Public Administration

The Department of Public Administration (PA) is responsible for research and education in the areas of Public Administration, European Studies and Public Management and Policy. It approaches these issues from a multilevel perspective with a focus of the relationship between sub-national, national, European and global levels of governance. PA is a multidisciplinary group of researchers, combining economic, legal, political and sociological perspectives in a strong methodological setting.

Two central themes, Democracy and European Governance and Integration, are covered by two centres: the Centre for the Study of Democracy and the Centre for European Studies.

The Department is composed of the following disciplinary groups: