Dear fellow PNPers
I am the liaison between the Public and Nonprofit Division of the AOM and the Public Management Research Association (PMRA). In that role, it is my pleasure to pass on the call for proposals ffor the 9th PMRA Conference at the University of Arizona, Tucson, October 25-27, 2007. Details are below, and the deadline for submission is March 30th. For those of you not familiar with the PMRA, they have a shared interest with the PNP in examining theoretical and empirical aspects of the public sector, and publish the Journal of Public Administration and Research Theory. They meet every other year, and the quality of the panels tends to be quite high.
Don Moynihan
La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/facultystaff/moynihan-donald.html
Proposals for the 9th Research Conference of the Public Management Research Association are now being accepted. The conference will be hosted by the School of Public Administration and Policy in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.
Since its first meeting in 1991, this research conference has been the foremost gathering of leading public management scholars. It is the official biennial conference of the PMRA, an organization that emphasizes the linkages between the study of public institutions and their management and the study of public policy. The organization supports the development of empirical and normative inquiry, theory building and systematic testing of theory consistent with the canons of social science, using the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
In keeping with past conferences, preference will be given to proposals that feature empirical research. These proposals will be evaluated based on the significance and quality of the research question, research design, methods, data, and findings. However, proposals for papers that feature well-crafted conceptual and theoretical contributions without empirical tests also will be considered. Specifically, the committee welcomes non-empirical pieces that develop a theory or theoretical framework that provides insight into a compelling research question or subject of study in public management. Strong conceptual papers should identify foundational assumptions and key concepts, develop an internally consistent logic or model of causation, and result in specific propositions or testable hypotheses.
Proposals will be accepted for individual papers, or for complete panels (consisting of no more than four papers). Each paper submitted as part of a panel will be evaluated separately by the program committee, which may drop or add papers to the proposed panel.
All paper proposals should be no more than one page, single-spaced, and should include the following information:
(1) Author name, title, and institutional affiliation;
(2) Ph. D. granted (field, date, institution);
(3) Paper title; and
(4) Research question, relevant literature, research design and methods, data, and findings (if available).
A person may submit no more than three proposals (this count includes single-authored and co-authored papers).
Proposals should be submitted to ina. k.cook@gmail.com as either a PDF or Word attachment no later than Friday, March 30, 2007.
Notifications of proposal acceptance or denial will be sent by June 15, 2007. If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must register for the conference in order to participate.
Requests to be panel chairs also may be submitted to ina.
k.cook@gmail.com. Include information about your title, institutional affiliation, Ph. D. granted (date, field, and institution), and general research interests.
Any questions regarding the conference or proposal submission may be sent to either Carolyn Hill at carolyn. j.hill@gmail.com or Ina Katherine Cook at ina. k.cook@gmail.com.
We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Best regards,
The 2007 Research Conference Program Committee:
Trevor Brown, The Ohio State University Carolyn Hill, Georgetown University Keith Provan, University of Arizona Richard Walker, University of Hong Kong and Cardiff University Vicky Wilkins, University of Georgia