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IASIA Honours Outstanding Contributions to Public Administration at its 2026 Awards

Diogo Pereira,


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The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) presented its 2026 awards at the closing ceremony of its Annual Conference in Athens, held from 12 to 16 October and hosted by EKDDA, the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government.

  • O.P. Dwivedi Award: Dr Sofiane Sahraoui
  • Donald C. Stone Award: Mr Amitava Basu (posthumously)
  • Pierre de Celles Award: Dr Marco de la Cruz and Dr Anna Mergoni, for the paper “Taming Performance in Education: Efficiency Perspectives”
  • Allan Rosenbaum Award for Quality Education: Universidad Externado de Colombia, Faculty of Finance, Government and International Relations, undergraduate programme in Government and International Relations

The O.P. Dwivedi Award recognises outstanding contributions to public administration and global public policy. It went to Dr Sofiane Sahraoui, Director General of IIAS.

The Donald C. Stone Award, named after a founding member of IASIA, recognises dedicated service to the well-being and advancement of the association. It was presented posthumously to Mr Amitava Basu, who served IASIA as Board Member (2022-2025), Functional Vice-President for Regional and International Cooperation (2025-2028) and Co-Chair of Working Group IV on Subnational Governance and Development.

The Pierre de Celles Award recognises the best papers presented at the IASIA Conference.

The Allan Rosenbaum Award for Quality Education, established in 2025, recognises academic programmes that exemplify excellence, inclusiveness and innovation in public administration education. In its first year, it was presented to the Master of Public Policy programme at Hamad Bin Khalifa University's College of Public Policy (Qatar).

In her message after the conference, IASIA President Prof. Dr Liezel Lues said: “The quality of governance should be measured by its ability to improve people's lives.” She also thanked the hosts, the organising team, speakers, reviewers, partners and the IIAS Secretariat.

Read the full conference report: IASIA 2026: the Global Public Administration Community Together in Athens.

Public Management Review Special Issue Proposal

Pearl Beleyn  

5 November 2026

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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.

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The 2027 Transatlantic Dialogue: The Role of Public Policy and Administration in Shaping Democracy and Promoting the Resilience of Democratic Norms and Institutions.

Pearl Beleyn  

5 November 2026

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

As democratic institutions face mounting pressure worldwide, public administrators are increasingly asked to spell out the role of their field in protecting and improving democratic systems. The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) are responding with the 2027 Transatlantic Dialogue (TAD), held alongside ASPA’s Annual Conference.

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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IIAS Council of Administration Appoints Professor Dr Diana Stirbu as Director General for 2027-2029

Diogo Pereira  

31 October 2026

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At its meeting on 27 October, the Council of Administration of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) appointed Professor Dr Diana Stirbu as the Institute's Director General for the term 2027-2029.

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