Research Interests

• Risk and regulation
• Performance measurement and quality assessment
• Big data, predictive analytics and machine learning
• Public policy design, implementation and evaluation

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Griffiths, A., Beaussier, A.-L., Demeritt, D. & Rothstein, H. (2016). Intelligent Monitoring? Assessing the Ability of the Care Quality Commission's Statistical Surveillance Tool to Predict Quality and Prioritise NHS Hospital Inspections. BMJ Quality & Safety. Available here

Other

Griffiths, A. (2016). Predicting Quality Failures in Higher Education. Risk&Regulation, 31,20-23.

Griffiths, A. (2016). The Risks of Risk-Based Approaches: Predicting Higher Education Quality with Metrics. Policy Wonkers - The Policy Institute at King's [Online]. Available here 

Griffiths, A. (2015). No Minority Report. *Research Professional: 8am Playbook, 04 Dec 2015.

Griffiths, A. (2015). Written Evidence to the BIS Select Committee’s Assessing Quality in Higher Education' Inquiry [Online]. Available here

Griffiths, A. (2014). The Birth of Quality Agencies [Online]. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Available here 

Griffiths, A. (2011). The Quality and Risk Profiles of the Care Quality Commission. Risk&Regulation, 22, 10-11.

Media Coverage

Havergal, C. (2015). Risk-Based Quality Assessment 'Cannot Work', Study Concludes[Online]. Times Higher Education. Available here

Work in Progress

Griffiths, A., Wolf, A., and Rothstein, H. ‘Predicting the Unpredictable: Risk-Based Approaches to Quality Assurance in Higher Education’.

Griffiths, A., Leaver, M., ‘Wisdom of the Crowds: Public Reviews and the Quality of Healthcare’.

Teaching

Regular teaching topics include:

• Risk Management in Healthcare and Higher Education
• Regulation
• Data science and programming skills