2026 starts with good news 🌟 extended dealines for abstract submissions: ➡️ 9 January for @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference, where I co-chair a panel on comparative PA ➡️ 12 January for ENPA Inaugural Conference, where I co-chair the group on Public Sector Organizations. Information and links 👇

Home, sweet home at -7°C ❄️Wishing everyone happy holidays with their loved ones and time to wind down at the end of the year ⭐️

Are you working on comparative or historical public administration and want to discuss different empirical approaches and research designs at ECPR 2026 in Kraków? Send me & @diegosalazarmo.bsky.social your abstracts, ideally by Wednesday, 17 December (or until 5 January through the ECPR system) ⌛

Call for papers for the European Network for Public Administration (ENPA) inaugural conference in Bucharest 🇷🇴 22-25 April 2026. Come join our group on Public Sector Organisations - or one of 19 other research groups or 13 thematic panels. Abstract submission until 5 January 2026 👇

Call for Nominations: The 2026 Levine Prize is now open! Books must be published in 2025 and submitted by March 15, 2026. Committee: Eduardo Dargent, @danhonig.bsky.social, and @kbersch.bsky.social (chair). (Sponsored by IPSA’s RC27 and @govjournal.bsky.social) @gabilotta.bsky.social

Somehow missed this paper from Microstate heroes Jack Corbett and Wouter Veenendaal (buth still not on Bluesky - Why not !!) together with Roannie Ng Shiu and @marlenejugl.bsky.social . With nice detail on Samoa. #microstate #microstates scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%...

Call for papers for the European Network for Public Administration (ENPA) inaugural conference in Bucharest 🇷🇴 22-25 April 2026. Come join our group on Public Sector Organisations - or one of 19 other research groups or 13 thematic panels. Abstract submission until 5 January 2026 👇

Showdown at #EGPA2025 Sad, shocking ...

✈️ Back to work after maternity leave: looking forward to discussions about great papers & the future of public administration in Europe at #EGPA2025 in Glasgow. I will co-chair PSG VI Governance of Public Sector Organizations with @larsbrummel.bsky.social, Lise Rykkja and Muiris MacCarthaigh.

We're having an interesting conversation about country size & trust in (& ability to control, & probability of competence of) officials. Reminds me of a favourite paper by @marlenejugl.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jpart/articl... IMO AI could allow us to better choose the scale of our government.

Next...🧵 Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to compare public administrations across countries? This article tackles the confusion around Administrative Traditions

📣 Calling all students and early-career scholars in public policy and public administration: Together with Hannah Lebovits, we’ve put together a collaborative, evolving resource list to help you navigate the field, no matter where you're starting from.

WEBINAR What Can Local Governments Learn from Ukraine’s Crisis Management? Building Resilient Communities through Local Democracy. 🕝 13 May 14.00-15.00 CEST icld.se/sv/kalendari... www.linkedin.com/events/whatc... @icld-sweden.bsky.social @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @nordicukraine.bsky.social

Beyond excited that my article on conceptualizing administrative traditions is forthcoming at @jpart1991.bsky.social If you want to hear about it firsthand and discuss how the insights can be used in future comparative research, join the webinar on May 14, 15.00 CET 👇 huji.zoom.us/j/8517678992...

Spain, where I’m on leave, had a blackout this week. No screens. No Wi-Fi. So I grabbed a pen. Turns out, ideas don’t live in notifications, they live in notebooks. ✍️ Full post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-ideas-... Short thread on ink, attention, & art of slow thinking 🧠📝

📆 Submit your abstracts by next Friday for the EGPA Conference (Glasgow, 26-29 Aug)! We (PSG 6) invite papers on challenges public organizations face in a complex environment of shifting political realities, new technologies, and crises 👇 Call for papers ▶️ media.timtul.com/media/web_ii...

📢Call for papers for EGPA 2025 📆 26-29 August in Glasgow ⌛Deadline for abstracts: March 28 We (PSG VI) invite papers on enduring and emerging challenges public sector organizations face in an increasingly complex environment of shifting political landscapes, technological advancements, and crises 👇

🌟 Scholar Spotlight: Simone Manfredi and Marlene Jugl 🌟 Manfredi and @marlenejugl.bsky.social examine how #NGOs shaped #EU sanctions policy by advocating for #humanitarian exceptions through coalition-building, knowledge leadership, and #lobbying. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Had a great time in beautiful Padova last week discussing the state of public administration research and the role of administrative capacities with a stellar group of international colleagues. So many interesting perspectives and new research avenues ✨

PA & crisis governance in small states: A pleasure to edit a special section in Small States & Territories together with Külli Sarapuu. Four fascinating case studies on Faroe Islands, Palau, Seychelles and others reveal that small states' vulnerability and robustness are two sides of the same coin.

9 years ago, unprecedented numbers of refugees arrived in Europe. My OA article @govjournal.bsky.social compares how governments in 🇩🇪 & 🇱🇺 recognized & prepared for this challenge. Structure, culture, and identity explain variation in collective cognition. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

⏳ One week left to submit your abstract for EGPA in Athens. Consider our study group discussing "Democratic Governance of Public Sector Organizations: New Trends and Challenges" 👇

What a great line-up for our #MAPA colloquium this Summer! Join us on-line or on Zoom. www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/en/thomann/m...

Want to work in an inspiring and young public administration research group? Come and join us! We are hiring one or more Assistant Professors (tenure track) and one or more Associate Professors in Public Administration. Application deadline: April 1, 2024.

💡 Calling all brilliant minds in public admin and beyond to discuss "Democratic Governance of Public Sector Organizations: New Trends and Challenges" with Lise Rykkja, Muiris MacCarthaigh and me at #EGPA2024 in beautiful Athens 🇬🇷 4-6 September. 👉 Call for papers: media.timtul.com/media/web_ii...

🏆 New year, new call for the Levine Prize for the best book in comparative public policy or public administration. For nominations, send us a copy by 15 March 2024. @sog-rc27.bsky.social @govjournal.bsky.social

We are hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship, 4 years, all sub-disciplines of Political Science, at Department of Political Science in Oslo, Norway. Application deadline 15th February. Happy to answer questions! More information 👇 polisky

📢Job Alert: We´re recruiting 10 Doctoral Researchers @dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin. Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!

Nostalgic stopover before the holidays: Great to spend some time at good old Staatsbibliothek in Berlin where I wrote much of my PhD.

Exciting news! 🎉 Our @ecpr.bsky.social section on the Politics of Bureaucracy has been accepted for #ecprgc24! 📅 Submit your paper proposals by January 18. Details and tentative panel descriptions here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 📍 Reach out to panel or section chairs for any inquiries!

It was a pleasure to join this vibrant and diverse network of public admin and polisci scholars from 30+ European countries. I'm Iooking forward to contributing to some serious comparative research on government executives, top civil servants and political advisors.