Measuring trust in the police

In this report for the Dutch government, Linde Stals and I investigate how public trust in the police is measured … More

Politicians’ preferences in public procurement

New paper in Local Government Studies, with Amandine Lerusse as lead author, on local politicians ’ preferences for price and … More

Strategic management during cutbacks in the penitentiary sector

In this new paper in Financial Accountability and Management, Eduard Schmidt and I analyse how public managers interact with external … More

Private managers in the public sector

Does bringing in managers with private sector experience into the public sector undermine core public values? No. Read more in … More

Carrots and sticks

New paper with Zejin Liu in Voluntas on government steering of nonprofits and government-nonprofit relations, using policy instrument choice theory, … More

Christopher Pollitt Award

Our paper on ‘New Public Management reforms in Europe and their effects: findings from a 20-country top executive survey‘ with … More

Trust in public administration in 173 European regions

In this new article in the Journal of Economic Policy Reform we study whether citizens´ trust in public administration is … More

Input legitimacy and public participation

Public officials can be reluctant to use citizens’ input in decision‐making, especially when turnout is low and participants are unrepresentative … More

The effects of NPM reforms

In this new article in IRAS, Gerhard Hammerschmid (Hertie), Rhys Andrews (Cardiff), Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa (Leeds), and I look at … More

Why do public managers use management tools?

In this new paper in PAR – “Institutions or Contingencies? A Cross‐Country Analysis of Management Tool Use by Public Sector … More