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Introduction
There is a body of knowledge about crisis management in public administration as well as some research outputs analysing changes in public organization expected or implemented due to crises. But the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the recent migration and military crises not only dynamized public administration research but also brought up new opportunities for comparative insights and for validation or revision of existing theories.
In collecting contributions on the topic, focussing on widely similar crises, we expect that the special issue will contribute to further developing the field of public administration crisis research especially in a comparative way. The aim of the special issue is to gather theoretically-based empirical research analysing changes and stability in public administrations during crises. Contributions may focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, recent migration crises or military conflicts all over the world.
They are expected to address some of the following questions:
1) Have changes or even transformations have been made in public administration due to crises? Where (in what organizational elements/aspects) and why?
2) How have these changes or transformations stabilized or destabilized public administration?
3) What mid- and long-term consequences of these changes/transformations can be identified (perpetuation, fall back, institutional erosion, bouncing forward etc.)?
4) What is the sustainability/longevity of changes and what determines the sustainability/longevity of changes made due to crises?
5) How to deal with the quest for (individual, collective, organizational, and or system) resilience?
List of topic areas
- Crises-induced organizational changes and their longevity;
- Crises and learning in public administration organizations;
- Crises and digital transformation of public administration;
- Impacts of crises on public administration reforms;
- Crises and post-crises collaboration with stakeholders.
Submissions information
Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Author guidelines must be strictly followed.
Authors should select (from the drop-down menu) the special issue title at the appropriate step in the submission process, i.e. in response to “Please select the issue you are submitting to”. Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.
Key deadlines
Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 01/01/2024
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31/05/2024
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