Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
8:30am - 9:30amPhD Workshop: Opening Ceremony

- 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
9:30am - 11:00amPhD Workshop Session A-1

"Public Management & Local Government”
9:30am - 11:00amPhD Workshop Session B-1

“Public Management & Digital Transformation”
9:30am - 11:00amPhD Workshop Session C-1

“Public Administration & Public Policy”
11:00am - 11:30amTea break
11:30am - 1:00pmEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
11:30am - 1:00pmPhD Workshop Session A-2

“Public Management & Local Government”
11:30am - 1:00pmPhD Workshop Session B-2

“Public Management & Digital Transformation"
11:30am - 1:00pmPhD Workshop Session C-2

“Public Administration & Public Policy”
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pmEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
2:00pm - 3:30pmPhD Workshop Session A-3

“Public Management & Local Government”
2:00pm - 3:30pmPhD Workshop Session C-3

“Public Management & Digital Transformation”
2:00pm - 3:30pmPhD Workshop Session B-3
2:00pm - 3:30pmEGPA Steering Committee meeting
3:30pm - 4:00pmTea break
4:00pm - 5:30pmEGPA PSG Chairpersons meeting
4:00pm - 5:30pmEAPAA Accreditation Committee meeting
4:00pm - 5:30pmPhD Workshop Session A-4

“Public Management & Local Government”
4:00pm - 5:30pmPhD Workshop Session B-4

“Public Management & Digital Transformation"

 
5:30pm - 8:00pmWorkshop Reception

Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 8 - Citizen Participation

"Participation for democracy"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment

"Strategies and tools "
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government
"AI adoption choices"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"Corruption and anti-corruption"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation

"Crisis and resilience"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

"Perspectives on budgeting processes and outcomes"
8:30am - 10:30amSéminaire Francophone

"Institutions et modernisation"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance

"Intergovernmental relations"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Judicial independence"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Systemically on the impartiallity"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation

"Collaborative (meta) governance in network policy"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track A1: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"HRM and and organizational behavior"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track B1: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Digitalization and AI"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track C1: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Democracy and institutional change"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)

"Governance of socio-technical transitions"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
"Institutional reforms and trust in government"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"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

"(in)Equity and (in)Equality"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety

 "Police governance and accountability"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Governing through expertise and enforcement"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"Big strategic issues"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
10:30am - 11:00amTea break
11:00am - 11:45amOpening Ceremony
  • Baillie Norman Macleod, Glasgow City Council
  • Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, University of Glasgow
  • Professor Nicola McEwen, University of Glasgow
11:45am - 12:30pmEGPA 50th Anniversary Ceremony
  • 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
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation

"Challenges to citizen participation"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment

"Gender equality'
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 1 - e-Government_A

"AI values, ethics and frameworks"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 1 - e-Government_B

"AI readiness"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"Democratic and moral craftsmanship"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 14 - EU Administration and Multilevel Governance

"Power, trust and legality"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation

"Evidenced informed policy making and policy experimentations"
1:30pm - 3:30pmSéminaire Francophone

"Politiques et transformations en santé publique"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance

"Intergovernmental relations" | "Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Court administration I"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation

"Designing & leading collaborative innovation networks"
1:30pm - 3:30pmNiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel
1:30pm - 3:30pmOpen Track A2: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Climate governance and sustainability"
1:30pm - 3:30pmOpen Track B2: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Citizen participation and local governance"
1:30pm - 3:30pmOpen Track C1: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Organizational culture and leadership"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance

"Sustainability as a public performance goal"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"Public Sector Recruitment and Turnover"

Public Managers and Public Service Identity


Public Managers and Public Service Identity
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Street-level voice and entrepreneurship"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety

 "Policing and technologies"
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Crises and turbulence"
1:30pm - 3:30pmState Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"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

 
1:30pm - 3:30pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
1:30pm - 3:30pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
3:30pm - 4:00pmTea break
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation

"Citizen participation in the digital era"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment

"Administration and digitalization"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_A

"Sucessful digital transformation"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_B

"Transparency, surveillance, and bias"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"Ethics in public, political and public-private contexts"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 14 - EU Administration and Multilevel Governance

"MLG:organising from the bottom up?"
4:00pm - 6:00pmSéminaire Francophone

"Des politiques publiques aux agents publics"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Court administration II'
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Bias in special administrative fields"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation

"Contextual case studies: Culture, Sport, Universities & Regional digital networks"
4:00pm - 6:00pmNiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel

 
4:00pm - 6:00pmOpen Track A3: Celebrating EGPA at 50
4:00pm - 6:00pmOpen Track B3: Celebrating EGPA at 50

 "Workforce, culture and leadership"
4:00pm - 6:00pmOpen Track C2: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Innovation and agility in the public sector"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"Public Personnel Policies in the Education Sector"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Street-level collaboration"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Politicization and bureaucratic politics"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"Designing strategic planning"
4:00pm - 6:00pmPublic Administration in Italy: Context and History, Profession and Disciplines, Thematic Areas
4:00pm - 6:00pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
4:00pm - 6:00pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism

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

Hunterian Museum and Cloisters'

Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government_A
"AI Governance (book)"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government_B
"Large language models and chatbots in the public sector"

 
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation

"Policy evaluation and methods"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

“Accounting and accountability in local governments”
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Digitalization in the judiciary"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Digitalisation, AI and bias"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation

"Measuring impact & evaluating collaborative innovation networks"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track A3: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Reform and administrative thought"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track B3: Celebrating EGPA at 50

"Inclusive policy and equity"
8:30am - 10:30amOpen Track C4: Celebrating EGPA at 50

'Shaping transparent local institutions"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)

"Innovation capabilities"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
"Resource management for public value"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"Public Personnel Policies in the Education Sector"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Street-level coping"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety

"Multi-agency collaboration and strategy"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Collaborative innovation"
8:30am - 10:30amState Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"Digitalization, innovation"
8:30am - 10:30amAiming for “More” Engaged Public Administration Research - A Workshop for Researchers

 
8:30am - 10:30amTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism

"Prospects for resilient welfare politics, policy and professionalism"
8:30am - 10:30amPSG 16 - Public Marketing and Communication
8:30am - 10:30amEAPAA Board and General meetings
10:30am - 11:00amTea break
11:00am - 12:30pmPlenary Session 1: EU Relations in Turbulent Times
  • 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 - 2:30pmPlenary Session 2
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment

"Suggestions from some national experiences"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_A
"Citizen needs"
 
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_B
"Understanding digital transformation"
 
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"Ethics and anti-corruption policies"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation

"Policy evaluation results"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

“The multifaceted usefulness of digitalization”
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance

"Inter-municipal cooperation and mergers" | "Environment and sustainable development'
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Court administration III"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Bias and selected related issues"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 16 - Public Marketing and Communication
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation

"Innovation, partnerships for sustainability & complexity"
2:30pm - 4:00pmOpen Track B5: Celebrating EGPA at 50
"Traditions in Transparency"
2:30pm - 4:00pmOpen Track A5: Celebrating EGPA at 50
"Teaching in the AI era"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)

"Engaging private stakeholders for innovation"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Social dynamics in interactions and implementation"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety

"Responses to public order and abuse"
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Accountability and regulation"
2:30pm - 4:00pmState Strategies for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing
2:30pm - 4:00pmCollaborative Governance in South Korea: Dynamics, Processes, Structures and Impacts

 
2:30pm - 4:00pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
2:30pm - 4:00pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism

"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
3:30pm - 4:00pmTea break
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation

"Co-production of welfare services"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 23- Administration, Diversity and Equal Treatment

"Service, utilities and diversity"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_A
"Sustainable digital transformation"
 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_B
"The way forward with AI"
 
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"State Capture"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation

"Innovations in policy design"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

“The multifaceted usefulness of digitalization”
4:30pm - 6:00pmSéminaire Francophone

"Politiques, technologies et enjeux émergents"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 4 - Regional and Local Governance

 "Environment and sustainable development'
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Court Administration IV"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Regulatory approaches"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 16 - Public Marketing and Communication
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 19 - Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation

"The role of citizen-centred co-creation"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"Working in the Public Sector"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Administrative burdens"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Trust and reputation"
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"Tensions and resistance"
4:30pm - 6:00pmDécrire et expliquer la dette publique
4:30pm - 6:00pmTransatlantic Dialogue 2025: Adapting Public Administrations for Democratic Resilience and the Future
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
4:30pm - 6:00pmPSG 20 - Welfare State Governance and Professionalism

"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
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 8 - Citizen Participation

"Co-production of welfare services"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 1 - e-Government
"Country studies and challenges of digital transformation"
 
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"Incubator session"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 21 - Policy Design and Evaluation

"Policy learning"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

“Sustainability, digitalization and value creation”
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

"Artificial intelligence in the judiciary"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Independent reviews and fundamental rights protection"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)

"Data, platforms and public administration"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
"Collaborative governance and public performance"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"Research Designs and Systematic Literature Reviews: Part I"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Policy implementation processes and quality"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety

"Policing in security contexts"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"Studying strategic management"
9:30am - 10:30amPSG 3 - Public Personnel Policies

"Research Designs and Systematic Literature Reviews: Part II"
10:30am - 11:00amTea break
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 8 - Citizen Participation

"Environment"

Co-production of welfare services"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 17- Sociology of the State: Reforms and Resilience & CoREX
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_A
"Procurement and data management"
 
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 1 - e-Government_B
"Administrative discretion and AI co-production"

 
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 7 - Ethics and Integrity

"Normative analyses"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

“Earnings management and relevance”
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 18 - Justice and Court Administration

Study Group Planning
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 10 - Law and Public Administration

"Trends in public administration and law"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)

"Digitalization, skills and public management"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 2 - Public Sector Performance
"The performance of performance management systems"

 
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 13 - Public Policy

"Dealing with hazards and crises"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 5 - The Politics and Management of Policing and Public Safety

"Leading and managing the internal dynamics of police organizations"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 6 - Governance of Public Sector Organisations

"Organizational change and leadership"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 11 - Strategic Management in Government

"Sum up"
11:00am - 12:00pmPSG 9 - Teaching Public Administration
11:00am - 12:00pmIRAS Editorial Committee Meeting
12:00pm - 1:00pmGeneral Assembly

Election of a new Steering Committee and President (2025-2028)
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 22 - Behavioural Public Administration
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 1 - e-Government
"Stakeholder collaboration"
 
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 12 - Public Sector Financial Management

“Issues on taxation and finance”
2:00pm - 3:30pmNiSPAcee-EGPA-IRAS Joint Panel

 
2:00pm - 3:30pmPSG 15 - Public Administration, Technology and Innovation (PATI)

"AI adoption and public value"
4:00pm - 4:30pmClosing Ceremony