PMRA Board of Directors Election
We are excited to announce that the PMRA Board of Directors election is now open! This is your opportunity to help shape the future of our organization by selecting the leaders who will guide us forward. Your participation is vital, and we encourage you to make your voice heard.
PMRA is dedicated “to advance research on public organizations and their management. This includes, but is not limited to sponsoring conferences, supporting publications, fostering professional and academic opportunities, and serving as a voice for the public management research community."
Now, it’s time to elect five new board members who will help lead these efforts and shape the future of our organization. Your vote is essential in selecting leaders who will uphold and strengthen PMRA’s mission.
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Board of Directors Candidate Statements
Candidate List:
Amanda Rutherford
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Title/Position: Associate Professor
Organization: Indiana University - Bloomington
Bio: Amanda Rutherford is an associate professor and chair of the Governance and Management faculty in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Bloomington. Her research focuses on political control and accountability; personnel management; and issues of race, equity, and representation in bureaucratic institutions. She is the author or editor of three books and has published in Public Administration Review, the American Political Science Review, Educational Researcher, and more.
Interest: PMRA is my academic home. The association boasts a community of exceptional scholars who are intellectual curious and committed to bettering theory and practice. As a board member, I will work to preserve and strengthen the association's vibrant network of scholars while fostering greater encouragement and inclusion of research about and by diverse people and places as well as multiple modes of rigorous empirical inquiry. Above all, I prioritize advancing high-impact practices focused on the mentor.
Past PMRA Engagement: I am an active member of PMRA and most recently served on the PMRC program committee in 2019, 2022, and 2023. Additionally, I serve on the editorial board of JPART and previously served as the book review editor for JPART (2015-2020) and editorial assistant for JPART (2012-2015).
Gabriela Lotta
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Title/Position: Professor
Organization: Getulio Vargas Foundation
Bio: Gabriela Lotta is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). She has been a visiting professor at institutions including Oxford University (Blavatnik School of Government), the University of Bern, Aalborg University, Universidad de Chile, and PUC Peru. She serves as the coordinator of the Bureaucracy Studies Center (NEB) at FGV and is also a professor at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP) and a researcher at the Center for Metropolitan Studies (CEM). Lotta is currently an associate editor for JPART (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory). Lotta has published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Public Administration Review, JPART, Public Administration, Governance, Lancet, and Policy and Politics, among others. She is also the author of twelve books. She is also a member of the editorial board of different journals, such as PAR, PAD, JCPA, Local Government Studies, BMJ, among others. She coordinates the Latin American Network of Street-Level Bureaucracy Research at CLACSO and serves as co-chair of RC27 (Structures of Governance) at IPSA. Her research primarily focuses on street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation. Lotta earned her B.Sc. and master’s in public administration and her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of São Paulo. In 2021, she was recognized as one of the world’s 100 most influential academics in the field of government by the organization Apolitical.
Interest: Over the past several years, I have been actively engaged in the international field of Public Administration, building collaborations across the Global North and South. I have participated in international networks, attended conferences, and conducted research with colleagues from prominent universities in different countries. This dual engagement has enabled me to bridge these regions, bringing the Global South—especially Latin America—into international dialogues while introducing global perspectives to the region. My work includes organizing events, promoting special journal issues, and fostering exchanges that enhance the internationalization of Public Administration in and from the Global South. As Associate Editor of JPART, I have further deepened my commitment to fostering diverse and inclusive scholarly exchanges. These experiences have highlighted the importance of creating platforms for Global South scholars to engage with Global North networks and vice versa, enriching the field with diverse perspectives. As a member of the PMRA Board of Directors, my goal is to strengthen these connections. I aim to amplify the voices and perspectives of the Global South within PMRA’s influential platform while fostering greater collaboration between scholars worldwide. Diversifying the field is essential for cultivating a truly global perspective, where scholars from all regions contribute and learn from one another. I am eager to contribute to this process as part of the board.
Past PMRA Engagement: My involvement with PMRA is relatively recent, but it has been marked by a strong commitment. In addition to attending PMRC conferences, I have served over the past year as an Associate Editor of JPART. This role has further deepened my interest in becoming more active within PMRA. As an Associate Editor, I have worked to promote JPART through various initiatives, including presentations at conferences, organizing webinars, and engaging with scholars—particularly those from the Global South and Latin America. These efforts have aimed to encourage submissions to JPART and foster greater representation from underrepresented regions. I have also supported young scholars from the Global South by providing detailed feedback on their papers, helping them understand the process, and improving their papers. These experiences have reinforced the importance of enhancing diversity within the field and building stronger bridges between scholars from different regions. They have also highlighted the critical role that JPART can play in fostering a more international and inclusive Public Administration community, where voices from the Global South are amplified and integrated into global conversations. I want to take my contributions to the next level by becoming more actively involved in PMRA. My goal is to help further its mission by promoting diversity, fostering international collaboration, and creating opportunities for greater engagement across regions and academic communities.
George Krause
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Title/Position: Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Public Administration
Organization: University of Georgia
Bio: I am a political scientist whose research in the study of public bureaucracy, public administration, and public management primarily focuses on the development and application of organizational theories to better understand both the functioning and performance of governmental agencies. This focus has resulted in an eclectic research program comprising of: (1) Understanding how organizational reputations are formed, and hence, shape administrative decisions and behavior; (2d Delineating the precise organizational mechanisms that limit political control over administrative agencies; (3) analyzing how organizational mechanisms can shape the effectiveness of U.S. federal agencies in managing discrimination problems, as well as fostering diversity and inclusion attitudes among employees); and (4) understanding performance management and its implications for administrative operations and governance. I am currently serving my second stint as an editorial board member of JPART, plus I am currently serving on the PAR editorial board. Previously, I was an Associate Editor of JPAR between July 2019-July 2023. More information can be found on my professional website (georgeakrause.com). I have submitted a current abbreviated version of my curriculum vitae.
Interest: Since August 2017, I have served as the Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Georgia in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. been on the faculty at the University of Georgia. I have been active in PMRA since my arrival at UGA nearly 7.5 years ago. In terms of regular PMRC attendance (five participant-attended meetings [2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024], personal attendance, one participant-non-attendee meeting [2019]). I have also served as an Associate Editor of JPART (July 2019-July 2023) – and am a current JPART editorial board member (and had a prior stint on the JPART editorial board between 2002-2009). I view that I can offer a unique perspective to PMRA that can facilitate bridge-building both within public administration & public management, as well as beyond its borders linking it with cognate fields and disciplines such as political science, public budgeting & finance, and economics. In short, these cognate fields and disciplines could greatly benefit much from forging intellectual relationships with public administration and public management scholars whenever both appropriate and feasible. I wish to play a role in facilitating this kind of ‘intellectual outreach’ since it will also enrich the PMRA community.
Past PMRA Engagement: Since August 2017, I have served as the Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Georgia in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. been on the faculty at the University of Georgia. I have been active in PMRA since my arrival at UGA nearly 7.5 years ago. In terms of regular PMRC attendance (five participant-attended meetings [2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024], personal attendance, one participant-non-attendee meeting [2019]). I have also served as an Associate Editor of JPART (July 2019-July 2023) – and am a current JPART editorial board member (and had a prior stint on the JPART editorial board between 2002-2009).
Lars Tummers
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Title/Position: Professor
Organization: Utrecht University
Bio: PMRA’s goal is to improve “public governance by advancing research on public organizations, strengthening links among interdisciplinary scholars, and furthering professional and academic opportunities in public management.” I have advanced this goal through my cum laude PhD thesis on policy alienation, my book Understanding Public Leadership, and numerous articles in journals such as JPART, PPMG, PAR, PMR, and PA. As one of the world’s most cited current public administration scholars, with over 19,000 citations on Google Scholar, my work reflects a commitment to advancing knowledge in our field.In 2023, I chaired the PMRC in Utrecht, widely regarded as a success in fostering collaboration among public management scholars.I have also worked to strengthen links between disciplines. With my dear colleagues, I co-founded the ‘Behavioral Public Administration’ (BPA) field, bridging psychology and public administration. We established this domain by organizing an international colloquium with 50 top scholars from diverse disciplines and publishing foundational work in leading journals such as PAR and JPART. BPA has grown into a vibrant community, sparking support and constructive critique.I am a Chaired Full Professor at Utrecht University. I am also a Departmental Visiting Professor at City University of Hong Kong and a Research Fellow at Arizona State University, with prior affiliations at Oxford and Berkeley.
Interest: Being on the PMRA Board fits my goal of building a stronger public management academic community. Specifically, such a strong community 1) produces relevant and rigorous research, 2) is international and 3) welcomes young scholars.First, I want to ensure that public management research is valuable and high-quality—in other words, rigorous and relevant. My work on policy alienation and Behavioral Public Administration (BPA) focuses on this academic excellence while being relevant for society. I also write for news outlets to link research with everyday issues and develop popular science books. At the PMRA, I aim to ensure that we, as a field, build research that helps solve society’s problems and is of high academic quality.Second, I want to expand PMRA’s international reach. I’ve worked in North America (USA), am a Visiting Professor in Asia (Hong Kong), and hold a professorship in Europe (the Netherlands). This global experience can help me connect scholars from different countries on different continents, strengthening our field.Finally, I’m committed to helping young scholars. I often supervise PhD students and work with visiting researchers. I want to ensure young researchers from various countries feel supported and welcomed in PMRA.
Past PMRA Engagement: The most important contribution is chairing the PMRC 2023 in Utrecht. Furthermore, I’ve organized preconference workshops, presented papers, and been on the Advisory Board of PMRC conferences. Research contributions include articles in JPART and PPMG. All in all, I think I have contributed substantially.
Liang Ma
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Title/Position: Professor
Organization: Peking University
Bio: Liang Ma is a Professor at the School of Government at Peking University, China. He received his doctoral degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Before joining PKU, he was a Professor at Renmin University of China (2015-2024) and a Senior Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). His research interests include digital governance, innovation, and performance management. His research focuses on how emerging technologies shape government operations, public service delivery, and state-citizen interactions. He also published on topics like government transparency and digital government, with a special focus on the context of China. His research has appeared in many journals in English and Chinese. He regularly contributes op-eds to international and Chinese outlets. He is the Editor of International Journal of Public Administration, an Associate Editor of Chinese Public Administration Review and International Social Science Journal, and sits on the editorial board of Pubic Administration and Journal of Behavioral Public Administration. He is the Chair of the Section of Chinese Public Administration (SCPA) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) (2024-2025), and sits on the executive board of the Section of Public Performance and Management (SPPM).
Interest: I am interested in serving on the PMRA Board of Directors because I want to engage in and contribute to the international public administration research community through my public service and social media outreach. First, PMRA aims to further research on public organizations around the world, and my research records can help strengthen this line of exploration. I have co-organized the Workshop for Junior Scholars in Public Administration in China with Tom Christensen since 2016, and we have been helping students and young faculty members to improve their articles every year. We can include PMRA in this series of workshop and increase PMRA’s influence in the field. Second, I run social media account dedicated to public administration research at China’s mainstream platforms, with more than 100,000 followers. We post latest research summaries, book reviews, and call for papers every week, and each would be read by over 1,000 followers. I can help to substantially increase PMRA’s influence in the group of people.Third, I can participate in the PMRA events and serve for the community. I got my PhD in 2012 and I have been publishing in the field for a decade. I am among the leading public management scholars in China and can help PMRA to achieve its initiatives in expanding public administration research.
Past PMRA Engagement: I have a long engagement with PMRA. I got my first international best paper prize from PMRC (Shanghai) in 2012 when I was a doctoral candidate! I really appreciate PMRA’s recognition of my research and do hope that I can contribute what I can do. I have attended PMRC at several periods of time since 2009. I was at the 2021 PMRA Best Dissertation Award and help to assess the candidates and select the receipts. I review manuscripts for JPART.
Ling Zhu
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Title/Position: Professor
Organization: Department of Political Science, University of Houston
Bio: I am a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston. My research is grounded in the joint traditions of political science and public administration. I take a policy-focused approach to studying how democracy solves the problem of social inequality. Specifically, my scholarship focuses on the politics of welfare generosity, the institutional root of public preferences on the role of government in social protection, and the governance of collaborative healthcare networks. In addition to my substantive research, I am interested in quantitative research methods, such as panel data analysis and Bayesian measurement models. My previous research has appeared in leading political science and public administration journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Policy Studies Journal, among others. I served as the editorial board member of JPART, executive council member, and the president of the American Political Science Association Public Administration Section. I am currently serving the APSA-Public Policy Section as an executive council member and the China-America Association of Public Affairs as the president.
Interest: I am enthusiastic about the opportunity of serving on the PMRA Board of Directors because I am dedicated to contributing first-rate scholarship, supporting other scholars, and bridging the public management research community with other scholarly networks. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of my scholarship, I have actively served professional associations in political science, public management, and public policy. I have also taken several leadership roles in various professional associations, such as being the past program chair and president of the APSA-Public Administration, the executive council member of the APSA-Public Policy Section, and the president of the China-America Association for Public Affairs. I hope to contribute to the board these interdisciplinary experiences. I have also been a strong mentor who strives to advocate for the younger generation of scholars and those from marginalized backgrounds. If elected as a member of the PMRA Board of Directors, I will be dedicated to leveraging my experience to service our public management research community and to advance PMRA’s core missions in advancing public management research and fostering professional and academic opportunities. I can also facilitate networking opportunities among researchers in different disciplines, such as scholars in political science, public policy, and public health communities.
Past PMRA Engagement: I have been a frequent participant in the Public Management Research Conference since 2010. Regarding scholarship, half of my published work is in public administration/public management journals, and I am a frequent contributor to PMRA journals such as JPART. I have been actively engaged with the PMRA through various committee services and services to JPART. In 2018, I served as the symposium co-editor for a methods symposium published by JPART. Between 2019 and 2021, I served on the JPART editorial board. I also served on various PMRA committees, including the PMRC Conference Program Committee, the PMRA Best Dissertation Award Committee, and the PMRA Conference Policy Committee. Beyond these committee services, I am also an occasional conference proposal reviewer for PMRC.
Milena Neshkova
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Title/Position: Professor
Organization: Florida International University
Bio: Milena Neshkova is Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Affairs program at the Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. She is the chair of the FIU Faculty Senate Academic Policies and Personnel Committee and the Faculty Development Committee for her department. Dr. Neshkova earned her Ph.D. from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She also holds an MPA from Indiana University and an MA in Journalism from Sofia University. Her research interests include citizen participation in government, the role of bureaucracy in democratic systems, managing public money, comparative public administration, and fighting corruption. She is a recipient of competitive grants from the National Science Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, and the European Union Center of Excellence. Her work has been published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals. From 2017 to 2021, Dr. Neshkova directed FIU’s Ph.D. in Public Affairs program. She has also served as the dissertation chair for eleven students, many of whom are now tenure-track professors at R1 institutions. Dr. Neshkova has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in public management, policy analysis, budgeting, financial management, and research methods. Her work in the classroom and support for her students have been recognized with awards for excellence in teaching and mentorship.
Interest:I am very excited about the opportunity to serve on the PMRA Board of Directors. With great respect for the values and traditions of PMRA, I am committed to applying my skills, experience, and extensive domestic and international networks to take the association to the next level of excellence. I am a public administration scholar who is committed to high standards in research, teaching, and service. I have served the profession through journal editorship, membership in editorial boards, chairing award committees, reviewing manuscripts, organizing conferences, and speaking at events. I have served on the Board of Editors of the two most prestigious journals in our field—Public Administration Review and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. I was an Editorial Board member of PAR for two terms, from 2015 to 2021. I am now serving my second term on the Editorial Board of JPART. The future of PMRA demands strong intellectual leadership and savvy business management. Serving on the Board would allow me to contribute to the advancement of the field of public management and shape the future of our association. I envision my role on the Board as actively expanding the organization’s impact and reach. I will be an ambassador, working to increase the exposure of PMRA to broader domestic and international audiences.
Past PMRA Engagement: My involvement with PMRA goes beyond being an active participant in its domestic and international conferences, although PMRC has indeed attracted the best public management scholars and has been a lively and enjoyable event. As mentioned, I have been a member of the JPART Board of Editors since 2020. Currently, I am serving an extended second term. I was invited to join the Board after an author of a rejected manuscript sent a note to the then editor-in-chief, Dr. Mary Feeney, praising my review’s constructive and developmental nature. My responsibilities as a board member include participating in the journal’s strategic planning and reviewing at least five submissions annually. I also had the honor of chairing the association’s 2021 Best Dissertation Award Committee, which included Drs. Amanda Girth of Ohio State University, George Bert of Ghent University, Belgium, and Liang Ma of the Renmin University of China. Nineteen dissertations were nominated, and the committee selected one for the award and one for an honorable mention. I also served as a member of the committee in 2020, when Dr. Rob Christensen chaired it. I also served on the International Selection Committee, which reviewed and assessed the proposals submitted to the 2024 Public Management Research Conference held in Seattle, Washington. As part of this assignment, I reviewed and evaluated more than 30 conference proposals.
Nathan Favero
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Title/Position: Provost Associate Professor
Organization: American University
Bio: Since 2016, I have worked at American University (Department of Public Administration and Policy). My scholarship focuses on public organizations, the efficiency and equity with which governments provide public services, and research methodology.Like most public administration researchers, I have a somewhat multidisciplinary background. My current department has a strong public administration presence but also a number of policy faculty, many of whom do quasi-experimental work in research communities strongly influenced by the economics discipline. I have published a few studies in education journals and one in a public health journal. I received my own PhD in political science (at Texas A&M University, 2016), with a major in public administration and minors in research methods and race & ethnic politics.For several years now, I have maintained strong connections to the public administration research community in Denmark. During 2020-2021, I spent a year as a visiting assistant professor at Aarhus University. I have returned for shorter-term stays as a visiting faculty member multiple times since then.My research has been published in most of the major public administration journals, and my work has been cited 1850 times (h-index: 17), according to Google Scholar. I currently sit on the editorial boards of JPART, PAR, IPMJ, and PPMR. Last year, American University selected my scholarship for recognition by giving me the title of Provost Associate Professor.
Interest: I am interested in helping to manage and direct an organization in which I am deeply invested. Based on my current involvement with PMRA, I anticipate the following three issues being important (continuing) agenda items over the coming years.Strategically managing growth. The growth of PMRA is exciting but also poses some challenges, such as managing the greater demands associated with planning and hosting PMRC.Stewarding journals. PMRA is in a strong position with its journals, but it is still important to maintain careful stewardship and a strategic vision for our partnership with Oxford University Press (OUP). Amid flux in academic publishing, we should ensure the interests of the research community are prioritized.Diversity and inclusion. Despite success in promoting certain types of inclusion and diversity, there is still much to be done. We are stronger as an association when we have involvement across different parts of the world, from various research (e.g., methodological) traditions, and reflecting the broad range of salient group identities we see throughout our societies (e.g., race, sexual orientation, gender).I believe I can contribute unique perspectives on each of these issues, especially drawing on my involvement in political science and education policy research communities, where I have seen various approaches taken to some of these issues. I also look forward to learning about other important topics facing the board that I have not mentioned above.
Past PMRA Engagement: I have attended every PMRC since 2015, except for last year (2024) because of the birth of my son during the same month as the conference. I organized pre-conference workshops (on methods innovation) at PMRC in 2019 and 2022. I also served as a reviewer of PMRC conference proposals in 2015, 2022, and 2023.In 2024, I served as a member of PMRA’s best dissertation award committee.I currently serve as an associate editor at JPART, where I have been on the editorial board since 2022. I have long been an author, reviewer, and reader of the journal. I have also reviewed several times for PPMG.
Sandra Van Thiel
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Title/Position: Professor of Public Management
Organization: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bio: As a professor of public management, I have been involved in research and teaching (BA, MA, PhD) on public management and research methods for more than 25 years. My main research topic is executive agencies, their relationships with governments, parliament and citizens, and different aspects of their internal management. Publications have appeared in many public management journals and with academic publishers, for example on research methods (published by Routledge) and a large handbook (with Edoardo Ongaro, published by Palgrave). Although I am a frequent consultant to various public sector organizations, my main drive is to develop and test new theories, to contribute to the rigor of our field. I have introduced for example stewardship as a new model for managing bodies at arm's length, to replace agency theory which dominated during NPM. I have served eight years as editor of a public management journal (IJPSM), co-created and worked in international networks (e.g., COBRA), and supervised and examined numerous PhD theses in different countries. For more information see the CV.For PMRA, one of my most interesting qualities would be the large international network that I bring, particularly in European countries.
Interest: I believe that the field of public management is moving towards ‘normal science’ as we see an increase in more rigorous methods like experiments, and the influx of new theoretical concepts from for example psychology. This will not only improve our knowledge base, but can also help us to achieve more impact and innovation in the practice of public administration. Given my background in multiple social sciences (psychology, educational science, sociology) I feel that I can contribute to this development, also internationally. Therefore, I would like to apply to a board position with PMRA to help further this development, as PMRA could be a key factor (or actor) in this development.
Past PMRA Engagement: My past engagement is limited to conference attendance, and I have served on the jury for one of the awards (Frederickson).
Sharon Gilad
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Title/Position: Full Professor
Organization: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bio: I am a Full Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the coming chair of the Political Science Department. Previously I worked at King’s College London and the London School of Economics. I completed my PhD in political science at the University of Oxford and Nuffield College. My work centers on the ramifications of bureaucrats’ and citizens’ multiple social and political identities for their attitudes, behaviors, and interactions. This focus stresses the need to understand bureaucracies and bureaucratic encounters’ embeddedness in diverse political contexts. I employ mixed methods to make sense of real-world bureaucratic settings. Where politically feasible and ethically appropriate, I design research in collaboration with government organizations. My most recent interest is in the consequences of political polarization and democratic backsliding on entry to and exit from the civil service. Other recent work pertains to citizen strategies in bureaucratic encounters, bureaucratic discrimination of minorities, and the effect of representative bureaucracy. I publish in key public administration/management, including JPART and PPMG. As an active member of the public administration/management community, I served as co-chair of relevant sections in international public administration conferences. I have also served as associate editor of Public Administration. Likewise, I currently serve on the editorial boards of the JPART, PPMG, PAR, Governance; JBPA, and IRAS.
Interest: As a PMRA board member, I will be committed to advancing excellent and relevant research. Doing so is compatible with concerns about equity since it requires adjusting research methods and theories, and assessments of their quality, to fit the circumstances of diverse research settings. Methodologically, current research mostly uses surveys, online experiments, and interviews. This means the data we collect is decoupled from bureaucratic encounters. I seek to advance the use of methods that depict real-world encounters via direct observations, whether ethnographic, archival, or experimental. Theoretically, the rise of populist parties and governments, alongside democratic backsliding, calls for research that engages with political science frameworks. Additionally, research outside the key centers in the US and Western Europe is often artificially bound to dominant theoretical frameworks. I would be excited to promote discussion about the relevance of the existing frameworks to developing countries, autocracies, semi-democracies, and failing democracies. I would like to promote the above agenda via initiation of research workshops, and small grants and fellowships schemes. I would also like to engage practitioners from different countries. Furthermore, I would like to challenge editors and reviewers to acknowledge the barriers to performing research in developing countries, autocracies, and semi or failing democracies.
Past PMRA Engagement: My engagement with PMRA has intensified over the years. I increasingly came to view members of PMRA as my focal research community and network. The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) is often my preferred publication venue and the key journal I target. I also value the current direction of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG) and am happy to see the journal flourishing. I am delighted to be an editorial board member of JPART and PPMG and regularly review papers for both journals. I served twice on PPMG’s best article prize committee—the first time as a member and the second as the chair. I also served on the review board for PMRA’s annual conference in Utrecht (June 2023).
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