Resources

Key associations and conferences

• IRSPM Annual Conference — the International Research Society for Public Management's flagship conference, held every year. The 2027 edition is in Trondheim, Norway, 28–30 April.
• PSAAG Workshop / Conference — the Public Service Accounting and Accountability Group's annual event, alternating between a workshop and a full conference. The next workshop is in Milan, 17–18 November 2026, followed by the PSAAG Conference in Vienna, October 2027.
• Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) — hosted annually by the Public Management Research Association (PMRA) at a different international venue each year. The 2026 edition is in Washington DC, 4–6 June.
• EGPA Annual Conference — the European Group for Public Administration's yearly gathering of the European public administration research community.
• ENPA Annual Conference — the European Network for Public Administration's flagship gathering, an independent European learned society for public administration, public management and public policy scholarship. Its inaugural conference was held at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, 22–25 April 2026.
• LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition — the Local Government Association's flagship UK practitioner event, useful for connecting research with local government practice. The 2026 edition runs 7–9 July.
• UKAPA Annual Conference — the UK Association for Public Administration's annual conference on public administration, management and policy, hosted by a different UK university each year. The 2026 conference was held at Manchester Metropolitan University, 9–10 September.

Key journals

• Financial Accountability & Management (Wiley) — edited by PAM's own Director, Professor Ileana Steccolini
• Public Administration (Wiley)
• Public Administration Review (Wiley)
• Governance (Wiley)
• Public Management Review (Taylor & Francis) — the official journal of IRSPM

Useful resources

For PhD students and practitioner/researchers:

• Max Weber, Economy and Society — the foundational account of bureaucracy and rational-legal authority that still frames debates about public administration today.
• Christopher Hood, “A Public Management for All Seasons?”, Public Administration (1991) — a defining and widely cited critique of New Public Management.
• Christopher Pollitt & Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis (Oxford University Press) — the standard comparative reference on public sector reform.
• Mark Bovens, “Analysing and Assessing Accountability: A Conceptual Framework”, European Law Journal (2007) — a widely used framework for accountability research, directly relevant to PAM's own focus.