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Session Overview
Location: Room 234
71 pax
Date: Wednesday, 06/Sept/2023
9:00am
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10:30am
PSG 4-1: Regional and Local Governance: A. Intergovernmental Relations and Networks
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Ellen WAYENBERG, Ghent University
 

Organizing local interests in Europe: The role of the municipal level in bottom-up mobilization

Stephan Grohs1, Benjamin Gröbe1, Renate Reiter2, Dorothee Riese2

1: German University of Administrative Sciences / German Research Institute for Public Administration, Germany; 2: Fernuniversität Hagen

Discussant: Esteban SZMULEWICZ (Leiden University)



Mayoral Leadership in Times of Polycrisis

Louisa Anna SÜß

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Discussant: Stephan GROHS (German University of Administrative Sciences / German Research Institute for Public Administration)



IGR and crisis governance in non-federal countries. Reflections on the Dutch case.

Esteban SZMULEWICZ

Leiden University, Netherlands, The

Discussant: Louisa Anna SÜß (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

2:00pm
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4:00pm
PSG 4-2: Regional and Local Governance: A. Intergovernmental Relations and Networks and B. Amalgamations and Mergers
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Tomas BERGSTROM, Lund University
 

The hierarchical configurations of policy networks: A study of decision-making processes in urban transport

Julie Runde KROGSTAD1, Jarle TRONDAL2

1: NORCE, Norway; 2: University of Agder

Discussant: Chesney CALLENS (University of Antwerp)



COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis Management in Greenland and the Åland Islands

Maria Helena ACKRÉN

Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, Greenland

Discussant: Julie Runde KROGSTAD (University of Agder/NORCE)



Public administrations in border regions as an integrating factor of European integration? - A research agenda

Joerg ROEBER, Annegret EPPLER

University of Applied Sciences Kehl, Germany

Discussant: Maria Helena ACKRÉN (Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland)



Beyond Borders: Unraveling the Potential of Municipal Mergers

Chesney CALLENS1, Inke Torfs2, Ellen Wayenberg2, Koen Verhoest1, Joris Voets2

1: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: University of Ghent, Belgium

Discussant: Joerg ROEBER (University of Applied Sciences Kehl)

4:30pm
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6:30pm
PSG 4-3: Regional and Local Governance: B. Amalgamations and Mergers and C. Digital Government
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Sabine KUHLMANN, Universität Potsdam
 

What’s in it for the big ones? A case study of how metropolitan municipalities and surrounding municipalities vary in their motivation to share service delivery.

Sara Blåka1, Einar Leknes1, Bent Aslak Brandtzæg2, Erik Magnussen2

1: NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre, Norway; 2: Telemarksforsking

Discussant: Reto STEINER (ZHAW)



Analysis of centralization as a response to polycrises: evidence from local self-government in Croatia

Vedran ĐULABIĆ, Mihovil ŠKARICA, Iva LOPIŽIĆ

Faculty of Law, Croatia



Analysing the effects of administrative decentralisation: the case of Croatia

Iva LOPIZIC, Romea MANOJLOVIC TOMAN

Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Discussant: Sara BLÅKA (NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre)



Applying web crawling for data collection in the social sciences – Opportunities and limits using the example of digital transformation in European local governments

Jonathan GERBER, Claire KAISER, Jana MACHLJANKIN, Jakob MARQUARDT, Reto STEINER

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

Discussant: Stefan HANDKE (HTW Dresden)

Date: Thursday, 07/Sept/2023
9:00am
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11:00am
PSG 4-4: Regional and Local Governance: C. Digital government
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Martin Jolyon LAFFIN, Queen Mary University of London
 

Strategic types of local governments’ digital transformation: Findings from three cases in Continental European federal countries

Jakob KÜHLER1, Justine MARIENFELDT1, Isabella PROELLER1, Sabine KUHLMANN1, Tobias POLZER2

1: Universität Potsdam, Germany; 2: Vienna University of Economics and Business

Discussant: Inke TORFS (Ghent University)



Public administration networks: A research approach on the implemen-tation of local government digitalisation projects

Stefan HANDKE, Marianna ROVNER

HTW Dresden, Germany

Discussant: Jakob KÜHLER (Universität Potsdam)



'Platform Centralisation'? The impact of digital administrative transformation on the centralisation tendencies in Europe

István HOFFMAN1,2,3

1: Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), Faculty of Law, Hungary; 2: Maria Curie-Słodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Law and Administration; 3: Centre for Social Sciences (Budapest), Institute for Legal Studies

Discussant: Jakob MARQUARDT (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences)



Economic and organizational factors as antecedents of digital transformation in European local governments: A quantitative analysis

Jakob MARQUARDT1, Reto STEINER1, Oliver NEUMANN2

1: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; 2: UNIL Université de Lausanne

2:00pm
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4:00pm
PSG 4-5: Regional and Local Governance: C. Digital government and D. Accountability
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Ellen WAYENBERG, Ghent University
 

Barriers to digital maturity and organisational transformation in local government: A case of Slovenia

Eva MURKO, Aleksander ARISTOVNIK, Dejan RAVŠELJ

Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Discussant: Liz Marla WEHMEIER (Potsdam University)



Upscaling towards more local digital capacity? A central belief that nudges Flemish municipalities to amalgamate

Inke Torfs, Ellen Wayenberg

Ghent University, Belgium

Discussant: Eva MURKO (Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana)



The role of inertia in the digital transformation of public administration: Empirical findings from Germany

Liz Marla WEHMEIER

Potsdam University, Germany

Discussant: Harald BALDEERSHEIM (University of Oslo)



The pandemic and citizen trust in local government in the Nordic countries

Harald BALDERSHEIM1, Are Vegard Haug2

1: University of Oslo, Norway; 2: Oslo Metropolitan University

Discussant: Inke TORFS (Ghent University)

4:15pm
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5:45pm
PSG 4-6: Regional and Local Governance : D. Accountability
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Sabine KUHLMANN, Universität Potsdam
 

A participatory process? National agreements within Swedish healthcare

David Feltenius, Jessika Wide

Umeå University, Sweden

Discussant: Sofie HENNAU (Hasselt University)



What do we get for our money+

Anna THOMASSON1, Fredrik Andersson2, Tomas Bergström3

1: Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Sweden; 2: Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Sweden; 3: Lund University, Department of Political Science

Discussant: David FELTENIUS (Umeå University)



How Physical, Temporal and Public Service Distance impact Citizen Trust in Central Government

Sofie HENNAU1, Jan BOON1, Wouter VAN DOOREN2, Jan WYNEN2

1: Hasselt University, Belgium; 2: University of Antwerp, Belgium

Discussant: Anna THOMASSON (Lund University, School of Economics and Management)

Date: Friday, 08/Sept/2023
9:00am
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10:30am
PSG 4-7: Regional and Local Governance: D. Accountability
Location: Room 234
Chair: Prof. Tomas BERGSTROM, Lund University
 

Does shared service delivery affect cost? A study of the cost-quality relation in Norwegian local child protection services.

Dag JACOBSEN1, Sara Blåka2

1: Universitetet i Agder, Norway; 2: NORCE Research, NORWAY

Discussant: Victor GINESTA (Universitat de Barcelona)



The institutionalization of active transparency: a matter of organizational factors? Evidence from 686 Spanish municipalities

Victor Ginesta, Lluís Medir

Universitat de Barcelona, Spain



Increasing size and then what? Evidence from the Armenian communities

Arman GASPARYAN

KU Leuven, Armenia

Discussant: Mihovil ŠKARICA (University of Zagreb - Faculty of Law)



Cultural Biases in Creating Information from Big Data: How to See Trees in the Forest of Local Governments in South Korea

Jill Leslie TAO

Incheon National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Discussant: Dag JACOBSEN (Universitetet i Agder)


 
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