Dear Colleagues and Friends of EGPA,

As we turn the page to a new year, I would like - on behalf of the entire Steering Committee - to extend our warmest wishes to all participants who have been part of the EGPA 2025 Conference in Glasgow. I would also like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported the EGPA community and remained connected to it throughout the past years. The richness of our discussions, the generosity of intellectual exchange, and the strong sense of community that defined our time together remain a powerful source of inspiration as we look ahead. The world ...

In line with EGPA’s commitment to transparency and close engagement with its community, the IIAS Council of Administration (CoA) has approved a €60,000 allocation for EGPA in 2026, including €15,000 for Travel Grants and €45,000 for EGPA projects. The decision represents a concrete step in support of EGPA’s ongoing renewal agenda and strategic priorities.

EGPA will make available €15,000 in Travel Grants in 2026 to support PhD candidates and early-career researchers who will take an active part in the EGPA Annual Conference, to be held in Rome in August 2026, as well as related activities, including the PhD Symposium.

Dear colleagues and friends,

As the year draws to a close, we would like to extend our warmest greetings to the EGPA community and express our sincere appreciation for your continued commitment, engagement, and support throughout an eventful year.

Your contributions - as scholars, practitioners, students and partners - are essential to EGPA’s vitality and to its role as a key platform for public administration scholarship and practice in Europe and beyond. It is through this shared dedication that EGPA continues to grow, renew itself, and strengthen its community.

Our strategy to strengthen and revitalise study groups is well underway. By 20 ...

On 21 November 2025, the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) held its Steering Committee (SC) meeting in Brussels, focusing on organizational renewal, membership development, and preparations for upcoming annual conferences, in particular the 2026 conference in Rome. Chaired by EGPA President Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann, the Committee reviewed progress since the Group’s 50th anniversary in 2025 and set priorities for the years ahead.

On 21 November 2025, the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) held its Steering Committee (SC) meeting in Brussels, focusing on organizational renewal, membership development, and preparations for upcoming annual conferences, in particular the 2026 conference in Rome. Chaired by EGPA President Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann, the Committee reviewed progress since the Group’s 50th anniversary in 2025 and set priorities for the years ahead.

Six months into his historic tenure as the first Global South President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Voruganti Srinivas reflects on the Institute’s remarkable achievements and the path ahead. Elected with broad support from the membership, President Srinivas has steered the IIAS toward a vision of “collaboration without borders, knowledge without boundaries, and governance without exclusion,” emphasizing a digitally agile, publications-rich, and resource-strong institution.

In this exclusive interview, he shares insights on the progress made across international conferences, institutional reforms, global engagement, and emerging priorities. President Srinivas also discusses initiatives like the International Governance Index and IIAS Legacy Project, the Institute’s growing inclusivity, and his ongoing efforts to strengthen trust, unity, and the global reach of public administration.

About IIAS and EGPA

The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) is an international non-profit organization with a scientific purpose, producing policy-relevant knowledge in public administration. Established in 1930 and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, it is the worldwide platform for public administration professionals: academics and practitioners. The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) is a regional group of IIAS for Europe. EGPA is the platform for academics and practitioners in Europe, gathering its Permanent Study Groups around key topics in Public Administration during its conferences and dialogues with its partners.

Job summary

Join EGPA/IIAS as our Executive Secretary, supporting the Steering Committee and President to grow our network, launch Permanent Study Groups, host the annual conference, and elevate governance research across Europe. This role is your chance to drive impactful change in public administration.

Volume 91, Issue 4 (December 2025) of the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS) is now available. This new issue brings together diverse and timely research on comparative public administration, public sector reform, research methods, public-private innovation, policy outsourcing challenges, bureaucratic fairness, political appointments and the impact of fiscal policy on economic growth in emerging economies.