14 August 2025
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS) has released a virtual special issue highlighting research on the evolution and challenges of public administration across Europe.
14 August 2025
The International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS), the world’s oldest scholarly public administration journal with a focus on comparative and international topics, now has a new official LinkedIn profile. This channel offers readers and contributors a direct way to follow the journal’s latest publications, calls for papers, and initiatives.
Volume 91, Issue 2 (June 2025) of the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS) is now available. This issue brings together a diverse set of contributions examining urgent topics in public administration, from administrative burden and smart cities to performance-based budgeting and the politics of compliance in the digital age.
3 January 2025
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It is with the greatest sorrow that we heard the passing away of our dear colleague and friend Dr. Fabienne Maron on December 30th, 2024. This sad event came as a shock to all of us as we were away on the end of year break. Our greatest regret is that we were not around when she said good bye.
Fabienne will remain as an icon of IIAS. She joined us in 2000 upon graduation with a PhD from UCLouvain. During her 24 year long service with IIAS, she was key to the spectacular development of the European Group ...
The International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Deputy Editors team with the addition of two distinguished professionals: Dr. Tobias Polzer from WU Vienna and Dr. Sara Melo from Queen’s Management School in Belfast.
Dr. Polzer and Dr. Melo will lead the journal’s efforts in social media and communication, working closely with the publisher Sage and the Communications Director at the IIAS Secretariat in Brussels. Their responsibilities will include enhancing IRAS’s digital presence, fostering engagement with the academic and practitioner communities, and supporting the dissemination of research to a wider audience.
Dr. Tobias ...