IPSA World Congress - Madrid 2012

08.07.2012

SOG organized 10 panels at the IPSA World Congress in Madrid (8-12 July 2012). Moreover, we held our annual business meeting with updates on the net work and the journal Governance.

SOG organised 10 panels at the IPSA World Congress in Madrid (8-12 July 2012). Moreover, we held our annual business meeting with updates onthe net work and the journal Governance.

The conference offeres great opportunities for junior and senior researchers to meet and exchange theoretical viewpoints and empirical findings on a wide range of research topics currently discussed in our field. SOG is very glad for all the inspiring paper presentations, comments, and discussions. A big THANK YOU to all the panel organisers, paper presenters and discussants - and to the active panel audience!

The SOG panels included:

1. “Administrative reforms in the welfare state and the challenges of accountability” (chairs: Prof. Werner Jann & Prof. Per Lægreid)
2. “Creations, Changes and Inertia in Public Organizations” (chairs: Prof. Kai Wegrich & Prof. Per Lægreid)
3. “Does Administrative Structure Matter? The Effects of Agencification on the Policy Process” (chairs: Prof. Martin Painter & Tobias Bach)
4. “Organising policy advice: Ministerial cabinets and advisers across Europe” (chairs: Julia Fleischer & Dr. Salvador Parrado)
5. “Organizational Dynamics of Central Government Organizations across Time” (chairs: Dr. Philippe Bezes & Dr. Kutsal Yesilkagit)
6. “Reviewing the Agency Landscape: Autonomy, Accountability and Control” (chairs: Prof. Martin Painter & Tobias Bach)
7. “The Politics of Representative Bureaucracy” (chairs: Prof. B. Guy Peters & Dr. Patrick von Maravic)
8. “Theories of the Structure and Organization of Government” (chairs: Dr. Kutsal Yesilkagit & Dr. Philippe Bezes)
9. “Theory and Concept(s) of Representative Bureaucracy” (chairs: Prof. B. Guy Peters & Dr. Patrick von Maravic)
10. “General Panel of the Structure and Organization of Government Research Committee” (chairs: Prof. Joel Aberbach & Prof. Tom Christensen)