🎉 Big congratulations! SUPA's WP co-PI Alexa Lenz @alexalenz.bsky.social has won the Gördel­er Prize 2026 for her PhD on municipal crisis management — highlighting how local governments can stay effective and legitimate in times of crisis. 👏 Well deserved! 🔗 publicgovernance.de/html/de/Carl...

I'm looking forward to presenting ongoing work at the IDHEAP-LAGAPE seminar on Thursday!

🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨 I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions. Link and more information in second post. Position Start: Fall 2026 Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️

📢 Come join us at #ECPR2026! We’re organizing a panel on overburdened bureaucracies in the section ‘The Politics of Bureaucracy’. Contact us by December 17, all infos below ⬇️

We kicked-off #supaproject last week. Looking forward to the collaboration ahead and to exploring the question of how to strengthen public sector capabilities in the face of increasing administrative overburdening - that will guide our work over the coming months and years. #horizoneurope

My inaugural lecture at Zeppelin University is now available as a podcast (in German). Thanks to the many people who attended the lecture and the warm welcome! zeppelinuni.podigee.io/67-steffen-h...

I am excited to see our article on Rule-Breaking by Public Administrators published at RoPPA! With Steffen Eckhard,we explore how this complex behavior is influenced by individual factors, group dynamics, and organizational constraints.➡️Read the full article here(open access) doi.org/10.1177/0734...

My article in @journalpa.bsky.social now has an issue!🎉 I explore how citizens view the #legitimacy of governance #dilemmas during crises. If you haven’t checked it out yet, maybe now’s the time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PublicAdministration #CrisisManagement

🚨Only a few days left to apply to our panel on #policymaking and administrative #crisismanagement at the #dvpw conference 2024. We are looking forward to your abstracts (Panel 68): www.dvpw.de/dvpw2024