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Jodie Curth-Bibb

Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University

About me

Dr Jodie Curth-Bibb is a political scientist and lecturer in public policy with Flinders University. Over Jodie’s 20-year career she has worked in various roles in the public service, academia, international development and media and politics. Jodie has worked in senior research roles as well as teaching and capacity development roles. Dr Curth-Bibb has worked on public policy issues in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji and Pakistan. She has worked on research and capacity development collaborations with the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Civil-Military Centre, Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Awards, the Indigenous Land Corporation, United Nations Development Program, Pacific Women, New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the World Bank, the Government of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands Government, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Correctional Services Solomon Islands, Institute for Urban Indigenous Health.

Jodie’s teaching and research interests are focused on institutional reform, public sector capacity development, gender and women’s leadership and governance. Her primary interests include: institutions and organisational change, gender equity and social inclusion, gender mainstreaming, capacity development in statebuilding operations (in fragile and post-conflict states), evidence-based policy-making, Indigenous governance, complexity theory, monitoring and evaluation and learning, hybridity and non-state institutions.