Public Policy and Management
Summer School (MSc) 2024
Get insights into a diverse set of public sector-related topics and the necessary analytical skills to take your study to the next level.
Key Facts
- Date: September 2 – 6, 2024 (on site)
- Venue: ZHAW School of Management and Law, Building MB (Haus Tista Murk), Turbinenstrasse 2, 8400 Winterthur (Canton Zurich). More info.
- Registration deadline: July 31, 2024
- Patricipation is limited, early registration is recommended.
- Language: English
- Credits: effort of 6 ECTS
- Fee: CHF 650.00
- Kick-off meeting: Online on August 6, 2024, 14.00 h CEST (2 p.m.)
Contents
You will learn how to apply the most recent AI-assisted techniques to review, organize and synthesize literature and identify gaps in order to prepare you to successfully design seminar papers and your thesis.
The one-week course combines lectures with workshop sessions, where participants can work on their own projects. At the end of the course, students will be able to use the latest tools to systematically review the state of the art in a specific area.
The event will bring together internationally renowned scholars to discuss with participants innovative topics at the intersection of public policy and public management. This includes:
- Innovative approaches to public policy such as the Narrative Policy Framework and street-level bureaucracy
- Tackling complex societal challenges in public health, water governance or social policy
- Managing the public sector within organizations (e.g., change management) and across (e.g., intergovernmental relations)
- Boundary spanning topics such as the transnational influence of public managers or digital transformation
Speaker
Dr. Jörn Ege Senior Lecturer and Project Manager for local and regional governance at ZHAW School of Management and Law in Winterthur Profile
Prof. Dr. Bert George Professor of Public Management at the Department of Public and International Affairs of the City University of Hong Kong Profile
Dr. Johanna Künzler Research Associate at the Chair of Comparative Public Administration and Policy Analysis, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer Profile
Dr. Eva Lieberherr Leader of the research group of Natural Resource Policy at the ETH Zürich Profile
Prof. Dr. Céline Mavrot Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lausanne Profile
Prof. Dr. Oliver Neumann Assistant Professor at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) at the University of Lausanne Profile
Dr. Peter Sinelli Senior Lecturer and Project Manager for Public Management and Public Financial Management at the ZHAW School of Management and Law in Winterthur Profile
Prof. Dr. Reto Steiner Professor of Public Management and Dean at the ZHAW School of Management and Law in Winterthur Profile
Prof. Dr. Eva Thomann Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz Profile
Requirements
- Open for all public management-interested MSc- and PhD students and young professionals.
Documents required for the application
- CV in English incl. level of English language and last university degree
- Portrait photo
- Short motivational description (max. 250 words)
Contact
For further content-related information please contact Dr. Jörn Ege, Module Coordinator
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Public Networks and Service Delivery
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
For technical and administrative questions please contact Isabel Volkart-Steinmann
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Department Public Sector
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur