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Administrative burden tolerance
Using a survey experiment amongst local politicians in Flanders (Belgium), Aske Halling (Aarhus University) and I show that policymakers indeed…
New book: Futures for the public sector
The book offers thought-provoking analysis of how illiberalism, major crises and digital transformation are changing our politico-administrative systems. What does…
An eye tracking study on performance rankings
Rankings are used throughout the public sector to present performance information. What is the effect on information processing? New paper…
The governance of digital democracy
The INNOVADE project will look at how local governments set up a governance framework to organise digital democracy.
Municipal transitions of power
In this new project with prof. Lotta (FGV), we will look at how street-level bureaucrats experience municipal transitions of power…
Legitimacy of reforms
In the new Horizon RADAR project, we will study the democratic anchorage of public management reforms with a team of…
Online user reviews for public services
For 1032 Dutch public organisations, we checked whether and how they are reviewed online on Google Review and Facebook. We…
Buying local in public procurement
In this new paper in Public Administration Review, “Buying from Local Providers: The Role of Governance Preferences in Assessing Performance…
Measuring trust in the police
In this report for the Dutch government, Linde Stals and I investigate how public trust in the police is measured…
Politicians’ preferences in public procurement
New paper in Local Government Studies, with Amandine Lerusse as lead author, on local politicians ’ preferences for price and…
Steven Van de Walle 