We are very happy to announce that the call for papers for our virtual NIG 2020 conference is now open! Deadline for submission is September 4th There are 9 panels in total to which you can submit your abstracts More info can be found here 👇 nigovernance.nl/nig-annual-wor… #NIG2020

Panel 7 is titled Democratic and administrative governance reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and the EU’s eastern neighbourhood: Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic It is hosted by Veronica Junjan University of Twente (inactive) and Giselle Bosse Maastricht University

The discretionary powers of street-level bureaucrats in EU #asylum policy are wide & their experience is crucial for CEAS reform | Post-Crisis Democracy in Europe blog by Radu-Mihai Triculescu Public Admin UTwente post-crisis-democracy.ideasoneurope.eu/2020/07/27/why… #EASO #migrationEU @EASO UNHCR Representation for EU Affairs IOM Global Office Brussels

We zijn weer van start gegaan deze week! Natuurlijk in aangepaste vorm, die voor alle studenten en medewerkers extra uitdagingen biedt. Maar onze toewijding is groot, dus we gaan er het beste van maken. Op de campus, als het kan; online, omdat het kan.

Deze week was er helaas ook erg verdrietig nieuws. Onze oud-collega Marc Harmsen is overleden, ongeveer een jaar nadat bleek dat hij ziek was. Hij werkte van 2000 tot 2015 aan de UT en zijn betrokkenheid, kennis en humor maakte hem zeer gewaardeerd. Marc is 55 jaar geworden.

JOB ALERT 1: We are looking for a new colleague as Assistant Professor in the area of Public Administration and Digital Transformation. The appointment is for four years with the prospect of a permanent position. For more info, please follow this link: utwente.nl/en/organisatio…

JOB ALERT 2: We are also looking for a new colleague as Assistant Professor in the area of Smart City Governance. The appointment is for four years with the prospect of a permanent position. For more info, please follow this link: utwente.nl/en/organisatio…

Vandaag is de H.A. Brasz prijs uitgereikt voor de beste scriptie in 2020 binnen de bestuurskunde. We zijn trots dat twee van onze studenten op de shortlist stonden: Anieke Kranenburg en Thijs Elderink. En we feliciteren winnaar Esther Nieuwenhuizen van Utrecht University van harte!

JOB ALERT We zoeken een aio voor het project “Revitalized Democracy for Resilient Societies”. Het gaat om onderzoek naar de effecten op burgers van democratische innovaties, zoals combinaties van burgerfora en referenda. In samenwerking met diverse andere uni’s en organisaties.

We are very proud of Radu Triculescu, who has successfully completed his Ph.D. within the amazing PLATO project project. Some pictures below 👇

New #openaccess publication on #PoliticalTrust: #Dutch #citizens differentiate in their #trust between #EU, nat gov & loc gov. Levels of pol.sophistication matter for how much and why. ✍️ & @giedojansen @DentersB || 🇳🇱🇪🇺|| 📣 PLATO project Public Admin UTwente Netherlands Institute of Governance 🔎journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

With 100,000 soldiers near the Ukrainian border, tensions on the world stage continue to rise. According to UT researcher Shawn Donnelly, the threat of military escalation is greater than ever. ‘But I am cautiously optimistic about the EU's response.' utoday.nl/news/70944/ukr…

Danny Buerkli, the founder of the Swiss policy lab Staatslabor, will speak via Zoom about experimental policy making, the work of a policy lab and failures as well as lessons learned in terms of policy design. Time: Apr 4, 2022 14:30 CET Contact us for zoom codes.

New article by Caroline Fischer on Resilience through Digitalisation in Public Management Review Civil servants & pandemic home work in Germany. University of Twente (inactive) University of Twente (inactive) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New publication on public-sector and health sector knowledge sharing from our colleague Caroline Fischer ! #publicadminstration #healthsciences #politicalscience

We show how variation in state strength and local bank ties (to government and depositors) support liberal economic nationalism in Spain and functional nationalism in Italy. One within EU Banking Union rules & ESM support, & the other negotiating exceptions w EU Commission.

Always worth to go to the office every once and then to find such great news: Jessica Breaugh and me have won a research grant my EURAM to study change agents in public sector digital transformation! Thanks EURAM, we Are so happy and look forward to present the results soon. 🎉

Do you have questions about storing, publishing or archiving data? Or about making data findable? Contact your faculty's Data Steward. Watch this📹video to learn why good #RDM is important and how University of Twente (inactive)'s data stewards can help you: 👉edu.nl/k33qc. THE BMS LAB