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The 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference

The 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 21 - October 23, 2021

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Excellent conference. I really enjoyed the papers, speakers, schedule and location and great staff!
D.B., United States, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...relating to public administration and policy. Good opportunities for networking.
N.D., Georgia, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

Excellent participants, argument-driven discussions, impartial and supportive Chairs in the Working Group.
D.G., Republic of North Macedonia, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...to detail and I really enjoyed the supportive and encouraging atmosphere there. Thank you!
R.B., Lithuania, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...both in terms of academic quality and logistics, and also social events. It was a true joy.
E.Z., Bulgaria, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...The special programmes were really excellent and we took home many varied experiences.
P.N., Hungary, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...Sessions were interesting, scholars were engaging and all the social events were amazing!
B.K., Kazakhstan, 26th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2018, Iasi

Excellent organization, excellent food. Compliments to the organizers, they did a wonderful job!
V.J., Netherlands, 26th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2018, Iasi

...I must say that the PhD pre-conference seminar was the most useful seminar of my life. Very well...
K.V., Czech Republic, 26th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2018, Iasi

... I would even argue that they are the very best - both in terms of scientific content and also entertainment…
P.W., Denmark, 26th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2018, Iasi

An opportunity to learn from other researchers and other countries' experiences on certain topics.
G.A.C., Hungary, 25th Conference 2017, Kazan

Very well organised, excellent programme and fruitful discussions.
M.M.S., Slovakia, 25th Conference 2017, Kazan

The NISPAcee conference remains a very interesting conference.
M.D.V., Netherlands, 25th Conference 2017, Kazan

Thank you for the opportunity to be there, and for the work of the organisers.
D.Z., Hungary, 24th Conference 2016, Zagreb

Well organized, as always. Excellent conference topic and paper selection.
M.S., Serbia, 23rd Conference 2015, Georgia

Perfect conference. Well organised. Very informative.
M.deV., Netherlands, 22nd Conference 2014, Hungary

Excellent conference. Congratulations!
S. C., United States, 20th Conference 2012, Republic of Macedonia

Thanks for organising the pre-conference activity. I benefited significantly!
R. U., Uzbekistan, 19th Conference, Varna 2011

Each information I got, was received perfectly in time!
L. S., Latvia, 21st Conference 2013, Serbia

The Conference was very academically fruitful!
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Report 2021

Pre PhD Seminar

Session Coordinators:

Michiel S. de Vries, Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands,

Iwona Sobis, School of Public Administration, Gothenburg University, Sweden,

Place: 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: October 21-23, 2021
Main theme of the conference: "Citizens' Engagement and Empowerment - The Era of Collaborative Innovation in Governance"

The PhD Pre-conference Seminar: "How to Improve the Quality of your Research Paper?" in Ljubljana took place on 20th October 2021. The seminar had two Chairs, Michiel de Vries, from Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands and Iwona Sobis from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The aim was to discuss the papers the participants had written beforehand and to provide them with pragmatic ideas on how to improve their articles to meet the international standards required to have them published. The pre-conference had a hybrid character because five PhD-students participated physically in this event and nine PhD-students participated online. During the day, the Chairs proposed an interactive form of lecturing, focusing on the classical structure of successful research papers and stimulating the PhD-students to actively participate in a common discussion by sharing their own experiences, problems when writing the abstract, introduction, theoretical section, the methods, outcomes, and conclusions sections of the papers. The Chairs also created an opportunity to discuss the structure of the participants’ PhD-theses, and how the outcomes of empirical research presented in their papers for the Pre-conference could be reflected in the PhD theses. The pre-conference was well appreciated by all participants because of the open discussions, the constructive criticism regarding the content of papers combined with pragmatic solutions, pinpointing weaknesses of texts and finding strengths in them.