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In this issue, we begin with introducing you to two noteworthy books. Each
is recognized within its respective field as being innovative and
progressive. The first of these is entitled, Studies in Digital Politics and
Governance - it examines the question of "How and why digital technologies matter for democracy". The
second is entitled, Socio-Physics: Applying the Natural Sciences to Criminal Justice and Penology (Revised/Blue-
cover Edition). It is the first and only book ever written that applies the natural sciences (biology and
physics) and their theories to the field of criminology in order to further our understanding of human
behavior.
We also introduce you to an exciting opportunity under the Call for Proposals section. The International
Institute of Administrative Sciences is seeking contributions to the Public Administration for Climate Action
conference that will be held in Brussels, June 17-19, 2020. In the Academic Opportunities section, you can
learn more about the Study UK Fair that is happening now as well as in 2020. You will become familiar
with UK universities/scholarship opportunities from the British Council. Entry is open and is free of cost!
We also have a volunteer opportunity for Section Editor of Philosophy for the journal Socrates. This is a
great opportunity for anyone wishing to further develop their editing and scholarship abilities. We would
like to hear from you if you are interested. Serving in this capacity also looks impressive on a resume.
And finally, we are very excited to announce a new section within our weekly newsletter. The section will
be called Recently Awarded Ph.D.’s. It will serve to announce the accomplishments of those who have
completed their doctorates. It also serves to introduce your colleagues to your dissertation research.
Warm regards,
Michelle
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FEATURED BOOKS
This book series examines how and why digital technologies matter for democracy – whether in
terms of coordinating social movements, elections, e-government, or digital inclusion. Relevant
topics include, but are not limited to, digital democracy, electronic voting, online participation
and civic engagement, and electronic campaigning. The series also covers studies on the impact
of information technologies on policy issues such as smart cities and the applications of
information technologies in a diverse range of areas, such as public health, education, and
cybersecurity.
Studies in Digital Politics and Governance (DPG) welcomes monographs and edited volumes from
a variety of disciplines and approaches, such as political science, public administration and
computational sciences, which are accessible to academics, decision-makers and practitioners
working at governmental and non-governmental institutions.
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FEATURED BOOKS
Using the natural sciences to examine social dynamics is not new. However, this is the first
sustained attempt to apply this approach to the fields of criminal justice and penology. The
authors intend their new theoretical/conceptual framework to promote innovative, creative and
critical thought. In this revised/expanded edition, particular attention is paid to the manner in
which each chapter builds then transitions to the next.
Updated data/statistics are used throughout. Two additional chapters have been included.
These chapters help solidify physical concepts and contribute substantially to the position that
social and natural systems are comparable. Chapter One - The Prison: An Institution in Crisis;
Chapter Two - A Living Organism; Chapter Three - Evolutionary Science; Chapter Four - Sub-
atomic Particles and Prisoners; Chapter Five - Thermodynamics and Newtonian Motion; Chapter
Six - Chaos Theory; Chapter Seven - Applying Humanized Physics to Penology; Chapter Eight -
Prison Specialization and Offender Amenability; Chapter Nine - Literary Equations and Chapter
Ten - Ich Bin Feuer und Flamme Dafur.
For more information/to place an order, please scan this code or visit:
https://www.amazon.com/Socio-Physics-Applying-Sciences-Criminal-
Penology/dp/1680530240/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=socio-physics&qid=1574527169&sr=8-1
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Introduction
Established in 1930 to develop public administration solutions to the contemporary policy
challenges, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) celebrates its 90th
anniversary during its 2020 Conference on June 17-19 in the capital of Europe – Brussels. The
IIAS 2020 Conference will approach the theme “Public Administration for Climate Action” through
the following streams of public governance research: 1) Collaborative Governance, 2) Evidence-
based Policy, 3) Innovation, and 4) Resilience Studies.
With this call-for-proposal, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences is inviting its
members and partners, and interested individuals and institutions, to take ownership of one of
the tracks proposed here or propose any other one deemed relevant to address this pressing
policy concern.
Climate Action
Climate change is an increasingly salient policy issue. First, there is emerging consensus that the
climate is changing and impacting the natural system. Ice fields are decreasing, opening new
maritime routes in the Arctic Ocean. Forest fires are on the rise, in the Amazon, but also in Africa,
Asia and Europe. Episodes of extreme weather are increasingly common. Second, society is
increasingly polarized on the issue. The school strike for climate movement and its claim for
resolute climate action is proving unexpectedly sustainable. It is opposed by other movements
skeptic of the scientific diagnosis of global warming and optimistic about its technical treatment.
This portrays an emerging political conflict between ways of life and their respective partisans.
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Third, Climate Action is gaining salience in political and economic realms as well: it is the first
priority raised by the President-elect of the European Commission, it features high on the
agenda of the World Economic Forum, while the United Nations linked its Climate Action
Summit 2019 to its flagship General Assembly.
Collaborative Governance
Climate change is the ideal-typical case of wicked issue: multi-faceted, uncertain and contested,
it resists treatment by specialized institutional jurisdictions, and requires “Collaborative
Governance” (Ansell and Gash 2008; Daviter 2017; Pollitt 2016). Collaborative governance has
been one major proposition of the field of public administration to address wicked issues. It
consists in “bringing multiple stakeholders together […] in common forums to engage in
collective decision-making” (Ansell and Gash 2008).
With Bouckaert (2015), we distinguish levels at which collaborative governance can occur:
Inside the public sector, coordination (Verhoest et al. 2004), joined-up government (Ling
2002), and whole-of-government (Christensen and Lægreid 2007) literature has tried to
devise ways to cut across organizational silo’s inside government. This literature remains
relevant for climate action, which requires policy integration between, i.e.: fiscal, urban, social,
economic and environmental aspects (Tosun and Lang 2017);
Interaction with the private and non-profit sector has also attracted a great deal of attention,
under labels such as network governance or management (Raab, Mannak, and Cambré 2015;
Ansell and Gash 2008). This rich literature has emphasized conditions under which the
reunion of stakeholders with various perspectives on wicked policy issues such as climate
change can create win-win solutions;
The literature on public-private partnerships focuses on schemes whereby public and private
organizations join their forces over the course of a public utilities project life cycle, sharing
risks and opportunities (Torchia, Calabrò, and Morner 2015). PPPs can be leveraged for
climate action projects, especially in high public debt and low interest rate contexts;
The involvement of citizens in the design and delivery of public policies has been the focus of
other streams of literature on co-production (Osborne, Radnor, and Strokosch 2016),
participation (Fung 2015), and social innovation (Voorberg, Bekkers, and Tummers 2015).
Evidence-based Policy
The evidence-based movement is an aspirational call for public policy processes to be more
scientifically rational. Grounded in the rejection of politics as zero-sum games between vested
interests It found the same echo in democracies and developmental states.
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Climate action strongly echoes this movement: it is concerned with forecasting future scenarios
on basis of non-fully accurate data, with setting quantified policy targets, measuring their
realization, providing incentives, the follow-up of their realization… At least three streams of
public administration research can be mobilized for climate action (Pollitt 2015):
“Big data” is generated by users of the Internet, being individuals or objects (“Internet of
Things”; IoT). With big data being assumed to be just “out there”, the challenge shifts to its
analysis on such a way as to inform policy processes (Dunleavy 2016; Lavertu 2016; Mergel,
Rethemeyer, and Isett 2016);
The very call for evidence-based policy is concerned with the prevalence of the public interest
over vested private ones. It echoes public regulation literature, called to complement self-
regulation by the private sector.
Most climate action, political pressure to engage in it and policy results currently occurs in
cities, pioneering in innovations labeled as smart cities (Meijer and Rodriguez Bolivar 2016),
or in the field of architecture, transport, ideas and ideologies. Local governance studies have
high potential relevance for climate action;
A significant share of innovation literature aims at seizing the opportunities offered by new
information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve public service delivery, hereby
merging with the established subfield of e-government or e-governance. ICT can automatize
existing administrative workflows, but also allows inventing new ways of achieving public
policy objectives;
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Resilience Studies
The concept of resilience originates refers to the capacity of systems to absorb shocks and
recover an equilibrium position, different (bounce forward) or not (bounce back) from the initial
one (Duit 2016). Resilience studies examine how governance systems react to crisis situations,
of natural or human origin.
Crisis Management aims at learning lessons from cases of natural disasters (Katrina
hurricane), human-made catastrophes (Fukushima powerplant), financial (Euro-crisis), political
(Arab spring and revolutions), military (war) or other crises. Many crises being expected to
flow from climate (in)action, this is another relevant field of research to be mobilized in the
current context;
Post-conflict (Brinkerhoff 2005) and recovery studies position themselves after the disturbing
eventand the destruction it occasioned. It focuses on the reconstruction of capacities, while
learning the lessons of the past.
If applicable, the name, website and logo of the institution endorsing the track;
A short (200 words) description of the research question the track wants to address and
justifying its relevance for climate action;
An indication of the kind of contribution expected, such as: papers, presentations, posters, …
The proposals will be evaluated by the Conference Rapporteur, the Chair of the IIAS Scientific
Committee, and the Scientific Team of IIAS. Chairs are notified of the decision on such a way as
to compile all proposals into a call-for-contributions and diffused online by New Year. Track
chairs are invited to mobilize their network.
Registration fees will remain due for Track Chairs and Presenters alike, who both enjoy
significant discounts, as do PhD students and early bird participants.
For more information and to view cited references, please visit the website:
https://mailchi.mp/iias-iisa.org/iias2020conference-call4proposals
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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Study UK Fair
2019-2020
Thousands of aspiring students in India look forward to attend a Study UK Fair every year.
Only approved education providers in the UK can participate in the British Council Fair; visitors
do not have to worry about the authenticity of the participating institutions.
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Fair Details
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EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES
The primary role of the Section editor will be the reconstruction of the journal section and the
publication of special issues under their editorship.
Interested scholars are requested to fill our join us form available on our journal's website at
https://www.socratesjournal.com/index.php/SOCRATES/joinourteam
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ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE SOCRATIC
INQUIRY
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new section
IT GIVES US IMMENSE PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE A
NEW SECTION IN OUR JOURNAL'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THE SOCRATIC INQUIRY.
We wish to include the information about the latest awarded PhDs in our weekly newsletter.
So if you have recently been awarded a PhD in the subjects English language and literature or
Philosophy or Public Policy/Public Administration/Political Science/Public
Management/Governance, share your information with us through the Newsletter content
submission portal available at the following weblink:
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