Publications

Kirley, R. A. E., & Varriale, C. (2025). Agency, interrupted: Does organizational restructuring improve managerial gender parity? Testing a disruption hypothesis. Public Administration Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70065  

→ Policy brief drawing on this research, submitted to the UK's Independent Review of Police Force Structures (April 2026): "Mergers and Senior Talent in Public Organisations: Evidence from the Italian NHS." [link to PDF] 

Working papers and selected works in progress

Pragmatic responsiveness to citizen voice? Workforce diversity as a learning device – Under review

Citizen voice as democratic data: public administration’s role in knowing the public in representative government - Under review

Strategies for mediating downstream citizen voice into policy and service ecosystems - what, how and why? (with Juan Pablo Ripamonti & Maria Cucciniello) - Under review

Strategy and governance research need each other to deal with grand challenges (with Alessandro Sancino, John Bryson, Barbara Crosby, Bert George, Jesper Hansen and Madalina Pop) - In preparation for submission

What seems to be the problem? Identifying systemic issues in government through cross-sector collaboration (with Valentina Mele & Sonia Ospina) - In preparation for submission

Exit Leviathan, enter the octopus? Proprioceptive learning in structurally insulated organizations -  In preparation for submission

Finding her voice: women's peer-to-peer conversations about negative or ambiguous healthcare experiences (with Evita Liu & Giovanni Fattore) - Data collection