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2016 Midwest Public Affairs Conference | CFP Deadline - March 15th

  • 1.  2016 Midwest Public Affairs Conference | CFP Deadline - March 15th

    Posted 02-08-2016 01:11
    2016 Midwest Public Affairs Conference
    Integrating Public Policy Analysis and Management Research

    Hosted by the John Glenn College of Public Affairs
    The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH
    June 2-4, 2016
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    To perform efficiently and effectively, governments at all levels are being asked to collaborate closely across agencies, other levels of government, and with the business and nonprofit sectors. Given this, it is important that research analyzing public policy also integrates the managerial challenges inherent with the policy process. MPAC 2016 will explore how public policy analysis can be better integrated with management research. Can such an integrated investigation better help our understanding of government collaboration?

    Our leadership encourages proposals that contemplate these questions, but need not address the conference theme. Opportunities include paper presentations, roundtables, workshops, posters and panels; we encourage participation from academics, practitioners and students. Our reviewers will accept proposals that entail research in progress, though they should have enough content to facilitate participant discussion. Relevant papers may be asked to submit to a symposium by the conference's affiliated publication, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs (http://jpna.org) More details on this and other opportunities are available from the organization's website, midwestpac.com. Please send questions to MPAC President, Stephen Kleinschmit, Ph.D. (stephen.kleinschmit@wmich.edu)

    Abstracts should be submitted to mpacproposals@gmail.com by March 15, 2016.
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    In addition to our regular sessions, this year's program will include workshops and panels on the following topics:
    * Civic Engagement & Volunteerism
    * Social Innovation
    * Service Learning
    * Military and Veteran Policy Issues
    * Education Governance
    * Doctoral Student Roundtable
    * Central Ohio ASPA Roundtable
    * Principles of Evaluation Workshop
    * Nonprofit Collaboration
    * Local Government & Governance Symposium 
    * Poster Session (oriented towards students and practitioners, please email abstract)

    We have a limited number of student fee waivers available. These are competitively awarded to those presenting research and selected from submitted abstracts. Also, look for our featured article in the upcoming (Winter) edition of the PA Times!

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    The Midwest Public Affairs Conference is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formally affiliated with the American Society for Public Administration