We proudly welcome HE. Dr. Shaika Rana Bint Isa Bin Duaij Al Khalifa as the newly appointed Director General of the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) in Bahrain. Established in 2006 by the decree of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, IPA is dedicated to achieving sustainable development in alignment with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the National Action Charter.
Our heartfelt congratulations to Nada Biaz, the newly appointed Directrice Générale of l'École Nationale Supérieure de l'Administration (ENSA) in Morocco. ENSA Maroc serves as a vital educational platform, bringing together various ENSAs across the country to facilitate easy access to essential educational resources for students.
Public Management Review Special Issue Proposal
5 November 2026
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.
