We welcome Laura Kollmann, who has joined our team recently. Laura Kollmann works on the topics of street-level bureaucracy, the public employment service and comparative welfare state research. You can find further information under the following link.

The new episode in the DVPW series `Political Science talk´ deals with the midterm-elections in the US. The video and further information can be found here and here: “#PoWi im Gespräch”

Klenk, Tanja: Digitalisierung im Bereich sozialer Dienstleistungen – eine Literaturstudie, Duisburg/Bremen: DIFIS, download unter: https://difis.org/f/0570c5be7a.pdf Extant literature has furthered our understanding of the digital transformation in social service provision and its intended and unintended consequences. Based on a sample of 193 articles, this systematic literature review explores the breadth and…

Cohen, Nissim, Klenk, Tanja, Davidovitz, Maayan, Cardaun, Sarah (2022): “Varieties of welfare markets from a street-level perspective: Comparing long-term care services in Germany and Israel”, Public Administration Review, DOI: 10.1111/puar.13549 How does the marketization of social service provision impact the practices of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) towards their clients? To explore…

The program of EGPA conference is out! You can download the program for the Permanent Study Group XX Welfare State Governance and Professionalism here. Check out what else is happening on the conference here: http://www.egpa-conference2022.org/

The new episode in the DVPW series `Political Science talk´ deals with the topic "Flight and Integration: Challenges for Public Administration". With a view to the current challenges and the experiences of 2015, four experts discuss various aspects of the distribution of tasks and the performance of tasks in the…