Trans-European Dialogue 2027

IASIA Extends Deadline for Donald C. Stone and O.P. Dwivedi Award Nominations

Diogo Pereira,

The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) has extended the nomination period for its two distinguished awards: the Donald C. Stone Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement and Well-Being of IASIA and the O.P. Dwivedi Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Public Administration and Public Policy in the World.

Nominations will now be accepted until 17 June 2026, providing additional time for members to recognize individuals whose work has made a significant contribution to the public administration community and to IASIA.

Named after two influential figures in the history of the Association and the broader field of public administration, the awards celebrate excellence in scholarship, leadership, professional service, and international engagement.

The Donald C. Stone Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement and well-being of IASIA and is presented to distinguished scholars and practitioners affiliated with IASIA member institutions. The O.P. Dwivedi Award honors individuals whose work has had a lasting impact on the development of public administration and public policy at the international level.

IASIA members are invited to submit nominations and help acknowledge colleagues whose achievements have strengthened the field and contributed to the Association’s mission.

Further information, including eligibility criteria and nomination forms, is available through the links below.

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Public administration and management research has long drawn most of its ideas from Western, industrialised democracies. Yet Asia and the Global South have become major sites of administrative change, with large-scale reforms, fast-moving technology and some of the most inventive experiments in governance. Research from these regions has grown accordingly, but it is still often used to illustrate or apply theories made elsewhere, rather than to produce new ones.

This special issue of Public Management Review aims to change that. It invites authors to treat practice in Asia and the Global South as a starting point for theory: to test, question or extend established approaches, and to propose new concepts and explanations. It does not look for a single theory of these regions, which are far too diverse for that, but for context-sensitive contributions that also say something useful for policy and practice.

ASPA and EGPA call for papers | New Orleans, April 12-13, 2027 | Deadline: November 30, 2026

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The theme is The Role of Public Policy and Administration in Shaping Democracy and Promoting the Resilience of Democratic Norms and Institutions.

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