"Good Administration: From better regulation to good governance"
Good governance is the fundamental prerequisite for the functioning of a state. The rule of law, progress and social cohesion, as well as public services and, consequently, public acceptance, stand or fall on the quality of the actions taken by public authorities. Nevertheless, many questions regarding the functioning of public authorities and the effects of their actions remain unanswered in research to date, a situation attributable not least to a lack of empirical research.
The collaborative Research Training Group has therefore set itself the aim, firstly, of empirically examining the individual components of good administration, and secondly, of investigating the reasons behind good administrative practice and the ways in which it can be influenced. The range of factors to be examined in the individual doctoral theses encompasses the regulatory framework, the power of individual groups, leadership and culture within the administration, the staffing and technical resources of a public authority, interaction with citizens and businesses, and the resources available to administrative staff.
This results in a broad interdisciplinary field ranging from jurisprudence through the economic and social sciences to sociology and psychology. This interdisciplinary nature is also reflected in the training and supervision provided. Through a variety of formats, all research fellows gain insight into the methods and theories of the other disciplines and, finally, have the opportunity to apply the results of their research within a public administration as part of a research project.
The Research Training Group is funded for five years, from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2027, by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts.
You can find the official website of the doctoral programme here.
