Johnston, L. (Speaker), Salama, A. (Speaker) & Patil, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Johnston, L. (Speaker), Salama, A. (Speaker) & Patil, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Johnston, L. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Johnston, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Johnston, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation