Research

Ruthanne's research focuses on understanding the dynamics of change initiatives – regulatory and organizational.  She has observed how organizations accommodate regulatory change (Human Pathogens and Toxins Act), auditing fads (Environmental Management Systems), and efficiency efforts (Ontario perioperative coaching program) and the complex responses of scientists, biosafety officers, health physicists, surgeons, nurses, and administrators. 

Relational Regulation

Governing the gap between the law on the books and the law in action

Regulation at the Coalface

Transforming regulatory requirements into normalized activity