• papers addressing the general Conference theme
• papers addressed to the topics of any of the eight Working Groups
• papers for special sessions addressing more general issues of concern to the fields of public administration and governance

Abstracts directed to the eight Working Groups should be forwarded to IASIA Executive Secretary Johannes Irschik (j.irschik@iias-iisa.org) and copied to the leadership of the respective Working Group (contact information below). Abstracts related to the theme or other topics should also be addressed to Johannes Irschik (j.irschik@iias-iisa.org).

Abstracts will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:

• the relevance of the paper for the discipline of Public Administration
• the logic and consistency of the proposal
• the theoretical or methodological relevance of the proposed research
• the significance of the proposed research
• the quality of writing

An abstract of 1 to 2 pages must be submitted by the deadline of 19 March 2010.  It should be sent to the leadership of the respective Working group with a copy to the IASIA secretariat (j.irschik@iias-iisa.org). For the email addresses of the Working group Chairs and Project Directors, please see below. Please note that while more than one abstract may be submitted, only one abstract per author can be accepted.

Authors will be informed whether their abstract has been accepted shortly after the deadline of 19 March. They will then be asked to submit their final paper to the IASIA secretariat no later than 21 June 2010.

Abstracts are accepted in English or French

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