Conferences | Alasdair S. Roberts

Jan 10

5th and 6th global conferences on transparency research

The 5^th Global Conference on Transparency Research: University of Limerick, Ireland, June 19 to June 21, 2017

The 6^th Global Conference on Transparency Research, The Schools of Administration and Law at the FGV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Late June 2018

The Standing Executive Committee of the Global Conference on Transparency Research—consisting of: A.J. (Albert) Meijer (Utrecht University), Suzanne Piotrowski (Rutgers University), Alasdair Roberts (University of Missouri), Jean-Patrick Villeneuve (University of Lugano)—is very pleased to announce the 5^th and 6th Global Conferences on Transparency Research at the University of Limerick, Ireland (June 2017) and The Schools of Administration and Law at the FGV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 2018) respectively. Read more

Feb 5

Launch of book on politics of fiscal squeeze

I participated in a roundtable conversation this afternoon at the British Academy to launch When The Party’s Over: The Politics of Fiscal Squeeze edited by Christopher Hood, David Heald and Rozana Himaz. I have contributed a chapter on the politics of the US depression in the 1840s.

Dec 4

Meeting of Administrative Conference of United States

I’ll be attending the plenary session of the Administrative Conference of the United States in Washington on December 4-5, as one of ACUS’ public members. Details about the 61st plenary session.

May 17

Presentation at IPSA conference in Montreal in July

I will be presenting my Large Forces paper at the IPSA conference in Montreal on July 22. Details on the session. This is one of the sessions organized by IPSA’s Structure and Organization of Government Committee, which is also the academic sponsor of Governance.

Jan 13

“Large Forces” to be presented at ASPA conference in March

I’ll be discussing my Large Forces paper at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration in Washington on Friday, March 14. The panel is “The evolving relationship between political science and public administration.” Program details here. The paper can be obtained here.

Feb 25

British Academy conference on the politics of fiscal squeeze

I’ll be participating in this conference on the politics of fiscal squeeze at the British Academy on July 9-10. It is convened by Professors Christopher Hood and David Heald.

Dec 19

Globalization workshop at Hebrew University conference

Back row: Matthew Wood, Daria Gritsenko, Shana Starobin, Ole Andreas Danielsen, Hedva Eyal, David Levi-Faur, Alasdair Roberts Front row: Hanan Haber, Josué Mathieu, Ronit Justo Hannani

Last week I attended the Seventh Graduate Student Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. With Professor David Levi-Faur, I chaired the conference workshop on globalization and the changing architecture of government. There were six great papers by Matthew Wood (University of Sheffield), Daria Gritsenko (University of Turku), Josué Mathieu (Université libre de Bruxelles), Shana Starobin (Duke University), Hanan Haber (Hebrew University) and Ole Andreas Danielson (University of Bergen).

Nov 18

GRIP/SPEA conference in Speyer

I’m looking forward to participating in the GRIP/SPEA conference on “Converging and Conflicting Trends in the Public Administration of the US, Europe, and Germany” in Speyer next July 19-20. More conference details are here.

Oct 28

Graduate student conference at Hebrew University

I’ll be participating in the Seventh Graduate Student Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem on December 14-16. Details here.

Director, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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