IIAS Welcomes Ankita Arya to Support EGPA 2025 Conference Operations in Glasgow

Diogo Pereira,

The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) is pleased to announce the recruitment of Ankita Arya.

Ankita is an education and public policy professional with deep expertise in institutional building, organisational strategy, and education sector reform. She has led several large-scale education and skilling initiatives for the Government of Delhi, India, focusing on employability, entrepreneurship, and inclusive workforce development. During her tenure as a consultant in India, she has supported universities across the country in institutional transformation, risk advisory services, and commercial due diligence, driving strategic change through data-informed planning and stakeholder engagement.

Her work spans institutional restructuring, policy implementation, and the design of sustainable ecosystems. Ankita holds a double master’s degree: an MSc in International and Comparative Education from the University of Glasgow, UK, and an MA in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. With a strong commitment to inclusive, equitable, and systems-level reform, she brings a blend of analytical insight and on-ground experience to advancing long-term impact in education and public administration.

We warmly welcome Ankita Arya to the IIAS team and look forward to her valuable contributions in preparing the EGPA 2025 Conference for our community of scholars and practitioners.

The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) invites scholars and practitioners to propose new initiatives for its 2027 Annual Conference, taking place at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, from 24 to 27 August 2027. EGPA provides a European forum for public administration scholars and practitioners to present research, exchange perspectives and develop collaborations across public administration, public management and public policy. The call welcomes proposals for three formats: Permanent Study Groups (PSGs), Ad Hoc Groups (AHGs) and Specialised Panels (SPs). EGPA looks forward to welcoming new initiatives, perspectives and research communities that will enrich its 2027 Annual Conference and contribute to the development of public administration research across Europe and beyond.

The conference introduced a call for papers across fourteen thematic tracks and an interactive programme to help participants navigate its activities.

Professor Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS), is included in the latest Stanford–Elsevier database of the world’s top-cited scientists, recognising the sustained citation impact of his research in political science and public administration.

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