Seminar for PhD Students and Junior Researchers

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Chairs:

Prof. Em Dr. Christoph REICHARD, Potsdam University (Germany)

Dr. Frank BANNISTER, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)

Prof. Dr. Ani MATEI, National School of Political Studies & Public Administration (Romania)

Dr. Patrick von MARAVIC, Zeppelin University (Germany)

Panel Public Management

(PM)

Chair: Frank BANNISTER

Panel Public Administration/Policy  (PA/PP)

Chairs: Ani MATEI and Christoph REICHARD

Panel HRM/Ethics

(HRM)

Chair: Patrick von MARAVIC

Monday

5 September 2011

13.30-14.00 Plenary session:

Opening of symposium (official welcome and introduction by all the co-chairs)

 

14.00 -16.00 Session PM I:

 

Sorin DAN: Evidence on the Evaluation of Impacts of New Public Management Reforms in Romania, Estonia and Hungary

Discussant: Maria PIETILÄ

 

Corina Georgiana LAZAR: Dynamics of formal structures of central public institutions Romania 1990-2010

Discussant: Sergiu-Ioan IRIMIA

 

Session PA I (EU-Governance):

 

Bogdan BERCEANU: Emerging Institutions in the EU Member States: causes and consequences

Discussant: Sebastian JILKE

 

Mihaela TUCA: Corporate Social Responsibility: Supporting Policy Frameworks in the EU

Discussant: Maarten JANSSENS

16.00-16.30 Coffee break

 

16.30-18.30 Session PM II:

 

Sergiu-Ioan IRIMIA: Decentralization 2.0: Open Source Government as a New Instrument for Bidirectional Communication between Providers and Users of Public Services

Discussant:  Tobias  KRAUSE

 

Tobias KRAUSE: Managing Behavioral Risk in Municipality Owned Companies

Discussant: Corina Georgiana LAZAR

Session PA II (EU-Governance):

 

Sebastian JILKE: Two Track Public Services? Equity and Citizens’ Voice towards Services of General Interest


Discussant:  : Bogdan BERCEANU

 

 

Maarten JANSSENS: Non-profit care providers on the internal market: the middle out of balance

 

Discussant:  Mihaela TUCA

Tuesday

6 September 2011

 

8.00-10.00 Plenary session:

 

Module on Methodology and Research Design:

The foundations of problem-oriented public administration research  - Patrick von MARAVIC

 

10.00- 10.30 Coffee break

 

10.30-12.30 Session PM III:

 

Maria PIETILÄ: Obey or Masquerade: Universities’ Adaptation Strategies to Specialisation Demands

Discussant:Sorin DAN

 

Session PP I:

 

Stefan DORSMAN: Commons knowledge and the definition of risks in policy-making processes

 

Discussant: Cláudia C. COSTA

 

Camelia DOGARU: The Implications of Rational Choice Theory in the Practice of Public Policy – Making

Discussant: Cristina SANDU

Session HRM I:

 

Nina van LOON: Toward a Theoretical Framework on the Effect of Public Service Motivation on Performance

Discussant:  Dominik VOGEL

 

Dominik VOGEL: How to motivate public employees? Focusing on leadership as an important motivational factor

Discussant: Nina van LOON

12.30-13.10 Lunch
13.10-15.10 Session PM IV:

 

Michele TANTARDINI: Performance measurement in central government administrations: a comparative analysis through Italian lenses

Discussant:  Bianca STAGLIANO

 

 

 

Mindaugas KASELIS: Adaptation of Performance Management in Lithuanian Public Sector

Discussant:  : Simonetta MUCCIO

 

Session PP II:

 

Cláudia C. COSTA: Tourism Policy Instruments in Portuguese Local Government

Discussant:  : Luis MOTA

 

 

 

 

Luis MOTA: The power of Communities of Practice of local implementers within Public Service Coordination: Lessons from Portuguese Lifelong learning policy

Discussant:  : Camelia DOGARU

 

Session HRM/Ethics:

 

Aliona BALAN – Anca CUCU: The efficiency of human resources management in the public sector: conditionality or a necessity? Comparative study between the civil servant system in Romania and Republic of Moldova Discussant:  : Sabina SCHNELL

 

 

Sabina SCHNELL: Translating Transparency – case of Romania

Discussant: Galina BORISOVA

15.10-15.30 Coffee break

 

15.30-17.45 Session PM V:

 

Simonetta MUCCIO: Public Management reform – from theory to reality. Adoption and implementation of performance measures in Italian local governments

Discussant: Mindaugas KASELIS

 

Bianca STAGLIANO: The Quality of Public Finance as key factor for Fiscal Consolidation: Debate and Empirical Evidence from European Stability and Convergence Programs

Discussant: Michele TANTARDINI

Session PA:

 

Damien BOLGER: Defining Cross-Border Cooperation in the Irish and Northern Irish Administration

Discussant:  : Jõm EGE

 

Cristina SANDU: The role of social entrepreneurship in the public sector of Romania Discussant: Stefan DORSMAN

 

Jõm EGE: Bureaucratic Autonomy – A Useful Conceptual Tool to Compare International Administrations?

Discussant:   Damien BOLGER

 

Session Ethics:

 

Andreea NASTASE: Administrative ethics in the European Commission: individual attitudes and organizational processes

Discussant:  Aliona BALAN – Anca CUCU

 

Galina BORISOVA: A comparative study of Anti-Corruption NGOs in the U.S. and Russia Discussant:  Andreea NASTASE

18.00 – 19.00 Plenary session:

Publication strategies (with some inputs from the conveners and invited editors).

Prof. Christopher Pollitt, IRAS Editor in Chief, will join the closing session of the PhD Seminar

 

Awarding of certificates

 

19.30 Closing and Reception