Past Events

Date Title Speaker(s)
2026-04-13 & 14 Innovations in Anti-Corruption Research Ting Gong (City University of Hong Kong), Kristina S. Weißmüller (Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam), Wenyan Tu (Fudan University), Minsung Michael Kang (Kyung Hee University), Hanyu Xiao (The Education University of Hong Kong), and Nick Petrovsky (City University of Hong Kong)
2026-04-01 Experimental Public Management Research at a Crossroads Oliver James (University of Exeter), Bert George (City University of Hong Kong), Joohyung Park (The University of Hong Kong), and Nick Petrovsky (City University of Hong Kong)
2025-04-29 Influence ON/OFF: The Science of Influence and Manipulation in the Workplace Lars Tummers (Utrecht University)
2025-04-24 Understanding Public Leadership Lars Tummers (Utrecht University)
2025-02-27 NGOs as Policy Entrepreneurs: Transnational Advocacy and Policy Influence in Greening the Belt and Road Initiative Hui Li (The University of Hong Kong)
2024-12-05 Coping with Negative Occupational Stereotypes in the Public Sector: An Emotional Appraisal Account among Police Officers in the United States and the Netherlands Sheeling Neo (American University)
2024-11-11 Practical Aspects of Developing a Research Agenda: the Example of Stereotypes of Civil Servants Lars Tummers (Utrecht University)
2024-09-25 Writing Promising Manuscripts for International PA Journals Tom Christensen (University of Oslo)
2023-05-23 Literature Reviews for Purposes of Theory Building* John Bryson (University of Minnesota)
2023-04-24 Public Value at Cross Points: A Comparative Study on Employer Attractiveness of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Organizations* Adrian Ritz (University of Bern)
2022-05-23 Trust and Regulation* David Levi-Faur (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2022-05-17 Public Accountability in Street-Level Bureaucracies: The Accountability Regimes Framework* Eva Thomann (University of Konstanz)
2022-05-04 Does Experience Matter in Coproduction? Evidence from a Field Experiment* Huafang Li (Grand Valley State University)
2022-03-28 New Developments in Nudging and Behavior Change*
Slides from the seminar
Lars Tummers (Utrecht University)
2022-03-14 The Impact of a Government Shutdown on Personnel and Policy* Bill Resh (University of Southern California)
2022-01-26 Sector Choice Revisited: The Role of Information Conditions* Ivan P. Lee (Arizona State University)
2021-06-28 Policy Framework for Innovative Development and Practices in China* Rongping Mu (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2021-06-07 What Do Citizens Know, Want and Expect from Public Service Delivery Agencies? A Study into the Role of Neural Correlates and Personality Characteristics* Sandra van Thiel (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
2021-05-31 Communicating Performance Information to Citizens: The Effect of Cognitive Biases
Slides: (1) Intro (Walker); (2) George; (3) Ho; (4) Zhang
Bert George (Ghent University), Alfred Ho, Richard Walker, Jiasheng Zhang (CityU)
2021-05-24 Behavioral Public Strategy* Bert George (Ghent University)
2021-05-10 Assessing the Effects of User Accountability in Contracting Out* Marc Esteve (University College London and ESADE)
2021-04-26 Challenges, Benefits, and Tips for Early Career Researchers in Endorsing Open-Science and Supporting a Science "Credibility Revolution" Gilad Feldman (University of Hong Kong)
2021-04-12 Credit Claiming and Mayoral Delegation Preferences Amid a Migrant Crisis* Claudia Avellaneda (Indiana University)
2021-03-29 COVID-19 in Public Management and Policy Research: Challenges and Prospects* Jae Moon (Yonsei University)
2021-03-08 Interdisciplinary Research on Energy and Environment Management Issues Wen Wen (CityU and China University of Petroleum)
2020-11-30 Citizen-State Interactions and Digital Governance Liang Ma (Renmin University)
2020-11-16 Survey Experiments on the Fight Against Covid-19 Nick Or, Nick Petrovsky, Richard Walker (CityU)
2020-06-19 How Tolerating Decision Errors Can Improve Early Response During Covid-19 Xiaohu Wang (CityU)
2019-08-06 Citizen Engagement and Democracy in America Eduardo Araral (National University of Singapore)
2019-07-29 -> 2019-08-02 Academic Writing Conference in Public Administration /
2019-04-04 Are Public Sector Managers a "Bureaucratic Burden"? - The Case of English Public Hospitals Ian Kirkpatrick (University of Warwick)
2018-11-01 Matching Policy Tools and Their Targets: Beyond Nudges and Utility Maximization in Policy Design Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser University)
* Behavioural and Policy Sciences Seminar Series (with support from Mr Chan Hon Pun)