PhD in Public Administration

The University of Agder welcomes all candidates to the new PhD programme in Public Administration which started up in fall 2009.
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The focus in the PhD Programme in Public Administration is the boundary crossing processes in European public administration. Boundary crossing activities implies that public administration span different policy areas and levels of government (local, national and international levels), thereby creating new complex administrative orders that largely transcends existing administrative orders. The Public Administration PhD programme focuses on issues related to public policy and administration and aims at understanding the development and implication of composite administrative systems at different levels of government.

The coursework offered in this PhD Programme is empirically centred on two empirical laboratories used to analyse composite systems of public administration. These laboratories are:

  • International executive institutions,
    notably the EU institutions
  • Regional and local government and governance

These laboratories are reflected both in the core course and the specialisation courses of the PhD Programme. The focus of the Programme is thus two-folded. First a focus on the multiple governance dynamics embedded in singular administrative systems, such as the European Commission, and regional and local government. Second a focus on how the public administrations of international executive institutions and regional and local administrations are increasingly interlinked, intermeshed and intertwined.

Published by  <unni.henriksenSPAMFILTER@uia.no> 12/04/2010

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