Lecturer in Management and Organisation at King's Business School | Researching boundaries between states, markets and communities | All views my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.social/post/3mjwmryqce22jIs more competition always better for public service contracting? My new article in @pareview.bsky.social suggests not. Competition leads to more costly and rigid contract management. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/more-competition-is-not-always-better-for-complex-public-contracts @kingsbschool.bsky.social #publicservices #outsourcing #government20 Apr 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:dkvbxujfpy3dqbemvf2xu7w2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwmryqce22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.social/post/3lymwszc2vs2gComing to the end of my second week at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Met so many lovely colleages in KBS and beyond. Will miss my colleagues at @unibirmingham.bsky.social but hope we can carry on collaborating!12 Sep 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:dkvbxujfpy3dqbemvf2xu7w2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymwszc2vs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.social/post/3lm7mq7qnus2eFascinating and packed starting session of #P17 at #IRSPM25 - enjoying hearing about contract managers adopting relational contracting techniques, the impact of New Zealand’s soft procurement regulations, and how we can conceptualise procurement as state infrastructure. Standing room only now!07 Apr 2025 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:dkvbxujfpy3dqbemvf2xu7w2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7mq7qnus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.social/post/3li7qyfjgdc2zFired up by the morning at #Notwestminster and stories of councillors as community workers in Test Valley, community-led housing developments in Frome, and developing local People’s Charters. Loving being back in Huddersfield, a place from my childhood and reconnecting with this place.15 Feb 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:dkvbxujfpy3dqbemvf2xu7w2/app.bsky.feed.post/3li7qyfjgdc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.social/post/3lbf7byd5es2kI've been continuing to write about the Post Office Horizon Scandal and how contracting and management problems underpin what went wrong. It's beginning to look like the same problems are being repeated with the project to replace the Horizon system. https://blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciencesbirmingham/2024/11/11/why-money-isnt-enough-to-solve-the-problem-of-the-post-office-horizon-replacement/20 Nov 2024 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:dkvbxujfpy3dqbemvf2xu7w2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbf7byd5es2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alicemoore.bsky.social/post/3lbf47amr5k24Finally making the jump from X. Pleased to find so many great PA folks over here already and hopeful that we can recreate the community that Twitter used to be. Found a few public policy/admin/management starter packs, but looking for more accounts and starter packs to follow, so recs welcome!20 Nov 2024 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:dkvbxujfpy3dqbemvf2xu7w2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbf47amr5k24