The department of Public Administration at University of Twente studies how contemporary governments seek to govern and organize societies, designing political-administrative and technological solutions, in the face of crises and disruptions. More specifically, research in the department is organized around three cores of the field:
- Public policy. What effective and legitimate solutions can we design to address complex, “wicked” problems that require the involvement of multiple stakeholders with sometimes conflicting interests and perspectives? How can we design technological solutions that “work” in practice?
- Public governance. Which political-administrative structures facilitate legitimate decision-making about problems, challenges, technological solutions, and their implementation? Which interests are represented in these structures, in decision-making.
- Public management. How do administrative organizations, public managers and professionals effectively and legitimately implement and administer public services and technological solutions? How do they operate in their politicized and public environment?
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