🎓 The PGI's kicks off the new year with two new doctors who successfully defended their PhD. Congratulations Arthur Meert who defended on February 14, and Gunther Vanden Eynde who defended on February 26! 🎉

📣 Doet European Parliament u soms duizelen én bent u binnenkort 🇪🇺 kandidaat (effectieven of opvolgers)? 💡 Volg onze Masterclass Europese verkiezingen 🗳️ ⏰ Vrijdagvoormiddag 26 april in Brussel 👉 Info & registratie via soc.kuleuven.be/io/opleidingen…

In mei organiseert het Instituut voor de Overheid de 15e editie van de opleiding diversiteitsmanagement. Het programma omvat een multidisciplinaire kijk op DEI en laat sprekers aan bod uit werkveld en wetenschap! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 Meer info via: soc.kuleuven.be/io/opleidingen…

Elien Diels, Silvia Fierascu, Stijn Oosterlynck and Annie Hondeghem explore how resource allocation impacts the robustness and resilience of networks for local integration policies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It is excited to participate in the IRSPM2024 conference of the Tampere edition . I am so honored that my paper is the winner of the IRSPM Osborne Best Paper Award. 🏆🥇Many thanks KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid Sociale Wetenschappen - Social Sciences KU Leuven KU Leuven.

PGI is goed vertegenwoordigd in de ISRPM2024 Tampere Editie. PGI is well represented in the ISRPM2024 Tampere Edition. Thank you our researchers' for your contributions, keep PGI shining in such scientific research gatherings.

Congratulations to Céline Van Migerode (Céline Van Migerode)! Her paper was awarded the best Post-Graduate Researcher prize and she also received the new GoFundGeo Award at the Geographical Information Science Research conference (GISRUK2024) in Leeds, UK. 🎉

Ontdek onze vernieuwde Master in het publiek management en beleid aan, voorheen bekend als de Master in het overheidsmanagement en -beleid! 👉 Website: kuleuven.be/opleidingen/ma… 👉 Online infomoment op donderdag 23 mei om 12u: forms.office.com/pages/response…

🤔 Hoe hebben Vlaamse politici gestemd in European Parliament? 🇪🇺 🔁 Terugblik én vooruitblik activiteiten + hun eigen evaluatie = rapport 2019-2024 📑 🚀 soc.kuleuven.be/io/onderzoek/v… 🤏

Gaat jouw masterproef over #binnenlandsbestuur of #lokaledemocratie en wil je andere onderzoekers hiermee inspireren? Neem dan deel aan de #scriptieprijs Binnenlands Bestuur Guido Decoster 2024!👉 ap.lc/yXgxw ⌛ Deadline: 27/09/2024

Thank you @Aalborg University in Denmark for hosting our Researchers at the Annual Meeting of the Co-creation & Co-production of Public Services Network! Professor Trui Steen , Dr. @Laurie Coenen, Juan Comesaña @Pablo Centeno, and @LéonAcar represented PGI and presented their research.

The PGI continues to make valuable contributions at the international level. Our scholars, only in were well-represented us at different international Public Administration and Policy conferences in Mexico, USA, and UK! We thank our researchers represented PGI on the global stage

Onvervalst hobbyproject: een online tool die toelaat om op basis van gegevens over de verwevenheid van lokale besturen en een brede waaier aan contextuele parameters mogelijke scenario's voor gemeentefusies in Vlaanderen te simuleren. Meer details via linkedin.com/posts/activity…

Koen Migchelbrink, Pieter Raymaekers, Valerie Pattyn and Peter De Smedt find limited support for motivated reasoning, and no evidence suggesting that political salience affects public officials’ accurate and unbiased interpretation of policy information tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A trend of the #EGPA2024 Conference is its growing internationalization. Here’s the #Japan panel, under close scrutiny of KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid’s Geert Bouckaert who led our academic network

A lot of colleagues representing PGI at @IIAS-EGPA2024, Athens edition Sep 03-06 2024. Thank you, Prof. dr Geert Bouckaert, Prof. dr. Marleen Brans Prof. dr. @JoepCrompvoets, dr. @EllenFobé, dr Arthur Meert, and PhD researchers @JuanPablo, Robin Cuypers, and @NilimaMausumi.

🎓 Two weeks ago, we proudly celebrated the proclamation of Sociale Wetenschappen - Social Sciences KU Leuven and this week, we welcomed our new Masters in publiek management en beleid, European Policies and Public Administration, and Public Sector Innovation & eGovernance. Best of luck to all!

Our researchers at the international research stage. GeertBouckaert was the lead jury member for the doctoral defense of @Leif Kårtvedt at the University of Oslo on 26 September. At the same time,@Trui Steen and Juan Comesaña presented their research on #LivingLabs @WestUniTimișoara