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List of Panels 2026

List of Panels 2026

Please find below the list of all 36 tracks available for abstract submission.

The first 14 tracks are recurring panels, organized by our Special Interest Groups (SIG)
The Open track is avilable for research paper abstract submissions related to public management which are not thematically tied to any other SIG or panel track.
The last 21 tracks are panels proposed by scholars for this specific conference.
Panel P05 is the New Research panel, this is a special panel dedicated to new (early careere) searchers.

Check the description of individual panels before submitting your proposal.

Panel code	Panel Title
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
P01	P01 SIG Agile and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector
P02	P02 SIG Healthcare Management
P03	P03 SIG Strategizing and Entrepreneurship for the Common Good
P04	P04 SIG Accounting & accountability
P05	P05 SIG New Researchers
P06	P06 SIG Public Service Motivation
P07	P07 SIG Public Sector Human Resources
P08	P08 SIG Local Governance
P09	P09 SIG Civil society and Community Self-Organizations
P10	P10 SIG Complexity and Network Governance
P11	P11 SIG Behavioural & Experimental Public Management
P12	P12 SIG Practice Panel
P13	P13 SIG Governing & Managing Hybridity
P14	P14 SIG Ethics, Anti-corruption and Integrity Management in the Public Sector
P15	P15 General / Open Track
Theme 1: Digital Futures and AI in Public Management
P16	P16 Emotions in Public Management: Advancing Sentiments in Digital Governance
P17	P17 For Better or Worse? Human-Tech Complementarity in the Public Sector
Theme 2: Wellbeing, Workforce, and Leadership
P18	P18 Cultivating the Mandarins of Tomorrow: Public Sector Human Capital Issues in the Asia Pacific Region
P19	P19 Trauma-informed public administration and adaptive leadership: theory and practice
P20	P20 Strengthening Wellbeing, Resilience and Innovation in the Emergency Services: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities in a VUCA world
P21	P21 Female Leadership in Public Bureaucracies: Barriers, Trajectories, and Transformative potential
P22	P22 Bridging Global Public Service Leadership: Innovation, Equity, and the Future of Public Affairs Education
Theme 3: Governance, Reform and Integrity
P23	P23 Managing Across Boundaries: Innovative Approaches to Government Contracting and Public Procurement
P24	P24 Rethinking international public management: institutions, actors and administrative innovation across borders
P25	P25 Varieties of Bad Public Policy & Practice
P26	P26 Reform for What and for Whom? From Efficiency/Effectiveness to Adaptability, Innovation and Well-Being
P27	P27 Evidence-informed decision-making: theories, methods and innovative practices
Theme 4: Innovation, Co-Production, and Participation
P28	P28 The Governance of Universities and the Innovation Agenda: Navigating Performance, Public Value, and Entrepreneurial Futures
P29	P29 A bright or dark future for public service co-production? Reflecting on existing challenges and identifying promising solutions
P30	P30 Innovating Relational Public Management: Exploring and Understanding Boundaries, Wellbeing and Innovation as relational phenomena
P31	P31 Sport as enabler of the citizens’ and the communities’ wellbeing
Theme 5: Public Finance, Infrastructure, and Crisis Response
P32	P32 Social Equity in the Budgeting Process
P33	P33 Beyond Regulatory Burden: Managing Standards Overload for Sustainable Public Administration
P34	P34 Governing Through Crisis: Adaptive Public Management in Contexts of Conflict, Instability, and Extreme Events
P35	P35 Managing the complexities of local government - CEO, mayor and councillor relationships
P36	P36 Public Management and Policy: Towards Critical Infrastructure Assets