Dr Kirsty Strokosch
Senior Lecturer
Work, Employment and Organisation
Personal statement
My research falls within the broad area of public service transformation, with a particular focus on the design, delivery and management of public services. I take an inter-disciplinary approach, drawing on theories from both public administration and service management to explore value co-creation, service user participation and collaborative governance.
Over the course of my academic career, I have investigated various public service areas, including social security, housing, health and social care. I have a strong international profile, having worked with colleagues from across Europe on a large Horizon 20/20 project, ‘CoVAL’. I have also published extensively in academic journals including Public Administration Review, Public Management Review and Policy & Politics.
Area of Expertise
I am an experienced qualitative researcher, having completed various research projects and have expertise in the following areas:
- Public service management
- Participation and co-production
- Collaborative governance
- Public service design
- Innovation and reform in the public sector
- Third Sector
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Health and social care integration : fixing a fixed service ecosystem for value co-creation
- Strokosch Kirsty, Roy Michael
- Public Management Review, pp. 1-23 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2375566
- Exploring value creation from an ecosystem perspective : a critical examination of social procurement policy
- Roy Michael J, Spiesova Anna, Curtin Maeve, Suchowerska Roksolana, Rendall Jack, Strokosch Kirsty, Loosemore Martin, Barraket Jo
- Public Money and Management (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2355995
- Understanding value creation from a public service logic
- Strokosch Kirsty, Osborne Stephen P
- The Resilience of New Public Management (2024) (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198883814.003.0013
- Health and Social Care Integration in Lanarkshire : Qualitative Research Findings
- Strokosch Kirsty
- (2023)
- Design of services or designing for service? : The application of design methodology in public service settings
- Strokosch Kirsty, Osborne Stephen P
- Policy and Politics Vol 51, pp. 231-249 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1332/030557321X16750746455167
- Value creation in the public service ecosystem : an integrative framework
- Osborne Stephen P, Powell Madeline, Cui Tie, Strokosch Kirsty
- Public Administration Review Vol 82, pp. 634-645 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13474
Teaching
I teach across various modules at Post-Graduate and Under-Graduate levels, including:
Human Resource Management Employment Relations in the Public Services
Contemporary Issues in Management
Labour and Diversity in a Global Context
Managing People in Organisations
Research Interests
I am interested in exploring public service management and transformation including the following areas: value co-creation; public service design; public value; participation and co-production of services; inter-organisational relationships; and service ecosystems.
Professional Activities
- The Gathering
- Participant
- 12/2025
- Healthy and Active East Kilbride (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 6/12/2024
- Scottish Ecosystem Roundtable
- Participant
- 9/7/2024
- Roundtable discussion: Community-led action research
- Participant
- 1/5/2024
- International Research Symposium for Public Management
- Participant
- 16/4/2024
- European Group for Organization Studies
- Participant
- 2024
Projects
- AHRC CommonHealth Catalyst Project
- Strokosch, Kirsty (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023
- Co-VAL Horizon 20/20
- Strokosch, Kirsty (Fellow)
- Horizon 20/20 project
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2021
Contact
Dr
Kirsty
Strokosch
Senior Lecturer
Work, Employment and Organisation
Email: kirsty.strokosch@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6141