Jonathan Boston

Jonathan Boston
Boston in 2012.
Nationality	New Zealander
Alma mater	University of Canterbury University of Oxford
Scientific career
Fields	Public policy
Website	staff page

Jonathan Boston (born 1957) is a New Zealand academic and Professor of Policy Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Government.

Academic career

Boston got his MA from the University of Canterbury and his PhD from Oxford University.

He was the co-chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, and has written extensively on climate change policy.

Selected works

• Boston, J; Chapple, Simon, 2014, Child Poverty in New Zealand (Wellington: Bridget Williams Books), 296pp. ISBN 9781927247860
• Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand: Evidence for Action. Jonathan Boston and Tracey McIntosh, Co-Chairs, Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, December 2012. ISBN 978-0-909039-38-7
• Boston, J; Bradstock, A & Eng, D 2010 Public Policy: Why Ethics Matters (Canberra, ANU E Press), 311pp.
• Boston, J (ed) 2009 Eliminating World Poverty: Global Goals and Regional Progress (Wellington, Institute of Policy Studies) 186pp.
• Boston, J (ed) 2007 Towards a New Global Climate Treaty: Looking Beyond 2012 (Wellington, Institute of Policy Studies), 258pp.
• Boston, J; Callister, P & Wolf, A 2006 The Policy Implications of Diversity (Wellington, Institute of Policy Studies), 217pp.
• Boston, J; Dalziel, P & St John, S 1999 Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand (Auckland, Oxford University Press), 356pp.
• Boston, J; Martin, J; Pallot, J & Walsh, P 1996 Public Management: The New Zealand Model (Auckland, Oxford University Press), 412pp.

External links

• Staff page at Victoria University of Wellington
• LinkedIn profile