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Public Policy Specialist Group

Convenors

Dr. Conor Little, University of Limerick. Email: conor.little@ul.ie

Dr. Muiris MacCarthaigh, Queens University Belfast. Email: M.MacCarthaigh@qub.ac.uk

Aims

  1. To establish a professional network among academics and practitioners with the goal of investigating the public policy making process in Ireland;
  2. To encourage the links established between academics and practitioners in the broader area of public administration to contribute to the wider debate on the role of the Irish public sector;
  3. To provide a platform of communication and exchange of ideas through dedicated research activities and engagement with similar fora in other countries.

Activities

The Public Policy specialist group encourages links among, and facilitate communication between academic researchers and practitioners with an interest in the following:

  • actors, structures and processes in public policy making and implementation
  • the structure, organisation and management of the public sector
  • public sector reform

Membership

Academics and practitioners engaged in the study of public administration, public policy and public management are welcome to join the group’s activities which would include dedicated panels convened at the PSAI annual conference, panel proposals to international conferences/network meetings and themed ad hoc workshops with the aim of encouraging research collaborations and publications. To become a member of the Group you must be a member of the PSAI, which you can join here.

You do not have to belong to an Irish university to be a PSAI member or to join the Group.