Researcher biography
Professor Paul Henman’s research exists at the intersection of public governance and technology. His research focuses on the benefits and misuses of technology by governments in social policy and services. His work addresses emerging concerns related to accountability and transparency, and reproduction of bias, discrimination, and inequalities in technological and automated systems.
Complex legal and administrative systems have been developed over time to ensure government decision making by humans is accountable, transparent and appealable. As the foregoing observations highlight, translating such systems to AI-based decision making is not always straightforward … Who (or what) has responsibility or liability for the error: the machine, the creators of the machine, the coders, the managers who decided to deploy the machine? This situation is further exacerbated when AI tools are developed by external organisations or companies, and deployed by governments, a situation that is likely to increase as AI becomes more mainstream and used in an “off the shelf” manner.- Improving public services using artificial intelligence: possibilities, pitfalls, governance (Henman, 2020).
Henman is leading the UQ node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre aims to improve the knowledge and strategies necessary for responsible, ethical, and inclusive automated decision-making (ADM), in an attempt to mitigate serious failures. Combining social and technological disciplines in an international industry, research and civil society network, Henman and the Centre will formulate world-leading policy and practice; inform public debate; and train a new generation of researchers and practitioners. The potential benefits extend to uses of technology across a variety of everyday applications, including news and media, transport, social services, and health.
Henman’s work includes the use of new digital research methods, including web-crawling, social network analysis, and online user experiments. An example of this work is in Henman and Tim Graham’s 2018 article Webportal vs google for finding government information on the web: From a website-centric approach to a web ecology perspective. To investigate the effectiveness of webportals (like australia.gov.au) used by governments, Henman and Graham conducted an online quasi-experiment of the effectiveness of the British government’s webportal, www.gov.uk, comparing the time taken for participants to find information about public services with commercial web search tools like Google. Henman and Graham found that governments should focus less on creating large webportals, and more on small functionally-defined units that offer enhanced opportunities for commercial search engine discoverability. If these recommendations were to be applied, citizens would be able to better access assistance.
Publications
Book
Henman, Paul (2010). Governing electronically: E-government and the reconfiguration of public administration, policy, and power. Basingstoke, U.K. ; New York, U.S.: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230248496
Book Chapters
Henman, Paul W. Fay (2024). Just AI: using socio-legal studies of fairness to inform ethical AI in government. Socio-legal generation: essays in honour of Michael Adler. (pp. 37-54) Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-67244-6_3
Henman, Paul (2022). Digital technologies and artificial intelligence: a computer science perspective. A research agenda for social welfare law, policy and practice. (pp. 265-282) edited by Michael Adler. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800886339.00023
Henman, Paul (2021). Administrative justice in a digital world: challenges and solutions. The Oxford handbook of administrative justice. (pp. 459-480) edited by Joe Tomlinson, Robert Thomas, Marc Hertogh and Richard Kirkham. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190903084.013.23
Henman, Paul (2021). Governing by Algorithms and Algorithmic Governmentality: Towards machinic
judgement. The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power, and Knowledge. (pp. 19-34) edited by Marc Schuilenburg and Rik Peeters. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Henman, Paul (2013). Government and the internet: evolving technologies, enduring research themes. The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies. (pp. 283-306) edited by William H. Dutton. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589074.013.0014
Henman, Paul (2011). Governmentality. Encyclopedia of power. (pp. 289-291) edited by Keith Dowding. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781412994088.n159
Henman, Paul (2011). Biopower. Encyclopedia of power. (pp. 73-73) edited by Keith Dowding. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781412994088.n39
Henman, Paul (2010). Social policy and information communication technologies. Information communication technologies for human services education and delivery: Concepts and cases. (pp. 215-229) edited by Jennifer Martin and Linette Hawkins. Hershey, PA, U.S.A.: Information Science Reference. doi: 10.4018/978-1-60566-735-5.ch014
Henman, Paul and Dean, Mitchell (2010). E-government and the production of standardized individuality. Calculating the social: Standards and the reconfiguration of governing. (pp. 77-93) edited by Vaughan Higgins and Wendy Larner. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230289673
Adler, Michael and Henman, Paul (2008). Justice beyond the courts: The implications of computerisation for procedural justice in social security. E-justice: Using Information Communication in the Court System. (pp. 65-86) edited by Agusti Cerrillo and Pere Fabra. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-59904-998-4.ch005
Henman, P. W. (2007). Governing individuality. Contested Individualization: Debates About Contemporary Personhood. (pp. 171-185) edited by Howard, C.. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230609259
Fenger, Menno and Henman, Paul (2006). Introduction: administering welfare reform. Administering welfare reformInternational transformations in welfare governance. (pp. 1-14) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781861346520.003.0001
Henman, Paul and Fenger, Menno (2006). Reforming welfare governance: reflections. Administering welfare reformInternational transformations in welfare governance. (pp. 256-274) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781861346520.003.0012
Henman, Paul (2006). Welfare reform as governance reform: the prospects of a governmentality perspective. Administering welfare reformInternational transformations in welfare governance. (pp. 18-36) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781861346520.003.0002
Henman, Paul and Fenger, Menno (2006). Reforming welfare governance: Reflections. Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance. (pp. 257-278) edited by Paul Henman and Menno Fenger. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press.
Henman, Paul (2006). Welfare reform as governance reform: The prospects of a governmentality perspective. Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance. (pp. 19-41) edited by P. Henman and M. Fenger. Bristol: Policy Press.
Henman, Paul (2006). Segmentation and conditionality: Technological reconfigurations in social policy. Analysing Social Policy: A Governmental Approach. (pp. 205-222) edited by G. Marston and C. McDonald. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Fenger, M. and Henman, P. W. (2006). Introduction: Administering welfare reform. Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance. (pp. 1-17) edited by P. Henman and M. Fenger. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press.
Henman, Paul (2006). Welfare reform as governance reform: The prospects of a governmentality perspective. Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance. (pp. 19-42) Policy Press.
Fenger, Menno and Henman, Paul (2006). Introduction: Administering welfare reform. Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance. (pp. 1-18) Policy Press.
Journal Articles
Osei, Kennedy and Henman, Paul (2024). Do social cash transfers bridge the wellbeing gender gap in developing countries? The case of Ghana’s LEAP programme. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 42 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/02589001.2024.2391032
van Toorn, Georgia, Henman, Paul and Soldatić, Karen (2024). Introduction to the digital welfare state: contestations, considerations and entanglements. Journal of Sociology, 60 (3), 507-522. doi: 10.1177/14407833241260890
Henman, Paul W. Fay, Dai, Dan, Borg, Samantha J., Hummell, Eloise, Foster, Michele and Fisher, Karen R. (2024). Digitally networked social services: mapping the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) online network in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 53 (3), 829-853. doi: 10.1017/S0047279422000691
Jahedi, Farzad, Henman, Paul W. Fay and Ryan, Jillian C. (2024). Dealing with Diversity in Digital Psychological Interventions for Young People: A Structured Review. ACI Open, 08 (02), e49-e61. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1788563
Osei, Kennedy, Henman, Paul and Andoh, Paul Kofi (2024). The Impact of Administrative Burdens in Ghana’s LEAP Cash Transfer Programme: Insights for Enhancing Well-being. The International Journal of Community and Social Development, 6 (2), 131-148. doi: 10.1177/25166026241256432
Farwa, Aniqa and Henman, Paul (2023). Informal third-party actors in street-level welfare decisions: a case study of Pakistan social assistance. Journal of Social Policy, 1-18. doi: 10.1017/s0047279423000405
Jahedi, Farzad, Fay Henman, Paul W. and Ryan, Jillian C. (2022). Personalization in digital psychological interventions for young adults. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 40 (9), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2022.2158261
Henman, Paul , Dai, Dan, Borg, Sam, Hummel, Eloise, Foster, Michele and Fisher, Karen (2022). Digitally Networked Social Services: Mapping the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) online network in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 53 (3), 1-25. doi: 10.1017/S0047279422000691
Henman, Paul W. Fay (2022). Digital social policy: past, present, future. Journal of Social Policy, 51 (3), 535-550. doi: 10.1017/s0047279422000162
Henman, Paul, Graham, Timothy and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Building the ‘front door’ within a web ecology: informational governance and institutional shaping of national government webportals. Government Information Quarterly, 38 (2) 101575, 101575. doi: 10.1016/j.giq.2021.101575
Henman, Paul (2020). Improving public services using artificial intelligence: possibilities, pitfalls, governance. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 42 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/23276665.2020.1816188
Meijer, Albert , C. William R. Webster, Bannister, Frank , Bennett, Colin J. , Chen, Kaiping , Choi, Heungsuk , Criado, J. Ignacio , Cunha, Maria Alexandra , Demircioglu, Mehmet Akif , Gasco-Hernandez, Mila , Henman, Paul , Kimemia, Douglas , Lember, Veiko , Löfgren, Karl , Luna-Reyes, Luis F. , Mergel, Ines , Murakami Wood, David , Nesti, Giorgia , Przeybilovicz, Erico , Raghavan, Aarthi , Svenonius, Ola , van Brakel, Rosamunde and Yildiz, Mete (2020). The COVID-19-crisis and the information polity: an overview of responses and discussions in twenty-one countries from six continents. Information Polity, 25 (3), 243-274. doi: 10.3233/IP-200006
Henman, Paul and Graham, Timothy (2019). The structure of the online state: towards a web ecology perspective. Government Information Quarterly, 37 (2) 101440, 101440. doi: 10.1016/j.giq.2019.101440
Henman, Paul (2019). Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. Critical Social Policy, 39 (1), 151-153. doi: 10.1177/0261018318808405b
Henman, Paul and Graham, Tim (2018). Webportal vs google for finding government information on the web: From a website-centric approach to a web ecology perspective. Information Polity, 23 (4), 361-378. doi: 10.3233/ip-180071
Henman, Paul (2018). Of algorithms, apps and advice: digital social policy and service delivery. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 12 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/17516234.2018.1495885
Graham, Timothy and Henman, Paul (2018). Affording choice: how website designs create and constrain ‘choice’. Information Communication and Society, 22 (13), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2018.1476570
Henman, Paul, Brown, Scott D. and Dennis, Simon (2017). When rating systems do not rate: evaluating ERA’s performance (AUR 59 01). Australian Universities' Review, 59 (1), 58-68.
Henman, Paul (2016). Techniques and paradoxes in performing performance measurements: concluding reflections. Policy Studies, 37 (6), 597-609. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2016.1190447
Henman, Paul (2016). Performing the state: the socio-political dimensions of performance measurement in policy and public services. Policy Studies, 37 (6), 499-507. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2016.1144739
Foster, Michele, Henman, Paul, Tilse, Cheryl, Fleming, Jennifer and Allen, Shelly (2016). 'Reasonable and necessary' care: The challenge of operationalising the NDIS policy principle in allocating disability care in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 51 (1), 27-46. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb00363.x
Foster, Michele, Henman, Paul, Gable, Alison and Denton, Michelle (2016). Population health performance as primary healthcare governance in Australia: professionals and the politics of performance. Policy Studies, 37 (6), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2015.1118028
Henman, Paul and Foster, Michele (2015). Models of disability support governance: a framework for assessing and reforming social policy. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50 (3), 233-252. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2015.tb00348.x
Henman, Paul and Gable, Alison (2015). “Schooling” performance measurement: the politics of governing teacher conduct in Australia. Policy and Society, 34 (1), 63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2015.02.002
Henman, Paul, Ackland, Rob and Graham, Tim (2014). Networks of communities and communities of networks in online government. Electronic Journal of e-Government, 12 (2), 117-131.
Henman, Paul (2013). Governmentalities of Gov 2.0. Information, Communication and Society, 16 (9), 1397-1418. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.706314
Karimshah, Ameera, Wyder, Marianne, Henman, Paul, Tay, Dwight, Capelin, Elizabeth and Short, Patricia (2013). Overcoming adversity among low SES students: a study of strategies for retention. Australian Universities' Review, 55 (2), 5-14.
Henman, Paul (2012). Making social policy "sexy": Evaluating a teaching innovation. Australian Social Work, 65 (3), 341-354. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2011.652139
Foster, Michele, Henman, Paul, Fleming, Jennifer, Tilse, Cheryl and Harrington, Rosamund (2012). The politics of entitlement and personalisation: Perspectives on a proposed National Disability Long-Term Care and Support Scheme in Australia. Social Policy and Society, 11 (3), 331-342. doi: 10.1017/S147474641200005X
Nielsen, Mandy, Foster, Michele, Henman, Paul and Strong, Jenny (2012). 'Talk to us like we're people, not an X-ray': the experience of receiving care for chronic pain. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 19 (2), 138-143. doi: 10.1071/PY11154
Henman, Paul and Jones, Andrew (2012). Exploring the use of residual measures of housing affordability in Australia: Methodologies and concepts. AHURI Final Report (180), i-35.
Henman, Paul (2012). The power of e-government: technical, discursive, human. Politik, 15 (3), 5-13.
Henman, Paul (2011). Conditional citizenship? Electronic networks and the new conditionality in public policy. Policy and Internet, 3 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.2202/1944-2866.1103
Smyth, Bruce and Henman, Paul (2010). The distributional and financial impacts of the new Australian Child Support Scheme: A 'before and day-after reform' comparison of assessed liability. Journal of Family Studies, 16 (1), 5-32. doi: 10.5172/jfs.16.1.5
Henman, Paul and Marston, Greg (2008). The social division of welfare surveillance. Journal of Social Policy, 37 (2), 187-205. doi: 10.1017/S0047279407001705
Henman, Paul (2008). Equivalent salaries in five Australian capital cities. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43 (4), 615-630. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00122.x
Henman, Paul, Percival, Richard, Harding, Ann and Gray, Matthew (2007). Costs of Children: Research Commissioned by the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support. SSRN Electronic Journal doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1728598
Henman, Paul and Fenger, Menno (2006). Preface. Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance, vi-vii.
Henman, P. W. (2005). E-Government, targeting and data profiling: Policy and ethical issues of differential treatment. Journal of E-Government, 2 (1), 79-98. doi: 10.1300/J399v02n01_05
Adler, Michael and Henman, Paul (2005). Computerizing the welfare state: An international comparison of computerization in social security. Information, Communication & Society, 8 (3), 315-342. doi: 10.1080/13691180500259137
Dean, M and Henman, P (2004). Governing society today: Editors' introduction. Alternatives : Global, Local, Political, 29 (5), 483-494. doi: 10.1177/030437540402900501
Henman, Paul (2004). Targeted! Population segmentation, electronic surveillance and governing the unemployed in Australia. International Sociology, 19 (2), 173-191. doi: 10.1177/0268580904042899
Henman, Paul (2004). Book review: Inequality in Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 33 (2), 321-322. doi: 10.1017/S0047279403217712
Henman, Paul (2004). E-government and the electronic transformation of modes of rule: The Case of partnerships. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2 (2), 19-24.
Henman, Paul and Adler, Michael (2003). Information technology and the governance of social security. Critical Social Policy, 23 (2), 139-164. doi: 10.1177/0261018303023002002
Henman, Paul and Dean, Mitchell (2002). E-government: Transformations in modes of rule?. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 4 (1-3), 5-11. doi: 10.5172/impp.2001.4.1-3.5
Henman, Paul and Perry, Julia (2002). Welfare dependency? A critical analysis of changes in welfare recipient numbers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 37 (3), 315-334.
Henman, Paul (2002). Computer modeling and the politics of greenhouse gas policy in Australia. Social Science Computer Review, 20 (2), 161-173. doi: 10.1177/089443930202000206
Henman, Paul W. (2002). Myths of welfare reform. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 37 (1), 71-84. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2002.tb01111.x
Henman, P and Perry, J (2002). Welfare dependency? A critical analysis of changes in welfare recipient numbers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 37 (3), 315-335.
Henman, Paul (2002). Deconstructing welfare dependency: The case of Australian welfare reform. Radical Statistics, 79/80, 7-17.
Adler, Michael and Henman, Paul (2001). e-Justice: A Comparative Study of Computerization and Procedural Justice in Social Security. International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, 15 (2), 195-212. doi: 10.1080/13600860120070510
Henman, P and Mitchell, K (2001). Estimating the cost of contact for non-resident parents: A budget standards approach. Journal of Social Policy, 30 (03), 495-520. doi: 10.1017/s0047279401006341
Henman, Paul and Adler, Michael (2001). Information technology and transformations in social security policy and administration: A review. International Social Security Review, 54 (4), 23-47. doi: 10.1111/1468-246x.t01-1-00103
Henman, P. W. (1999). The bane and benefits of computers in Australia's Department of Social Security. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 19 (1/2), 101-109.
Henman, Paul (1999). The bane and benefits of computers in Australia’s Department of Social Security. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 19 (1/2), 101-129. doi: 10.1108/01443339910788686
Henman, P (1997). Computer technology - A political player in social policy processes. Journal of Social Policy, 26 (3) S0047279497005035, 323-340. doi: 10.1017/S0047279497005035
Henman P. (1995). The role of computers in texturing micro-social environments. Journal of Sociology, 31 (1), 49-63. doi: 10.1177/144078339503100104
Conference Papers
Chan, Samuel, Cazzolli, Rosanna, Jaure, Allison, Johnson, David W., Hawley, Carmel M., Craig, Jonathan C., Sautenet, Benedicte, Van Zwieten, Anita, Cao, Christopher, Dobrijevic, Ellen, Wilson, Greg, Scholes-Robertson, Nicole, Carter, Simon, Vastani, Tom, Cho, Yeoungjee, Blumberg, Emily, Brennan, Daniel C., Huuskes, Brooke M., Knoll, Greg, Kotton, Camille, Mamode, Nizam, Muller, Elmi, Phan Ha, Hai An, Tedesco-Silva, Helio, White, David M., Viecelli, Andrea K., Martin, Adam, Tong, Allison, Gonzalez, Andrea Matus ... SONG-Tx Infection Workshop Investigators (2024). Report of the standardized outcomes in nephrology-transplant consensus workshop on establishing a core outcome measure for infection in kidney transplant recipients. SONG kidney transplant infection consensus workshop, Virtually, November 2021. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004839
Henman, Paul W. Fay (2023). Design Principles and Tensions for Collaborative Digital Governance in an Artificial Intelligence Age. Fourth International Conference on Administrative Science (ICAS 2022), London, United Kingdom, 26 October 2022. Paris, France: Atlantis Press. doi: 10.2991/978-2-38476-104-3_39
Henman, Paul and Graham, Tim (2019). Towards a taxonomy of government webportals. 12th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 3 - 5 April 2019. New York, NY United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3326365.3326368
Henman, Paul (2017). The computer says 'DEBT': Towards a critical sociology of algorithms and algorithmic governance. Data for Policy 2017: Government by Algorithm?, London, United Kingdom, 6-7 September, 2017. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.884116
Wallang, Muslimin, Henman, Paul and Gillingham, Philip (2015). Different patterns of usage of e-government services: a preliminary study. 15th European Conference on eGovernment, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 18-19 June 2015. NR READING: Academic Conferences Limited.
Henman, Paul, Ackland, Rob and Graham, Tim (2014). Social policy on the Web: the online institutional structure of social policy domains in the UK. ECEG 2014: 14th European Conference on eGovernment, Braşov, Romania, 12-13 June, 2014. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International.
Henman, Paul, Ackland, Rob and Graham, Tim (2014). Community structure in e-Government hyperlink networks. ECEG 2014: 14th European Conference on eGovernment, Braşov, Romania, 12-13 June, 2014. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International.
Henman, Paul, Ackland, Rob, Graham, Tim and Chen, Lin (2013). Social policy on the Web: the institutional structure of social policy domains in Australia and the UK. Social Policy Association Annual Conference 2013, Sheffield, UK, 8-10 July, 2013.
Breit, Rhonda, Henman, Paul and Snell, Rick (2012). Towards a qualitative approach to evaluating access to information legislation. CPRafrica 2012/CPRsouth7 Conference, Port Louis, Mauritius, 5 - 7 September 2012. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Communications Policy Research South (CPRsouth).
Waite, Greg, Henman, Paul, Banks, Chris and Curtis, Chris (2010). The dynamics of financial hardship and housing need: A longitudinal analysis using budget standards. 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference (AHRC 2009), Sydney, Australia, 5 - 7 August 2009. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Henman, Paul (2009). The contribution of e-government to the "new conditionality" in social policy. 9th European Conference on e-Government, London, England, 29-30 June, 2009. Reading UK: Academic Publishing Limited.
Henman, Paul (2008). The constitution and governance of time through e-government. The 4th international conference on e-government, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 23-24 October 2008. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences International.
Waite, and Henman, P W (2006). Applying budget standards to assess housing affordability. National Housing Conference 2005, Perth, 26-28 October, 2005. East Perth, WA: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Henman, P. W. (2005). e-Government, public policy and the growth of conditionality. 5th European Conference on e-Government, Antwerp, Belgium, 16-17 June, 2005. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences.
Henman, Paul (2004). E-government and the electronic transformation of modes of rule: The case of partnerships. 2nd International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Orlando, Florida, July 21 - 25, 2004. Orlando, FL, USA: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.
Henman, Paul and Dean, Mitchell (2004). The governmental powers of welfare e-administration. Australian Electronic Governance Conference 2004, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 14-15 April 2004. Melbourne, Australia: Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne,.
Gaby, Sharon and Henman, Paul (2004). E-health: Transforming doctor-patient relationships with a dose of technology. The Australian Electronic Governance Conference 2004, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 14-15 April 2004.
Henman, Paul (2002). The poverty of welfare reform discourse. National Social Policy Conference 2001, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 4-6 July 2001. Kensington, N.S.W., Australia: Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales..
Seminar Paper
Henman, Paul, Fay, Suzanna, Sleep, Lyndal, Gillingham, Philip and Maitra, Suvradip (2023). Trauma-informed AI: developing and testing a practical AI audit framework for use in social services. University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, University of Baltimore, IBM Tech Ethics Lab.
Thesis
Henman, Paul (1996). Constructing families and disciplining bodies : a socio-technical study of computers, policy and governance in Australia's Department of Social Security. PhD Thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.529
Research Reports
Henman, Paul (2024). Submission to the Inquiry into the Digital Transformation of Workplaces. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Parliament of Australia. doi: 10.60836/redt-ss19
Maitra, Suvradip, Sleep, Lyndal, Fay, Suzanna and Henman, Paul (2024). Building a trauma-informed algorithmic assessment toolkit. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. doi: 10.60836/f01c-4a18
Kimberlee Weatherall, Paul Henman, Jose-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Rita Matulionyte, Lyndal Sleep, Melanie Trezise, Jenny Van Der Arend and Scarlet Wilcock (2024). Automated decision-making in New South Wales: mapping and analysis of the use of ADM systems by State and Local governments. Sydney: ARC Centre pf Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. doi: 10.60836/40eb-we52
Weatherall, Kimberlee, Bednarz, Zofia, Bello y Villarino, Jose-Miguel, Burgess, Jean, Cellard, Loup, Cohen, Tegan, Fraser, Henry, Goldenfein, Jake, Graham, Timothy, Haines, Fiona, Henman, Paul, Ilyushina, Nataliya, Kennedy, Jenny, Leach Scully, Jackie, Leeftink, Dennis, Maitra, Suvradip, Matulionyte, Rita, McCosker, Anthony, Mullins, Robert, Nabben, Kelsie, Parker, Christine, Phan, Thao, Salim, Flora, Snoswell, Aaron, Thomas, Julian, Trezise, Melanie, Young, Libby and Zeng, Jacky (2023). Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper: ADM+S Submission. Canberra, ACT Australia: Department of Industry, Science and Resources. doi: 10.25916/catx-q405
Henman, Paul (2023). Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme: Submission by Professor Paul Henman. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Robodebt Royal Commission.
Henman, Paul, Thomas, Julian, Soldatic, Karen, Goldenfein, Jake, Weatherall, Kimberlee, Sleep, Lyndal, Carney, Terry, Chand, Kunal, Khan, Awais Hameed, Wilcock, Scarlet, Livingstone, Stephanie and Matulionyte, Rita (2023). Submission by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S). Brisbane, QLD Australia: Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
Stambe, Rose, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Henman, Paul (2023). Submission to the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services. Canberra, ACT Australia: Parliament of Australia.
Coco, Brooke, Harpur, Paul, Henman, Paul, Obeid, Abdul, Radke, Amelia, Scully, Jackie Leach, Sleep, Lyndal, Snoswell, Aaron, Soldatic, Karen and van Toorn, Georgia (2021). ADM+S submission to report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on Artificial Intelligence and the rights of persons with disabilities. Geneva, Switzerland: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights .
Henman, Paul (2019). Submission to UN digital technology, social protection and human rights. New York, NY, United States: United Nations.
Hussey, Karen, Yarnold, Jennifer, McEwan, Christopher, Maher, Ray, Henman, Paul, Radke, Amelia, Curtis, Caitlin, Fidelman, Pedro, Vickers, Claudia and Brolan, Claire (2019). Policy futures: regulating the new economy. Policy Futures Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Henman, Paul (2018). Submission to the Review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2018 in relation to face-matching services. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Parliament of Australia.
Henman, Paul (2015). Estimating the Costs of Raising Children in Out of Home Care in Western Australia, a research report for Government of Western Australia, Department of Child Protection and Family Support. Perth, WA, Australia: Government of Western Australia.
Henman, Paul and Phan, Nhu Hien Luong (2014). CEQ and the performance regime in Australian Higher Education: A review of the policy context. UQ Social Policy Unit: Research Paper No. 7 Australia: The University of Queensland.
Foster, M., Henman, P., Fleming, J., Tilse, C., Allen, S. and Harrington, R. (2012). ARC Linkage Lifetime Care Research Report: A study of financing and management of lifetime care and support for adults with acquired disability and high care needs in Queensland. UQ Social Policy Unit Research Paper No. 3 St Lucia QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Social Work and Human Services Social Policy Unit.
Henman, Paul and Foster, Michele (2011). Models of governance in long-term disability care and support: A framework for assessing and reforming social policy. UQ Social Policy Unit Research Paper No. 2 St Lucia QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Social Work and Human Services Social, Policy Unit.
Henman, Paul, Foster, Michele, Fleming, Jennifer, Tilse, Cheryl, Harrington, Ros and Thornton, Stephen (2010). Financing and delivery of services for adults with acquired disability and high care needs in Queensland: Results from an on-line survey. UQ Social Policy Unit Research Paper No. 1 Brisbane Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Social Work and Human Services.
Henman, Paul (2007). Updated costs of children using Australian budget standards. Canberra: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA).
Henman, P., Melville, R., Malcom, F. and Marston, G. (2007). A data framework to assess the impact of the Federal Government’s welfare reforms in Queensland. St Lucia QLD Australia: Social Policy Unit. The University of Queensland.
Henmann, Paul (2005). Updated costs of children using Australian budget standards. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA).
Adler, M. and Henman, P. W. (2005). Computerisation and e-government in social security: A comparative international study. Washington DC: IBM Centre for the Business of Government.
Working Papers
Sleep, Lyndal and Henman, Paul (2022). ADM in child and family services: mapping what is happening and what we know. ADM+S Working Paper Series 2022. 002. ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Sleep, L. and Henman, P. (2022) ADM in child and family services: Mapping what is happening and what we know, ADM+S Working Paper Series 2022 (002), ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, DOI: 10.25916/n86m-km33. doi: 10.25916/n86m-km33
Henman, Paul and Graham, Tim (2018). The web ecology of the online state: the case of Australia. School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
Data Collections
Henman, Paul, Dai, Dan and Borg, Samantha (2022). Queensland NDIS web ecology. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/284ef14
Graham, Timothy, Henman, Paul and Dai, Dan (2021). National Government Webportal Hyperlink Networks. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/a710104