Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 2nd Oct 2025, 12:33:15pm BST

 
 
Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: James McCune Smith Building, Ground floor
8:30am
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10:30am
PSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Dr. Sheeling NEO, American University
PSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Denita CEPIKU, University of Tor Vergata

"Participation for democracy"

PSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Strategies and tools "

PSG 1 - e-Government
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"AI adoption choices"
PSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Dr. Ciarán O' KELLY, Queen's University Belfast

"Corruption and anti-corruption"

PSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Chair: Prof. Bishoy Louis ZAKI, Ghent University

"Crisis and resilience"

PSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Prof. Francesca MANES ROSSI, University of Napoli Federico II

"Perspectives on budgeting processes and outcomes"

Séminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Stéphane NAHRATH, Université de Lausanne

"Institutions et modernisation"

PSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Martin Jolyon LAFFIN, Queen Mary University of London

"Intergovernmental relations"

PSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Andreas LIENHARD, Center for Public Management, University of Bern

"Judicial independence"

PSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Polonca KOVAČ, University of Ljubljana

"Systemically on the impartiallity"

PSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Chair: Dr. Diego GALEGO, Rutgers University-Newark
Moderator: Prof. Marco MENEGUZZO, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (CH), University of Rome Tor Vergata

"Collaborative (meta) governance in network policy"

Open Track A1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Chris GILL, University of Glasgow

"HRM and and organizational behavior"

Open Track B1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. Annette HASTINGS, University of Glasgow

"Digitalization and AI"

Open Track C1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Dr. Saurabh LALL, University of Glasgow

"Democracy and institutional change"

PSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Chair: Dr. Peeter VIHMA, Tallinn University of Technology

"Governance of socio-technical transitions"

PSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance
Moderator: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University
"Institutional reforms and trust in government"
PSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Eva KNIES, Utrecht University

"Public Managers and Public Service Identity"

Public Managers and Public Service Identity


Public Managers and Public Service Identity

PSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Chair: Prof. Anat GOFEN, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"(in)Equity and (in)Equality"

PSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 584, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Kathryn S. QUICK, University of Minnesota

 "Police governance and accountability"

PSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Dr. Marlene JUGL, Bocconi University

"Governing through expertise and enforcement"

PSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham
Moderator: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Big strategic issues"

PSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Chair: Dr. Karin Athena BOTTOM, University Of Birmingham
PSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Tanja KLENK, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"

 
10:30am
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11:00am
Tea break
11:00am
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12:00pm
Opening Ceremony
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
  • Baillie Norman Macleod, Glasgow City Council
  • Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, University of Glasgow Principal and Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Nicola McEwen, University of Glasgow
12:00pm
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12:15pm
IIAS Presidential Address
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Sara CARTER, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences
  • Keynote address by Srinivas Voruganti  
12:15pm
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1:30pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm
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3:30pm
PSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Dr. Charity L BOYETTE, Virginia Tech
PSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Vedran ĐULABIĆ, Faculty of Law

"Challenges to citizen participation"

PSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Gender equality'

PSG 1 - e-Government_2A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling

"AI values, ethics and frameworks"

PSG 1 - e-Government_2B
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Prof. Albert Jacob MEIJER, Utrecht University

"AI readiness"

PSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Prof. Leonie HERES, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

"Democratic and moral craftsmanship"

PSG 14 - EU Administration and Multilevel Governance
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Dr. Maarten HILLEBRANDT, Utrecht University
Chair: Dr. Pieter Johannes ZWAAN, Radboud University

"Power, trust and legality"

PSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Chair: Dr. Ellen FOBE, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute

"Evidenced informed policy making and policy experimentations"

Séminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Chair: Jihane SEBAI, larequoi

"Politiques et transformations en santé publique"

PSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Ellen WAYENBERG, Ghent University

"Intergovernmental relations" | "Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"

PSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Anne SANDERS, Bielefeld University

"Court administration I"

PSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Yseult MARIQUE, UC Louvain
PSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Chair: Dr. Diego GALEGO, Rutgers University-Newark
Moderator: Prof. Marco MENEGUZZO, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (CH), University of Rome Tor Vergata

"Designing & leading collaborative innovation networks"

NiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Eka AKOBIA, Caucasus University
Open Track A2: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Dr. Claire MACRAE, University of Glasgow

"Climate governance and sustainability"

Open Track B2: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Dr. Mark MURPHY, University of Glasgow

"Citizen participation and local governance"

Open Track C1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Dr. Saurabh LALL, University of Glasgow

"Organizational culture and leadership"

PSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance
Moderator: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University

"Sustainability as a public performance goal"

PSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Adrian RITZ, Bern University

"Public Sector Recruitment and Turnover"

Public Managers and Public Service Identity


Public Managers and Public Service Identity

PSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Chair: Dr. Nadine RAAPHORST, Leiden University

"Street-level voice, entrepreneurship and leadership "

PSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 584, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Eckhard SCHROETER, German University of the Police

 "Policing and technologies"

PSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Lise RYKKJA, University of Bergen

"Crises and turbulence"

State Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
Location: Room 707, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Dr. Max FRENCH, Northumbria University
Chair: Dr. Mariana CHUDNOVSKY, Pontificia Universidad Católica de CHile
PSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham
Moderator: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Comparing strategic planning across countries and government levels"

Building Resilient Capacities for “Sound Governance” in the Age of Transformational Changes with Challenges of Corruption and Accountability Problems for the Next Decades
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Chair: Dr. Ali FARAZMAND, Florida Atlantic University

 

Transatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Dr. Elke LOEFFLER, Governance International
Chair: Dr. Patria JULNES, University of New Mexico
PSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Mirko NOORDEGRAAF, Utrecht University

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"

     
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Tea break
4:00pm
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6:00pm
PSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Catarina Antunes MANTAS, Leiden University
PSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Dr. Elke LOEFFLER, The Open University

"Citizen participation in the digital era"

PSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
"Countries with a tradition of big ministierial cabinets"
PSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Administration and digitalization"

PSG 1 - e-Government_3A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. Albert Jacob MEIJER, Utrecht University

"Sucessful digital transformation"

PSG 1 - e-Government_3B
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Dr. Shirley KEMPENEER, Tilburg University

"Transparency, surveillance, and bias"

Election Committee Meeting
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Chair: Voruganti SRINIVAS, IIAS President
PSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Dr. Ciarán O' KELLY, Queen's University Belfast

"Ethics in public, political and public-private contexts"

PSG 14 - EU Administration and Multilevel Governance
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Chair: Dr. Maarten HILLEBRANDT, Utrecht University
Chair: Dr. Pieter Johannes ZWAAN, Radboud University

"MLG:organising from the bottom up?"

Séminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Chair: Emil TURC, Aix-Marseille Université

"Des politiques publiques aux agents publics"

PSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Martin Jolyon LAFFIN, Queen Mary University of London

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"

PSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Anne SANDERS, Bielefeld University

"Court administration II'

PSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Prof. Yseult MARIQUE, UC Louvain

"Bias in special administrative fields"

PSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Chair: Dr. Diego GALEGO, Rutgers University-Newark
Moderator: Prof. Marco MENEGUZZO, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (CH), University of Rome Tor Vergata

"Contextual case studies: Culture, Sport, Universities & Regional digital networks"

NiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Sabine KUHLMANN, Universität Potsdam

 

Open Track A3: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Prof. Chris GILL, University of Glasgow
"Evolving leadership for the public sector"
Open Track B3: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Chair: Prof. Annette HASTINGS, University of Glasgow

 "Workforce, culture and leadership"

Open Track C2: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Chair: Dr. Saurabh LALL, University of Glasgow

"Innovation and agility in the public sector"

PSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Dr. Brenda VERMEEREN, Erasmus University Rotterdam

"Public Personnel Policies in the Education Sector"

PSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Chair: Prof. Fritz SAGER, University of Bern

"Street-level collaboration"

PSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Dr. Lars BRUMMEL, Leiden University

"Politicization and bureaucratic politics"

PSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 584, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

"Designing strategic planning"

Public Administration in Italy: Context and History, Profession and Disciplines, Thematic Areas
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Chair: Prof. Edoardo ONGARO, Open University
Chair: Prof. Loredana GIANI MAGUIRE, Università Europea di Roma
Transatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Prof. Eckhard SCHROETER, German University of the Police
Chair: Dr. Alisa V. MOLDAVANOVA, University of Delaware
PSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Chair: Dr. Monika KNASSMÛLLER, WU Vienna
PSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Chair: Dr. Elisabetta NOTARNICOLA, CERGAS SDA Bocconi

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"

       
6:30pm
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9:00pm
Welcome Reception