Call for papers

The Organizing Committee of the conference welcomes proposals from graduate, post-graduate and PhD students from Russia as well as from other countries.

Papers and panels should fall within, but are not necessarily limited to, the following areas:

1. Theories and Practice of Modern Governance
2. Tools for Governance
3. Core Capacities of Public Sector Leaders
4. Finance and Participatory Public Budgeting
5. Performance management and program evaluation
6. Applied aspects of sector development: health and education
7. Transparency and Open Information
8. Outsourcing Public Service
9. Public Sector Organizational Reform
10. The Role of Non-profits in New Governance
11. Values and Competence of Civil Servants and Public Managers
12. Urban Studies and Planning
13. Regional and Local Economic Policies and Development

Languages

The official languages of the conference are Russian and English. While papers could either be in English or in Russian, presentations should be made in English.

Abstracts should be written in English or in Russian and include author’s name, institutional affiliation, contact information, and a 200-word summary of the planned paper. Send abstract via email to: vkaissarova@hse.ru, Valentina Kaisarova, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia.charge, but conference participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.