Dr. Kim Moloney

Associate Professor

Associate Professor in Public Administration

Office location

C.03.025

Dr. Kim Moloney

Associate Professor

Associate Professor in Public Administration

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Public Administration

MA in International Affairs

Entity

College of Public Policy

School of Economics and Management

Biography

Dr. Kim Moloney focuses on the intersection of the public administration discipline with international organizations, transnational administration, and good governance, and separately, intersections with the unique policy challenges of small states. She also engages in discussions of social equity and, separately, the intellectual history of public administration. 

She has published in journals such as Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Policy and Society, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Global Policy, and International Review of Administrative Sciences, among others.

Her book, “Who Matters at the World Bank”, was published by Oxford University Press in October 2022. Her co-edited books include the “Oxford Handbook on Global Policy and Transnational Administration” (Oxford University Press, 2019) and the “Routledge Handbook on Crisis, Polycrisis, and Public Administration” (Routledge, 2025).

Dr. Moloney is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Public Administration, Associate Editor of Public Administration Review, Associate Editor of Administrative Theory & Praxis, and Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal on Public Administration. She is also a Co-Editor of the Book Series on Transnational Administration and Global Policy with Bristol University Press.

PhD in Public Administration

School of Public Affairs at American University; Washington DC, USA

2011

MA in International Affairs

School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University; Washington DC, USA

2005

M.P.A

Maxwell School at Syracuse University; Syracuse NY, USA

2004

BSc in Economics and International Relations

University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI, USA

1996

  • Transnational administration / Global policy
  • Small states
  • International administrative law
  • Multilateral development banks

Senior Lecturer

Murdoch University (Australia)

2017 - 2021

Visiting Assistant Professor

University of Miami (USA)

2014 - 2016

Assistant Professor

Kyung Hee University (South Korea)

2012 - 2014

Lecturer

The University of the West Indies at Mona (Jamaica)

2009 - 2012

  • 2024; Riccucci-O’Leary Award for “The Flawed Foundations of Social Equity in Public Administration: A Racial Contract Theory Critique” by the Public Management Research Association.
  • 2024; Mary Hamilton Award for International Chapter Service from the American Society of Public Administration.
  • 2023; Outstanding Reviewer Award, Public Administration and Development journal.
  • 2021; Chester A. Newland Presidential Citation of Merit from the American Society of Public Administration.
  • 2021; Jeanne-Marie Col Award for Section Service from the Section on International and Comparative Administration of the American Society of Public Administration.