1986 – Editor, Public Administration. Reappointed for five years from 1 January 2004.
1977-82, Editor, Public Administration Bulletin (now Public Policy and Administration).
1992 to date Open University Press (McGraw Hill), Public Policy and Management.
1996 to date, Palgrave-Macmillan, Transforming Governance.
2004 to date (with John Wanna), University of New South Wales Press, ANZSOG Book Program in Government, Politics and Public Administration.
2005, Member, International Advisory Board, Public Policy and Administration
2005 to date, Member, Editorial Board, ANZSOG Research Monograph Series.
2005 to date, Member of the Editorial Board of British Politics 2004 to date, Member of the Executive Committee, Australian Parliamentary Review.
2002 to date, Member of the Editorial Board of Public Administration Review. Renewed 2005 for a further three years.
2000 to date, Member of the Editorial Board, American Journal of Public Administration.
1999 to date, Editorial Board, Journal of History and Governance.
1998 to date, Member, Editorial Board, Talking Politics.
1997 to date, Member, Editorial Board, Regional Studies. Renewed 2004 for a further five years.
1995 to date, Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Australian Journal of Public Administration.
1992-1995, Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Regional Policy and Politics.
1991 to date, Member, Advisory Board, Politics Review.
1984-86, Editorial Board, Public Administration.
1982-86, Commissioning Editor, Politics.
1982 to date, Editorial Board, Local Government Studies.
2003-6, Reader for the Australian Research Council.
1994, Assessor, ESRC’s Research Fellowship Competition.
1993, Examiner, ESRC’s Advanced Course Work Competition.
1992-1998, Chair of the Steering Committee of the ‘Local Governance’ Research Programme.
1992-1993, Assessor, ESRC’s Advanced Course Work Recognition Exercise.
1992, Member, Higher Education Funding Council’s Panel for Politics and International Studies.
1991, Member, ESRC’s Seminars Competition Panel.
1990-92, Committee Member, Economic and Social Research Council’s Society and Politics Research Development Group; and Election Studies Advisory and Management Committee.
1978-79, Committee Member, Social Science Research Council’s Panel on Central-Local Government Relationships.