Panel
Mainstreaming hybridity in CEE - Public policies for hybrid governance
Governing societal activities, institutions, and work has always been ubiquitous but never self-explanatory. Concerning addressing global problems and pursuing important societal aims, such as combating climate change, easing urban congestion, advancing welfare or providing education, it is challenging to disentangle public policies and agencies from private efforts, economic institutions and civic activities (Johanson and Vakkuri 2017; Vakkuri and Johanson 2020; Vakkuri et al. 2024). Recent developments in commissioning public services, welfare mixes, corporate social responsibility and the global rise in social enterprises signify the fluidity of institutional boundaries. Societies have learned that both evolutionary adaptation and institutional design occur at multiple levels of society, which produces impacts undetected by our current policy instruments.
Important information
From participants of this working group full paper is required before the conference.
25/11/2024
Extended deadline for submissions of Paper Proposals.
10/04/2025
Deadline of full paper submission*
*in case you apply for awards deadline is also 10/04/2025
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Call for papers
This NISPAcee conference panel proposal, “Public policies for hybrid governance”, investigates the dynamic and complex relationship, rationalities (implicit and/or explicit) and tensions and dilemmas among public, private and civic domains contributing to policy outcomes. By hybridity, we refer to the interaction among public, private and civil society via distinct modes of ownership, parallel but often competing institutional logics, diverse funding bases and various forms of social and institutional control (Skelcher and Smith 2015; Grossi et al. 2017; Grossi and Vakkuri 2024). Governments have fundamental problems understanding why, how and with what impacts hybridity occurs in society and policy formation. Therefore, this panel aims to extend our understanding of governance by relating it with hybridity both as a form of governance (“hybrid governance”) and as an object of governance (“governance of hybridity”) and by connecting such an inquiry with policymaking of different contexts.
We propose the following questions for the conference panel:
- How do hybridity and hybrid forms of governance influence public policies?
- To what extent and via what mechanisms do governments influence (foster or hamper) hybridity?
- How does hybridity shape public policy agenda-setting, implementation, and evaluation?
- Empirical approaches to assessing how policies approach hybridity. Are there differences in governing or regulating hybrids across policy fields in Europe and different parts of the world?
- To what extent do the emerging modes of governance centred on the role of users (co-production and co-creation) affect hybrid arrangements in the design of policy solutions?
- How do different hybrids (e.g. state-owned enterprises, social enterprises, PPPs) adapt to public policies? How do community self- and co-regulating practices, in tandem with corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurial self-regulation, influence public policies?
- What are the implications of the WG to the future study of governance on the one hand and hybridity on the other, and how can inclusive and interdisciplinary approaches be leveraged?
Requirements for the contributors
Submissions will be accepted on the basis of the submitted abstract. The abstract should be a maximum of 500 words (excluding references) and should have the following structure:
- the main objective of the paper
- methods and data used
- originality and contribution to theory and practice.
We welcome submissions from academics, researchers and students at the beginning of their academic careers and are also interested in submissions from practitioners and policymakers
Authors of accepted abstracts, will be invited to submit a full paper that conforms to NISPAcee conference standards.
Based on their presentation at the conference, selected authors will be invited to submit their paper to a special issue of a journal or a forthcoming book.
Potential and invited participants
The primary audience is the community of students and scholars interested in public -private interaction. The other audience consists of practitioners dealing with combining government goals and community participation with for-profit goals. The established channels described below aim to gather the interested members and disseminate findings of the working group.Dissemination and funding
The panel has plans to publish several books based on the sessions in NISPAcee and other conferences. Another one on public policies and hybridity and policy (Vakkuri et al. 2024) will be published in 2024 or 2025. For years 2025-2027 there are scheduled 1 co-authored book for Edward Elgar and one Edited book for Palgrave Macmillan as well as one special issue in academic Journal on hybridity (proposed journal: International Journal of Public Administration).The research community on hybridity has established a ResearchGate laboratory for disseminating findings within academic community. There is also a group for hybridity in Linkedin to communicate findings within professional communities. The community has established a special interest group in International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) research community and has organized panels in International Public policy Association (IPPA) conferences ICCP and IWWP sessions, which are instrumental in disseminating findings and in attracting new participants to study hybrid arrangements.
Academy of Finland has funded a research project on hybridity Policy values on hybridity 2024-2027 (Bridpol). The project covers global presence of partners. The project is part of the larger global network on study of hybrid governance (IBID). We hope that participants within the NISPAcee community are envigourated in instigating new research funding proposals for other projects as well.
Coordinators
Michal Placek
full professor of public policy at Charles University and global research affiliate at Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative at Arizona State University. He is also recipient of Joint Seed grant from University of St. Andrews and Charles University.
His research is focused on public procurement, corruption, and efficiency. He has publications in high-ranking journals such as Public Management Review, Waste Management, Public Money and Management, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of Public Procurement, and Public Works Policy and Management. He won the award for the best comparative conference paper from the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis in 2017.
Jan-Erik Johanson
Jan-Erik Johanson is Professor of Administrative Science and Director of Research Group on Public Governance at Tampere University, Finland.
Jan-Erik is currently engaged in the examination of hybridity and strategy formation in government. Jan-Erik has compiled nine books and over 100 pieces of research. Network thinking and relational perspective signify cross-cutting themes of his interests. Johanson has chaired panels within research communities such as European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), International research society for Public Management (IRSPM) and International Public Policy Association (IPPA). He serves currently as a guest editor in special issue on ”Hybridized public management” in Australian Journal of Public Administration. His recent books include Public policies for hybrid governance (with J.Vakkuri, T. Erkkilä and R. Pinheiro, eds. E.Elgar, in Press) Finnish Public Administration (with E.Pekkola and M. Mykkänen, eds, Palgrave), Hybrid Governance, Organisations and Society (with J. Vakkuri, eds, Routledge) and Strategy Formation and Policy Making in Government (Palgrave).
Jarmo Vakkuri
is Professor of Local Public Economics, the director of the research group on Public Financial Management at Tampere University and visiting Professor at Norwegian School of Economics.
His research concentrates on performance management, hybrid governance, urban policy-making and public sector reforms. Vakkuri is the co-author of “Governing hybrid organisations” (Routledge), the co-editor of “Hybrid governance, organisations and society - value creation perspectives” (Routledge), “Accounting and public governance – Exploring hybridizations” (Edward Elgar) and “Public policies for hybrid governance” (forthcoming, Edward Elgar). He is the director of BRIDPOL project (Policy value amidst hybridity) funded by the Academy of Finland, Associate Editor of Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Guest Editor of special issues in academic journals, e.g. Financial Accountability & Management, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and Australian Journal of Public Administration. Vakkuri one of the coordinators of the research network on “Governing and managing hybridity”,
https://www.researchgate.net/lab/GOVERNING-AND-MANAGING-HYBRIDITY-Jarmo-Vakkuri.
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