Public Administration
About this Research Theme
Public administration research dives into the institution of governments: how they work, under what conditions they are successful, and what results they yield. Subfields in this area include public management, leadership, finance, intergovernmental relations, staffing and human resources, accountability, performance and ethics.
Faculty
Adegboyega Ojo
- Professor, Canada Research Chair in Governance and Artificial Intelligence — digital Government; artificial intelligence governance; data-intensive public sector innovation; policy analytics
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Amanda Clarke
- Associate Professor — public administration, digital government, data governance, civic technology
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Jerald Sabin
- Associate Professor – Canadian public administration, comparative federalism, territories, administrative history, politics in Northern Canada, indigenous-settler intergovernmental relations.
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Mehmet Akif Demircioglu
- Associate Professor – public sector innovation and entrepreneurship, good governance, effective leadership, public management, comparative and international public administration, organization theory, organizational behavior
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Robert Shepherd
- Professor, Graduate Supervisor (Public Policy and Program Evaluation) — Canadian public management; comparative public management; audit and federal program evaluation; performance measurement and management; First Nations governance; ethics and accountability in government
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Recent Publications
AI Audit Objects, Credentialing, and the Race-to-the-Bottom: Three AI Auditing Challenges and A Path Forward
A major issue that remains to be figured out for AI governance is how potential third-party audits will be performed and overseen. This piece, written …
Nathan Grasse: Gender pay gap for executives of US charities
SPPA Associate Professor Nathan Grasse has co-authored a new study focusing on the gender pay gap affecting two types of female executives in US charities: …
Anna Kopec: Lived Expertise in Homelessness Policy and Governance
Lived Expertise in Homelessness Policy and Governance In this new article, SPPA Assistant Professor Anna Kopec and co-author Alison Smith (University of Toronto) bring together …