Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the IIAS Congress 2018 (https://www.iias-congress2018.org) that will take place from 25-29 June 2018 in Tunis, where a panel on “Financial Resilience of Governmental, Quasi-governmental and Hybrid Entities” is organized.

The Panel Chairs are Carmela Barbera, Céline Du Boys, Sanja Korac, Iris Saliterer and Ileana Steccolini.

For the full Call for Papers click here: https://www.iias-congress2018.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/23_Barberaetal._FinancialResilience.pdf

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January.

Following this year’s congress theme of Administrative Resilience – i.e. the ability of governance systems to cope with external pressures, sustain, avoid collapse, and preserve actions to achieve policy outcomes – this panel looks more specifically into the financial resilience of governmental (quasi-governmental, and hybrid) entities, particularly addressing:

1. Financial Resilience in governmental entities (local governments, states, regions, central level, agencies)
2. Financial resilience of hybrid organizations (intersection between public organizations, nonprofits and businesses)
3. The role of actors in building and cultivating financial resilience in public administration
4. Tools that assist administrative decision-makers in building and cultivating financial resilience in their organizations
5. External audit and monitoring of local governments: a need for comprehending financial resilience
6. Financial resilience as a dynamic concept

Contributions applying a variety of research strategies, theories, and methods are invited, as long as they effectively address the issues at hand.

The Congress will be held from 25-29 June 2018 at the marvelous venue of the National School of Administration in Tunis, Tunisia. All information on the 2018 IIAS Congress is available at https://www.iias-congress2018.org

Please make sure you submit your abstract on-line via the conference website https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/254/submission by 31 January 2018.

Panel Chairs
Carmela Barbera, University of Bergamo, IT – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Céline Du Boys, Aix-Marseille Univerité, FR – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sanja Korac, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, AT – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Iris Saliterer, University of Freiburg, GER – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ileana Steccolini, Newcastle University London, UK – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.