Trans-European Dialogue 2027

New IASIA Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Now Accepting Contributions

Diogo Pereira,


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IASIA is pleased to announce the establishment of Working Group XI: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, which will explore the opportunities and institutional challenges in integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change for urban resilience. The Group will also examine the crucial role that institutes and universities play in identifying structural gaps in governance and in developing effective training modalities for urban public officials and future leaders.

The Working Group is led by:

  • Dr. Mohamed Mastere, University Mohammed V of Rabat (Morocco) – Project Director
  • Dr. Mark Pelling, University College London (UK) – Co-Chair
  • Prof. Sara Hoeflich, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) – Co-Chair

The Group is currently welcoming submissions for its sessions at the IASIA 2025 Conference.

CALL-FOR-PAPERS | IASIA 2025 CONFERENCE

We welcome papers that offer research, theoretical insights, or practice-based reflections on the opportunities and institutional challenges in integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change for urban resilience and how important it is for institutes and universities to collaborate on evidencing the structural gaps in governance and on modalities to train urban body officials and future leaders.

Contributions may address (but are not limited to) the following themes:

  • Innovative governance models for embedding risk reduction and climate adaptation at the core of local development planning;

  • Analysis of the existing governance framework and decentralization regarding new mandates required to adapt to the increasing challenges;

  • Examples of training supporting governments and other stakeholders to embed risk reduction (and climate adaptation) at the core of integrated local development planning;

  • How can, in particular, local governments overcome the unfunded mandates and give sustainable answers, especially to those risks that require adaptation and continuous investment?

  • What critical factors can help to create partnerships between urban governments and academic institutions to improve risk-informed decisions?

  • How can training and education facilitate greater local government–private sector partnership to increase municipality access to wider technical skills and solutions?

Submissions are accepted in English and Spanish.

 Read the full call for papers and submit your contribution today.

Join us at #IASIA2025 to share knowledge, inspire action, and help shape a more resilient future.

Resources

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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IASIA 2026: the Global Public Administration Community Together in Athens

Pearl Beleyn  

29 October 2026

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From 12 to 16 October 2026, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) held its Annual Conference in Athens, hosted by EKDDA, the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government. Under the theme “Rethinking Governance for a Changing World”, the conference gathered 400 delegates from 57 countries and marked the 65th anniversary of the association. Athens was a conference grounded by learning and history but also new projects and connexions.

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