The Department of Public Administration addresses societal and governance challenges. The department of Public Administration seeks to enable students, governments, and (semi-)public organizations to understand, contribute to and reflect on processes of public governance aimed at addressing complex societal challenges. To that end, staff integrate adjacent disciplines in their education and research, such as law, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Read more about the story of Nijmegen School of Management.
Public Administration
Research
The Department of Public Administration conducts cutting edge research into the challenges that policymakers face today. Our research programme is embedded in the Institute for Management Research. View all publications here.
Research in the picture
Some of the research of the Department of Public Administration is featured below. View the full news overview and all ongoing projects here.
Scientist in the picture
What is the government doing after tragic fireworks disasters like Culemborg and Enschede? Is it making improvements in its legislation and policies? Is it drawing lessons from what went wrong? Matthijs Moorkamp, Associate Professor of Governance of Safety at the Public Administration department, as a member of the University of Twente's research team, analyzed together with the other members 250,000 pages of documentation and released the report 'Lessons from two fireworks disasters'. Matthijs has been interviewed in the NSM Focus.
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