DR SARAH BALL
Email
s.ball@uq.edu.au
Dr Sarah Ball is an Affiliate of the the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from the University of Queensland.
Sarah Ball is a lecturer at the University of Queensland in Public Policy. Her research explores how knowledge and evidence are translated into policy design and implementation. Previously, Sarah has explored the use of behavioural insights, experimental methods, codesign and is now interrogating digital transformation in the development of policy.
In August 2025, Sarah began work on a DECRA project titled ‘Behind the Screens: Interrogating Digital Service Design and Delivery’. She is also completing an ARC Linkage Project titled ‘The new digital governance of welfare-to-work’ and an ESRC project exploring ‘Ethics and expertise in times of crisis: Learning from international varieties of ethics advice’.
Prior to undertaking her Phd, Sarah worked in the Australian Public Service, where she developed a deep interest in public administration, knowledge sharing and evidence-based policy.
