Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
8:00am - 1:00pmRegistration
Location: James McCune Smith Building, Ground floor
8:30am - 9:30amPhD Workshop: Opening Ceremony
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Benjamin FRIEDLÄNDER, University of Applied Labour Studies (UALS)

- Welcome address by EGPA & IIAS representatives
- Introduction to the workshop by co-conveners

- Guest speaker Professor Gene A. Brewer, University of Georgia: ‘50 years of change in public administration and the path ahead’
9:30am - 11:00amEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
9:30am - 11:00amPhD Workshop Session A-1
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Benjamin FRIEDLÄNDER, University of Applied Labour Studies (UALS)

"Public Management & Local Government”
9:30am - 11:00amPhD Workshop Session B-1
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Maike RACKWITZ, University of Leipzig

“Public Management & Digital Transformation”
9:30am - 11:00amPhD Workshop Session C-1
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Adina DUDAU, University of Glasgow

“Public Administration & Public Policy”
11:00am - 11:30amTea break
11:30am - 1:00pmEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
11:30am - 1:00pmPhD Workshop Session A-2
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Benjamin FRIEDLÄNDER, University of Applied Labour Studies (UALS)

“Public Management & Local Government”
11:30am - 1:00pmPhD Workshop Session B-2
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Maike RACKWITZ, University of Leipzig

“Public Management & Digital Transformation"
11:30am - 1:00pmPhD Workshop Session C-2
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Adina DUDAU, University of Glasgow

“Public Administration & Public Policy”
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pmEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
2:00pm - 3:30pmPhD Workshop Session A-3
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Benjamin FRIEDLÄNDER, University of Applied Labour Studies (UALS)

“Public Management & Local Government”
2:00pm - 3:30pmPhD Workshop Session C-3
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Adina DUDAU, University of Glasgow

“Public Management & Digital Transformation”
2:00pm - 3:30pmPhD Workshop Session B-3
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Maike RACKWITZ, University of Leipzig
2:00pm - 3:30pmEGPA Steering Committee meeting
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
3:30pm - 4:00pmTea break
4:00pm - 5:30pmEGPA PSG Chairpersons meeting
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
4:00pm - 5:30pmEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
4:00pm - 5:30pmPhD Workshop Session A-4
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Benjamin FRIEDLÄNDER, University of Applied Labour Studies (UALS)

“Public Management & Local Government”
4:00pm - 5:30pmPhD Workshop Session B-4
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Maike RACKWITZ, University of Leipzig

“Public Management & Digital Transformation"

 
5:30pm - 8:00pmWorkshop Reception
Location: Atrium, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor

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

"Participation for democracy"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Session Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Strategies and tools "
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"AI adoption choices"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ciarán O' KELLY, Queen's University Belfast

"Corruption and anti-corruption"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Bishoy Louis ZAKI, Ghent University

"Crisis and resilience"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Francesca MANES ROSSI, University of Napoli Federico II

"Perspectives on budgeting processes and outcomes"
8:30am - 10:30amSéminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Stéphane NAHRATH, Université de Lausanne

"Institutions et modernisation"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Martin Jolyon LAFFIN, Queen Mary University of London

"Intergovernmental relations"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Andreas LIENHARD, Center for Public Management, University of Bern

"Judicial independence"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Polonca KOVAČ, University of Ljubljana

"Systemically on the impartiallity"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Session Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Session 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"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track A1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Chris GILL, University of Glasgow

"HRM and and organizational behavior"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track B1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Annette HASTINGS, University of Glasgow

"Digitalization and AI"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track C1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Saurabh LALL, University of Glasgow

"Democracy and institutional change"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Peeter VIHMA, Tallinn University of Technology

"Governance of socio-technical transitions"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Session Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Session Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance

Moderator

: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University
"Institutional reforms and trust in government"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Eva KNIES, Utrecht University

"Public Managers and Public Service Identity"

Public Managers and Public Service Identity


Public Managers and Public Service Identity
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anat GOFEN, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"(in)Equity and (in)Equality"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 584, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Kathryn S. QUICK, University of Minnesota

 "Police governance and accountability"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Marlene JUGL, Bocconi University

"Governing through expertise and enforcement"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

Moderator

: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Big strategic issues"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Karin Athena BOTTOM, University Of Birmingham
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Tanja KLENK, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
10:30am - 11:00amTea break
11:00am - 12:00pmOpening Ceremony
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session 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 - 12:15pmIIAS Presidential Address
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Sara CARTER, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences
  • Keynote address by Srinivas Voruganti  
12:15pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Charity L BOYETTE, Virginia Tech
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Vedran ĐULABIĆ, Faculty of Law

"Challenges to citizen participation"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Session Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Gender equality'
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 1 - e-Government_2A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling

"AI values, ethics and frameworks"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 1 - e-Government_2B
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Albert Jacob MEIJER, Utrecht University

"AI readiness"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Leonie HERES, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

"Democratic and moral craftsmanship"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 14 - EU Administration and Multilevel Governance
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Maarten HILLEBRANDT, Utrecht University
Session Chair: Dr. Pieter Johannes ZWAAN, Radboud University

"Power, trust and legality"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ellen FOBE, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute

"Evidenced informed policy making and policy experimentations"
1:30pm - 3:30pmSéminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Jihane SEBAI, larequoi

"Politiques et transformations en santé publique"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Ellen WAYENBERG, Ghent University

"Intergovernmental relations" | "Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anne SANDERS, Bielefeld University

"Court administration I"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Yseult MARIQUE, UC Louvain
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Session Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Session 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"
1:30pm - 3:30pmNiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Eka AKOBIA, Caucasus University
1:30pm - 3:30pmOpen Track A2: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Claire MACRAE, University of Glasgow

"Climate governance and sustainability"
1:30pm - 3:30pmOpen Track B2: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Mark MURPHY, University of Glasgow

"Citizen participation and local governance"
1:30pm - 3:30pmOpen Track C1: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Saurabh LALL, University of Glasgow

"Organizational culture and leadership"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Session Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Session Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance

Moderator

: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University

"Sustainability as a public performance goal"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Adrian RITZ, Bern University

"Public Sector Recruitment and Turnover"

Public Managers and Public Service Identity


Public Managers and Public Service Identity
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Nadine RAAPHORST, Leiden University

"Street-level voice, entrepreneurship and leadership "
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 584, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Eckhard SCHROETER, German University of the Police

 "Policing and technologies"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Lise RYKKJA, University of Bergen

"Crises and turbulence"
1:30pm - 3:30pmState Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
Location: Room 707, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Max FRENCH, Northumbria University
Session Chair: Dr. Mariana CHUDNOVSKY, Pontificia Universidad Católica de CHile
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

Moderator

: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Comparing strategic planning across countries and government levels"
1:30pm - 3:30pmBuilding 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
Session Chair: Dr. Ali FARAZMAND, Florida Atlantic University

 
1:30pm - 3:30pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Elke LOEFFLER, Governance International
Session Chair: Dr. Patria JULNES, University of New Mexico
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Mirko NOORDEGRAAF, Utrecht University

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
3:30pm - 4:00pmTea break
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Catarina Antunes MANTAS, Leiden University
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Elke LOEFFLER, The Open University

"Citizen participation in the digital era"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
Session Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
"Countries with a tradition of big ministierial cabinets"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Session Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Administration and digitalization"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_3A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Albert Jacob MEIJER, Utrecht University

"Sucessful digital transformation"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_3B
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Shirley KEMPENEER, Tilburg University

"Transparency, surveillance, and bias"
4:00pm - 6:00pmElection Committee Meeting
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Session Chair: Voruganti SRINIVAS, IIAS President
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ciarán O' KELLY, Queen's University Belfast

"Ethics in public, political and public-private contexts"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 14 - EU Administration and Multilevel Governance
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Maarten HILLEBRANDT, Utrecht University
Session Chair: Dr. Pieter Johannes ZWAAN, Radboud University

"MLG:organising from the bottom up?"
4:00pm - 6:00pmSéminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Emil TURC, Aix-Marseille Université

"Des politiques publiques aux agents publics"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Martin Jolyon LAFFIN, Queen Mary University of London

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anne SANDERS, Bielefeld University

"Court administration II'
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Yseult MARIQUE, UC Louvain

"Bias in special administrative fields"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Session Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Session 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"
4:00pm - 6:00pmNiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Sabine KUHLMANN, Universität Potsdam

 
4:00pm - 6:00pmOpen Track A3: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Chris GILL, University of Glasgow
"Evolving leadership for the public sector"
4:00pm - 6:00pmOpen Track B3: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Annette HASTINGS, University of Glasgow

 "Workforce, culture and leadership"
4:00pm - 6:00pmOpen Track C2: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Saurabh LALL, University of Glasgow

"Innovation and agility in the public sector"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Brenda VERMEEREN, Erasmus University Rotterdam

"Public Personnel Policies in the Education Sector"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Fritz SAGER, University of Bern

"Street-level collaboration"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Lars BRUMMEL, Leiden University

"Politicization and bureaucratic politics"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 584, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

"Designing strategic planning"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPublic Administration in Italy: Context and History, Profession and Disciplines, Thematic Areas
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Edoardo ONGARO, Open University
Session Chair: Prof. Loredana GIANI MAGUIRE, Università Europea di Roma
4:00pm - 6:00pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Eckhard SCHROETER, German University of the Police
Session Chair: Dr. Alisa V. MOLDAVANOVA, University of Delaware
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Monika KNASSMÛLLER, WU Vienna
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Elisabetta NOTARNICOLA, CERGAS SDA Bocconi

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
6:30pm - 9:00pmWelcome Reception

Hunterian Museum and Cloisters'

 
Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
8:00am - 5:00pmRegistration
Location: James McCune Smith Building, Ground floor
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Wouter LAMMERS, KU Leuven
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
Session Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
"German administrative tradition countries and the EU case"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government_4A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"AI Governance (book)"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government_4B
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Shirley KEMPENEER, Tilburg University
"Large language models and chatbots in the public sector"

 
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Céline MAVROT, University of Lausanne

"Policy evaluation and policy learning"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Marco BISOGNO, University of Salerno

“Accounting and accountability in local governments”
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Ellen WAYENBERG, Ghent University

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Daniel KETTIGER, University of Bern

"Digitalization in the judiciary"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Krisztina F. ROZSNYAI, ELTE University Budapest

"Digitalisation, AI and bias"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 16 - Public Marketing and Communication
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Martial PASQUIER, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

Moderator

: Prof. Christophe ALAUX, AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY

"Public marketing and social media"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Session Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Session Chair: Dr. Diego GALEGO, Rutgers University-Newark

Moderator

: Prof. Marco MENEGUZZO, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (CH), University of Rome Tor Vergata

"Measuring impact & evaluating collaborative innovation networks"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track A3: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Claire MACRAE, University of Glasgow

"Reform and administrative thought"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track B4: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Mark MURPHY, University of Glasgow

"Inclusive policy and equity"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track C4: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 641, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ian C. ELLIOTT, University of Glasgow

'Shaping transparent local institutions"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Session Chair: Prof. Veiko LEMBER, Tallinn University of Technology

"Innovation capabilities"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Session Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Session Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance

Moderator

: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University
"Resource management for public value"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Emily Rose TANGSGAARD, University of Southern Denmark

"Public Personnel Policies in the Education Sector"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Anka KEKEZ, University of Zagreb

"Street-level coping"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 386, , Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Paul WALLEY, The Open University

"Multi-agency collaboration and strategy"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Marlene JUGL, Bocconi University

"Collaborative innovation"
8:30am - 10:30amState Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
Location: Room 707, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Max FRENCH, Northumbria University
Session Chair: Dr. Mariana CHUDNOVSKY, Pontificia Universidad Católica de CHile
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

Moderator

: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Digitalization, innovation"
8:30am - 10:30amAiming for “More” Engaged Public Administration Research - A Workshop for Researchers
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Carissa SLOTTERBACK, University of Pittsburgh

 
8:30am - 10:30amTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Muiris MAC CARTHAIGH, Queens University Belfast
Session Chair: Prof. Joseph E. TRAINOR, University of Delaware
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Karsten VRANGBAEK, University of Copenhagen

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
8:30am - 10:30amEAPAA Board and General meetings
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
10:30am - 11:00amTea break
11:00am - 12:30pmPlenary Session 1: EU Relations in Turbulent Times
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Nicola MCEWEN, University of Glasgow
  • Professor Sabine Kuhlmann, University of Potsdam
  • Professor Anand Menon, King's College London
  • Professor Alasdair Roberts, University of Massachusetts Amherst
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pmEGPA 50th Anniversary Ceremony
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
  • Tribute to Dr Fabienne Maron

Speakers

  • Prof. Patria de Lancer Julnes, University of New Mexico
  • Prof. Eka Akobia, Caucasus University
  • Prof. Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute
  • Dr. Paul Joyce, University of Birmingham
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Amandine LERUSSE, Leiden University
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Session Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
"Nordic countries"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Session Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Suggestions from some national experiences"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_5A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"Citizen needs"
 
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_5B
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Shirley KEMPENEER, Tilburg University
"Understanding digital transformation"
 
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ciarán O' KELLY, Queen's University Belfast

"Ethics and anti-corruption policies"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Bishoy Louis ZAKI, Ghent University

"Policy evaluation results"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Gorana ROJE, The Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets

"Reforms and trends in public sector accounting"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Martin Jolyon LAFFIN, Queen Mary University of London

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers" | "Environment and sustainable development'
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Ragna AARLI, University of Bergen

"Court administration III"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Polonca KOVAČ, University of Ljubljana

"Bias and selected related issues"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 16 - Public Marketing and Communication
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Martial PASQUIER, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

Moderator

: Prof. Vincent MABILLARD, Université Libre de Bruxelles

"Public communication"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Session Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Session Chair: Dr. Diego GALEGO, Rutgers University-Newark

Moderator

: Prof. Marco MENEGUZZO, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (CH), University of Rome Tor Vergata

"Innovation, partnerships for sustainability & complexity"
2:30pm - 4:00pmOpen Track B5: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Annette HASTINGS, University of Glasgow
"Comparative views on governance and sustainability"
2:30pm - 4:00pmOpen Track A5: Celebrating EGPA at 50
Location: Room 629,.James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Chris GILL, University of Glasgow
"Teaching in the AI era"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Session Chair: Prof. Veiko LEMBER, Tallinn University of Technology

"Engaging private stakeholders for innovation"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anat GOFEN, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Social dynamics in interactions and implementation"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean HARTLEY, The Open University Business School

"Responses to public order and abuse"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Muiris MAC CARTHAIGH, Queens University Belfast

"Accountability and regulation"
2:30pm - 4:00pmState Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
Location: Room 707, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Max FRENCH, Northumbria University
Session Chair: Dr. Mariana CHUDNOVSKY, Pontificia Universidad Católica de CHile
2:30pm - 4:00pmCollaborative Governance in South Korea: Dynamics, Processes, Structures and Impacts
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Jungwon YEO, University of Maryland Baltimore County

 
2:30pm - 4:00pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Alisa V. MOLDAVANOVA, University of Delaware
Session Chair: Dr. Patria JULNES, University of New Mexico
Session Chair: Prof. Joseph E. TRAINOR, University of Delaware
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Karin Athena BOTTOM, University Of Birmingham
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Elisabetta NOTARNICOLA, CERGAS SDA Bocconi

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
2:30pm - 4:00pmJapan-Europe Special Panel: The common issues and challenges of Japanese and European democracies in a Multilevel Governmental Relationship
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Shunsuke KIMURA, Meiji University (Currently visiting scholar of université de Lille)
Session Chair: Prof. Hiroko KUDO, Chuo University
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
3:30pm - 4:00pmTea break
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Alessandra DA ROS, University of Verona
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Marlies E. HONINGH, Utrecht University

"Co-production of welfare services"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
Session Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
"Greece and CEE countries"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anna SIMONATI, University of Trento
Session Chair: Prof. Esther HAPPACHER, University of Innsbruck

"Service, utilities and diversity"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_6A
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"Sustainable digital transformation"
 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Leonie HERES, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

"State Capture"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ellen FOBE, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute

"Innovative perspectives in policy design and evauation"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Christian RAFFER, Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik / German Institute of Urban Studies
Session Chair: Prof. Eugenio CAPERCHIONE, Modena and Reggio Emilia University
Session Chair: Prof. Sandro BRUNELLI, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

“The multifaceted usefulness of digitalization”
4:30pm - 6:00pmSéminaire Francophone
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Stéphane NAHRATH, Université de Lausanne
Session Chair: Jihane SEBAI, larequoi

"Politiques, technologies et enjeux émergents"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance
Location: Room 639, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Sabine KUHLMANN, Universität Potsdam

 "Environment and sustainable development'
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Ragna AARLI, University of Bergen

"Court Administration IV"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Polonca KOVAČ, University of Ljubljana

"Regulatory approaches"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 16 - Public Marketing and Communication
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Martial PASQUIER, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

Moderator

: Dr. Raphaël ZUMOFEN, University of Lausanne

"Place marketing and branding / Marketing and public policy"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation
Location: Room 734, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Manuela BARRECA, Università della Svizzera italiana
Session Chair: Dr. Fulvio SCOGNAMIGLIO, London South Bank University
Session Chair: Dr. Diego GALEGO, Rutgers University-Newark

Moderator

: Prof. Marco MENEGUZZO, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (CH), University of Rome Tor Vergata

"The role of citizen-centred co-creation"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Carina SCHOTT, Utrecht University

"Working in the Public Sector"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Nadine RAAPHORST, Leiden University

"Administrative burdens"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Lars BRUMMEL, Leiden University

"Trust and reputation"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 386, , Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

Moderator

: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Tensions and resistance"
4:30pm - 6:00pmDécrire et expliquer la dette publique
Location: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Céline HUSSON-ROCHCONGAR, Institut national du service public
Session Chair: Prof. Sébastien KOTT, INSP
4:30pm - 6:00pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
Location: Room 733, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Eckhard SCHROETER, German University of the Police
Session Chair: Dr. Patria JULNES, University of New Mexico
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Monika KNASSMÛLLER, WU Vienna
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism
Location: Room 408, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Karsten VRANGBAEK, University of Copenhagen

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
7:00pm - 11:00pmConference Dinner

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

7:00-7:30pm - Reception, museum visit and organ recital

7:45-8:00pm - All delegates seated

8:00-9:30pm - Dinner

9:30-11:00pm - Bar service at own costs

 
Date: Friday, 29/Aug/2025
9:00am - 1:00pmRegistration
Location: James McCune Smith Building, Ground floor
9:30am - 10:30amEURO-ASIA Panel - Digital Transformation of Public Employment Services: Enhancing Governance Efficiency and Accessibility
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Shi PANG, Chinese Academy of Personnel Science
Session Chair: Prof. Sofiane SAHRAOUI, International Institute of Administrative Sciences
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Sharon GILAD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Marlies E. HONINGH, Utrecht University

"Co-production of welfare services"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Session Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
"CEE countries (continued)"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"Country studies and challenges of digital transformation"
 
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ciarán O' KELLY, Queen's University Belfast

"Incubator session"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation
Location: Room 383, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ellen FOBE, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute
Session Chair: Prof. Céline MAVROT, University of Lausanne

"Policy learning"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Anna Francesca PATTARO, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

“Sustainability, digitalization and value creation”
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Daniel KETTIGER, University of Bern

"Artificial intelligence in the judiciary"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Yseult MARIQUE, UC Louvain

"Independent reviews and fundamental rights protection"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Session Chair: Dr. Peeter VIHMA, Tallinn University of Technology

"Data, platforms and public administration"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Session Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Session Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance

Moderator

: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University
"Collaborative governance and public performance"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Lotte Bøgh ANDERSEN, Aarhus University

"Research Designs and Systematic Literature Reviews: Part I"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Fritz SAGER, University of Bern

"Policy implementation processes and quality"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Kathryn S. QUICK, University of Minnesota

"Policing in security contexts"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

Moderator

: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Studying strategic management"
10:30am - 11:00amTea break
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Joris VAN DER VOET, Leiden University
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Vedran ĐULABIĆ, Faculty of Law

"Environment"

Co-production of welfare services"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Thurid HUSTEDT, Hertie School
Session Chair: Prof. Marie GORANSSON, Université libre du Bruxelles
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
"Specific research papers & final discussion"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_8
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. C. William WEBSTER, University of Stirling
"Procurement and data management"
 
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity
Location: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Leonie HERES, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

"Normative analyses"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Lotta-Maria SINERVO, Tampere University
Session Chair: Prof. Eugenio CAPERCHIONE, Modena and Reggio Emilia University

“Earnings management and relevance”
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration
Location: Room 487, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Andreas LIENHARD, Center for Public Management, University of Bern

Study Group Planning
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
Location: Room 587, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Krisztina F. ROZSNYAI, ELTE University Budapest

"Trends in public administration and law"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)
Location: Room 429, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floo
Session Chair: Prof. Veiko LEMBER, Tallinn University of Technology

"Digitalization, skills and public management"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
Location: Room 507, James McCune Smith Building 5th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Francesco VIDÈ, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Session Chair: Prof. Wouter VAN DOOREN, University of Antwerp
Session Chair: Prof. Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID, Hertie School of Governance

Moderator

: Prof. Shirin AHLBÄCK ÖBERG, Uppsala University
"The performance of performance management systems"

 
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies
Location: Room 407, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Christian Bøtcher JACOBSEN, Aarhus University

"Research Designs and Systematic Literature Reviews: Part II"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy
Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School 3rd Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Anka KEKEZ, University of Zagreb

"Dealing with hazards and crises"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety
Location: Room 489, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean HARTLEY, The Open University Business School

"Leading and managing the internal dynamics of police organizations"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations
Location: Room 588, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Muiris MAC CARTHAIGH, Queens University Belfast

"Organizational change and leadership"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government
Location: Room 582, Adam Smith Business School 5th Floor
Session Chair: Pr Emerita Anne DRUMAUX, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Session Chair: Prof. Åge JOHNSEN, Oslo Metropolitan University
Session Chair: Dr. Paul Christopher JOYCE, University of Birmingham

Moderator

: Prof. Francesco LONGO, Bocconi University

"Sum up"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
Location: Room 430, James McCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Ian C. ELLIOTT, University of Glasgow
11:00am - 12:00pmIRAS Editorial Committee Meeting
Location: Room 743, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Sabine KUHLMANN, Universität Potsdam
12:00pm - 1:00pmGeneral Assembly
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse

Election of a new Steering Committee (2025-2028)
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
Location: Room 607, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Dr. Edoardo CARMINUCCI, University of Bologna
2:00pm - 3:30pmEditors Panel
Location: Room 630, James McCune Smith Building 6th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Ariadne VROMEN, University of Glasgow
Panlelists
  • Cepiku, Denita - Public Management Review
  • Elliott, Ian C. - Public Administration and Development
  • Kuhlmann, Sabine - International Review of Administrative Sciences
  • Lofgren, Karl - Public Administration Review
  • Lotta, Gabriela - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
  • McDonald III, Bruce - Public Administration
  • Moldavanova, Alisa - International Journal of Public Administration
  • Ongaro, Edoardo - Public Policy and Administration
  • Sowa, Jessica - Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 1 - e-Government_9
Location: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building 7th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Albert Jacob MEIJER, Utrecht University
"Stakeholder collaboration"
 
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management
Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical School Ground Floor
Session Chair: Vesna VAŠIČEK, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business

“Issues on taxation and finance”
2:00pm - 3:30pmNiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel
Location: Room 492, Adam Smith Business School 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse

 
4:00pm - 4:30pmClosing Ceremony
Location: Room 438, James MCune Smith Building 4th Floor
Session Chair: Prof. Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, Sciences Po Toulouse
  • Welcome
  • Presentation of the Christopher Pollitt Award by Sabine Kuhlmann, IRAS Editor
  • Announcement of the next EGPA Rome Conference 2026 by Noemi Rossi, Sapienza
  • Acknowledgments to the University of Glasgow organizing team by Steve Troupin, IIAS
  • Closing Remarks by Ian Elliott, UofG