Congratulations, Evi! 🤩

Rankings don't tell us the whole story... but great day for PA in Flanders with 3 uni's in the top 50 of the Shanghai Ranking for PA. Nice reward for the hard work of our colleagues UGent (29)! Congrats to UAntwerpen (22) & KU Leuven (43) as well shorturl.at/bsBJK

Presentation by Liese Berkvens and Bram Verschuere on civil society organisations and citizen participation at the annual Netherlands Institute of Governance conference in Delft.

How do local civil servants look at citizen participation? Willem Goutry presenting his research at the Netherlands Institute of Governance conference. (cc. @KristofSteyvers CLP_UGent Bram Verschuere)

Earlier this year, Aaron Van Steenlandt started his PhD on public-nonprofit relationship with Bishoy Zaki and I Gov & PA Ghent University. Great first presentation, great developmental feedback ARNOVA. Onward and upward! #ARNOVA2023

Just out JEPP "Understanding political learning by scientific experts" by @Cladupont and I Gov & PA Ghent University We know politicians play the science game. But how do scientists play the politics game for better science-driven policy? 1/4 #ClimatePolicy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It’s not too late to participate. You can still check out (and submit your work to) our panel chaired by @ProfCRadaelli and myself on “Policy Learning in Times of Innovation and Disruption” European Consortium for Political Research general conference 2024. See you in Dublin. #ECPR Gov & PA Ghent University

Exciting news! Our department celebrated a new PhD graduate yesterday. Muhammad Fayyaz Nazir successfully defended his doctoral thesis, focusing on the pivotal role of policy actors in implementing COVID-19 disease prevention and control policies in Pakistan. Congrats Dr. Nazir!

Zin om verder te studeren, geïnteresseerd in hoe de overheid (niet 😉) werkt én nog geen plannen komende zaterdag? Kom dan naar het infomoment voor de opleiding Bestuurskunde & Publiek Management en ontdek waarom deze polyvalente opleiding iets voor jou is ugent.be/eb/nl/toekomst…

📢New #publication with Ben Suykens Inez Catala Gov & PA Ghent University at PMM: Understanding the relationship between public sector #consulting and #publicvalue destruction—An epistemic learning perspective. #ValueDestruction #PublicAdministration #PATwitter 1/2 doi.org/10.1080/095409…

📢 🧵How does learning from #evidence work in a polycrisis? #NewPublication "Policy learning from evidence during polycrises: a case of #EU #environmentalpolicy" with Valerie Pattyn Ellen Wayenberg is now published Policy Design and Practice #GreenDeal #ClimatePolicy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Happy to host the #EGOV2024 conference in beautiful Ghent! (Co-organized with Joep Crompvoets) ⁦Gov & PA Ghent University⁩ ⁦KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid⁩

What does digital strategy actually mean in a public sector context & what does it look like in practice? Sounds like an easy question, but it is hard work to answer this well. ⁦Valerie Vervaenen⁩ just presented her ongoing PhD research at #EGOV2024 !

Productive week at #EGOV2024 for the CTG UAlbany Rockefeller College & CEHC team of J. Ramon Gil-Garcia dwi.p.sari dimaz ardhi & mayra santiago. Conference proceedings available at ceur-ws.org/Vol-3737/. Thank you Gov & PA Ghent University & KU Leuven for hosting!

Are you interested in pursuing your PhD in our department? Bishoy Zaki & Ben Suykens are hiring a doctoral researcher (4-years duration) to conduct research focused on #policylearning in #multilateralinstitutions. Interested in applying? More info here: ugent.be/en/work/scient…