♨️ New article How AI-ready are Europe's bureaucracies? This study finds that many national AI strategies give limited attention to civil servants, despite their central role in digital transformation. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New #OpenAccess Article 📢 . Can digitalization make public administration more efficient while simultaneously narrowing democratic participation? Arash Beidollahkhani explores how digital governance can function as an administrative tool and for political participation. doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📢 How can disruption become an opportunity for humanitarian reform? Deloffre & Brinkerhoff introduce the concept of intermediated localization, arguing that aid reform depends on understanding how power is mediated through relationships. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📢 #OpenAccess How is authority negotiated in small states? Dana-Marie Ramjit explores hybrid governance in Caribbean SIDS, showing co-production and governance amid postcolonial legacies and recurring crises. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📢New article! . Matías Dewey & Lucas Ronconi show that professional, Weberian bureaucracies are better at labor enforcement than politicized agencies, underscoring the importance of state capacity. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️New article! . Pradit Chinudomsub, Thanikun Chantra, Kwankaow Kongdecha, Phuriphat Kruanopparatana & Stithorn Thananithichot examine municipalities in Thailand to explore how participatory design and digital tools can strengthen local governance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📢 Join the conversation on the Downsides of AI as part of a special issue in PAD! . We are calling for abstracts for the special issue paper development workshop. Here are the dates: - Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: September 22, 2026

Just released today! . We are Q1 in Public Administration and in Development Studies in the latest Clarivate Journal Citation Report! Our JIF is 3.3. . This places us as the 14th highest ranked journal in development studies (14/66) and 23rd highest ranked journal in PA (23/97).

📢 New Article! #OpenAccess . Marlene Jugl compares administrative systems across 29 non-Western countries and finds a far more diverse picture than conventional labels. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📢 New article! A mixed-methods study by Nantapong Butakhieo, Stuti Rawat, Arjun Vyas & Lina Vyas finds that organisational commitment and workplace relationships were critical drivers of motivation during the crisis in India. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📢 Call for Papers . 'The Downsides of #AI and Global Inequities: Why Good Governance Matters' . Papers exploring the following themes are invited: 🌍 Global inequality & AI ⚖️ Bias, representation & public policy 🗣️ Language hierarchies in AI 🔐 Ethics, regulation & governance

Of interest to @journalpad.bsky.social, particularly given recent articles and commentaries documenting the decline in international development 👇

Centre for Public Policy@uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎙️ New Spotlight episode Do we still value development aid? We explore declining UK & global aid, the real-world impact on communities and what next for financing development aid. We also speak with @sciaf.bsky.social about the SNP's commitment to an aid match scheme. Tune in 🎧 uofgspotlight.com

This looks like a timely and important CFP for scholars working on AI, governance, and global inequities.

Public Administration and Development@journalpad.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Call for Papers . 👥 Co-editors: Yanto Chandra | Greta Nasi | Jiasheng Zhang will handle the special issue on 'The Downsides of #AI and Global Inequities: Why Good Governance Matters'.

♨️Special Issue Alert! . We have a new special issue on 'Policy Capacity in Developing Countries: Linking Theory and Empirics' by guest editors: Yifei Yan @kidjiesaguin.bsky.social @mkeremcoban.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1099162x... . #GlobalSouth #PublicAdministration #Governance

📢 Update from PAD! . The 2025 SCImago Journal Rankings are out—and PAD is ranked Q1 in both Development Studies and Public Administration for the first time since 2015! . Our SJR for 2025 is 0.761. 🔗 scimagojr.com/journalsearc...

📢 Call for Papers . 👥 Co-editors: Yanto Chandra | Greta Nasi | Jiasheng Zhang will handle the special issue on 'The Downsides of #AI and Global Inequities: Why Good Governance Matters'.

🌍 We are pleased to share our updated editorial board-now representing 28 countries across the globe! . 👩‍🎓 54% of our board members are women. . We are committed to inclusive & representative public policy scholarship. . Explore the full editorial board here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

♨️New #OpenAccess Brief report! . Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop-Taylor & David Benson argue that administrative traditions in the majority world must be understood through both colonial and pre-colonial institutional legacies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

🎊 Heartiest congratulations to our Associate Editor Prof. Shahjahan Bhuiyan for receiving the the Allan Rosenbaum International Public Administration Award at #ASPA2026!

⭐ The PAD crew at #ASPA2026! . Our co-editor-in chief Dr Ian C Elliott with Associate Editors Wendy Chen, Alfred M. Wu, and Shahjahan Bhuiyan . Do reach out to them at the conference if you would like to know more about PAD: aspanet.org/Conference20... .

PAD wishes its readers a Happy Year of the Horse! #yearofthehorse . May this year bring strength, momentum, and bold ideas to move forward. 🌟

⌛️PAD is committed to a timely and rigorous review process. Our median time from submission to first decision is 3 days, supporting efficient and constructive scholarly engagement. . Do submit your manuscripts to us! . 🔗For details, visit our website: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1099...

📢It's the International Day of Clean Energy | #UnitedNations to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to clean #energy for the benefit of people and the planet. un.org/en/observanc... . Here are selected works from PAD focusing on energy!

♨️ New article! . How can governments strengthen capacity to adopt #AI in long-term care? . Si Ying Tan, Lili Li, & @arazth.bsky.social draw on interviews to find that #SG demonstrates analytical and operational capacity but not individual-level political capacity. . doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️New article! . What is the impact of performance information on citizen satisfaction? . Xuede Gao & Fei Sun find that while relative performance information influences satisfaction, its effects are fragile in #China. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70023

❓ Can political parties in developing countries act as foreign policy agents? . Yen Wao introduces the idea of foreign policy capacity of parties. Cases from BRICS show how party dominance matters #China #India #Brazil. . 🔗 tinyurl.com/45763pja

♨️New article! . Anil Gurjar & Anupam Ghosh examine the resource use and outputs across #India to identify performance gaps and high achievers to find that larger states outperform the smaller states. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70018

♨️ New article! . What are the factors that increase localization? . Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre examines four country-based pooled funds to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

♨️New article! . Why do capacity building projects fall short despite efforts? . Kablan P. Kacou, Lavagnon A. Ika & Lauchlan T. Munro examine this through content analysis of 73 articles to bridge the rigour-relevance gap. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70020

♨️New article! . Haibo Tan, Lihua Yang, Ziteng Fan & Yingying Gao trace public service innovation to propose an integrative model for practitioners in strategically allocating resources across innovation stages. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70017