RC48 - Administrative Culture

RC48 Administrative Culture – Key insights from Buenos Aires to Lisbon

From IPSA’s World Congress in 2023 to IPSA’s 75th Anniversary Conference 2024 in Lisbon, RC48 is present again, this time with a new Board. The newly elected Board comprise scholars, policy professionals, political scientists from all over the world, ranging from India to Trinidad and Tobago, to Russia, to the Netherlands. With this diversity of perspectives, the new Board is proud to continue to work on generating key insights related to administrative culture.

From IPSA’s World Congress in 2012 to IPSAs 75th Anniversary Conference 2024 in Lisbon, RC48 has been very a vibrant Panel. From Prof. R.D. Sharma, the first Chairman to Prof. Rosamund Thomas and Prof. Jeremy Lewis, RC48: Administrative Culture has an interesting record. As the Chair of the new Board, I do hope we will maintain the high benchmarks of the previous Boards. I would appreciate and encourage active participation from all the Members of RC48. - RC48 Chair Dr. Ashok Basu

TRANSFORMATION – DEMOCRATISATION – AUTOCRATISATION

The first efforts of the newly elected Board are manifested in the presentation of two closed panels during the upcoming conference in Lisbon. The first panel is concerned with digital transformation, AI governance, transformational leadership, social rating systems and Big Data, Digital literacy, e-Districts, and seek to underscore the concerns that need to be addressed to maximise the positive impact of digital transformation in respect of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Less than 30 years after Fukuyama and others declared liberal democracy’s eternal dominance, a third wave of autocratisation is manifest. The second panel is concerned with the third wave of autocratisation and its impact on democracy, discussing topics related to democratic backsliding and democratic degeneration

INSIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR’S WORLD CONGRESS

During the World Congress at Buenos Aires in 2023, we had panellists from Ecuador, Russia, France and South Africa in the Panel on “Administrative Transformation Reform in Developing Societies” covering a range of issues from Educational Reform, Digital Ecosystems, Whistle Blowing Culture to Gender Quotas. The Panel on “Administrative Reforms & Administrative Culture in Developing Countries” had panellists from Brazil, Japan, Argentina and Peru who presented their findings on Labour Rights, the Rise of an Efficient Bureaucracy, Gender Parity and Inclusive Participation. The Panels stood out both in terms of diversity of nationalities as well as the range of issues covered.

I look forward to such diversity and a variety of scholarly viewpoints in the two RC 48 Panels at Lisbon - RC48 Vice Chair Dr. Saraswathi Unni.

With this news item, we hope to have sparked your interest, and welcome you to visit our panels in Lisbon – RC48 Vice Chair MSc. Kinga Feenstra.

Open call for new members:s

Are you interested in becoming a member of RC48 Administrative Culture? Please send an email to RC48 Chair Dr. Ashok Basu drarbasu@gmail.com – with Vice Chairs Dr. Saraswathi Unni and MSc. Kinga Feenstra in CC, saraunni228@gmail.com and kingafeenstra@gmail.com

All members of Reserach Committee 48 are as below: