Feb 01 2023

Successful Disputation / 13th January 2023
Henry Alexander Wittke, external doctoral candidate at the chair of Prof. Dr. Tanja Klenk, has well defended his doctoral thesis about Artificial Intelligence. Mr Wittke completed his doctorate at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences from 2019 to 2023. The title of his thesis is: Is there an Artificial…
Jan 31 2023

New publication
Cacace, Mirella, Jan Böcken, Kristin Edquist, Tanja Klenk, Mario Martinez-Jimenez, Uwe Preusker, Karsten Vrangbaek, and Ruth Waitzberg. “Coping with COVID-19: the Role of Hospital Care Structures and Capacity Expansion in Five Countries.” Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2023, 1–18. doi:10.1017/S1744133122000275
Jan 19 2023

Book presentation
At the vdek dialogue event "Die Soziale #Selbstverwaltung konstituiert sich neu - Herausforderungen, Chancen, Potenziale", the book "SELBST verwalten - wie Ehrenamtliche das Gesundheitssystem gestalten" was presented by the author herself. Further information is available here and here
Jan 05 2023

Call for Papers
Implementing Digitalization in the Public Sector: Professionals’ and Citizens’ Points of View ICPP6 - TORONTO 2023, Panel  T06P03 Deadline: 31/1/23
Dec 14 2022

New to the team Public Policy and Public Administration

We welcome Laura Kollmann, who has joined our team recently. Laura Kollmann works on the topics of street-level bureaucracy, the public employment service and comparative welfare state research. You can find further information under the following link.
Nov 10 2022

DVPW series `Political Science talk´

The new episode in the DVPW series `Political Science talk´ deals with the midterm-elections in the US. The video and further information can be found here and here: “#PoWi im Gespräch”
Nov 02 2022

New Publication

Klenk, Tanja: Digitalisierung im Bereich sozialer Dienstleistungen – eine Literaturstudie, Duisburg/Bremen: DIFIS, download unter: https://difis.org/f/0570c5be7a.pdf Extant literature has furthered our understanding of the digital transformation in social service provision and its intended and unintended consequences. Based on a sample of 193 articles, this systematic literature review explores the breadth and…
Oct 27 2022

New Publication

Cohen, Nissim, Klenk, Tanja, Davidovitz, Maayan, Cardaun, Sarah (2022): “Varieties of welfare markets from a street-level perspective: Comparing long-term care services in Germany and Israel”, Public Administration Review, DOI: 10.1111/puar.13549 How does the marketization of social service provision impact the practices of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) towards their clients? To explore…
Oct 19 2022

New Publication
Braun, Bernard/Klenk, Tanja/ Klemens, Uwe (Eds.) (2022): SELBST verwalten! Wie Ehrenamtliche unser Gesundheitswesen mitgestalten, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Aim of this book is to make social self-administration known to a broader public. For the first time, the history, working methods, importance and developing trends of this institution are presented comprehensively and in…
Sep 07 2022

EGPA 2022

The program of EGPA conference is out! You can download the program for the Permanent Study Group XX Welfare State Governance and Professionalism here. Check out what else is happening on the conference here: http://www.egpa-conference2022.org/