- Calin Hintea,Babes-Bolyai University, Department of Public Administration, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, hintea@fspac.ro
- Roger Hamlin, Michigan State University and Babes-Bolyai University, hamlin@msu.edu
Main focus and working aims:
The aim of the Working Group is Public Administration Education in its broadest sense (curriculum development, curriculum technology, e-learning, teaching technology, best practices, research on education, quality assurance, modern management of public administration programmes and international accreditation, etc.).
The Working Group also focuses on those interested in the management of public administration education because they are in charge of public administration programmes, manage public administration departments or like to share experiences with public administration teaching.
Over the years, the Working Group has hosted a variety of presentations and debates concerning higher education in the field of public administration, as well as presentations by relevant stakeholders from specialised international organisations such as EGPA, EAPAA, NASPAA, and ASPA.
This Working Group is striving to offer a comparative view of how higher education in the field of public administration is perceived and implemented at international level and to offer best practices for universities and countries which are searching to improve their current situation.
Specific goals:
For the 2023 Conference, the coordinators propose a special focus on higher education’s role related to the overall conference theme. In particular, the conference will pay particular attention to the topic of the digital transformation of public administration. The issues to be taken into consideration are as follows: the role of the public sector in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as well as the challenges of implementing new technologies in the transformation of public administration. Moreover, in the knowledge society, the capacity to innovate and the ability to implement innovations are very important for the public administration of the future. How do university programmes prepare future professionals for this new direction in public administration?
The Working Group intends to publish, in the long run, an edited book on this subject. The volume might include analyses of these challenges as they apply to various geographic locations, as well as transnational analyses on this subject.
Guidelines for contributors:
The working group is interested in papers connected broadly to higher education in public administration (topics such as teaching, research, curriculum development, internationalisation, national and international accreditation and programme management, etc.). We are interested in papers employing both qualitative and quantitative methods. The Group encourages a comparative approach at international level in dealing with the aforementioned topics as well as the development of practical solutions/suggestions based on the universities’ own experiences which can also be transferred to other organisations
From participants of this working group full paper is required after the conference.
Deadline of full paper submission is 20/06/2023.
You can find manuscript guidelines on THIS LINK.