[Call For Papers] First Edition of the International Conference on Regulation and Governance of Public Action

Public policies seek to transform problematic situations through operational measures, requiring the involvement of diverse actors, the mobilization of resources, and the intervention of coordinating bodies, often accompanied by clashes of knowledge and conflicts of interest. Since the 1970s, public administration has become more complex with decentralization, globalization and the rise of multinational companies and NGOs, making public action multi-level and multi-actor. This has led to the delegation of certain functions to civil society and the private sector, showing that rationality does not govern all decisions, which generates tensions and controversies, with regulatory systems in crisis and yielding to the demands of global governance.

Objectives of the event:

The conference aims to demonstrate, through case studies, that public policies must confront social complexity. It seeks to share reflections on the regulation and governance of public actions. The conference will bring together experts from various countries to present their research on the transformations of public action and propose practical solutions.

Conference themes:

• Aspects of social complexity and their impact on public policies;
• Management of social complexity;
• Actors and approaches to regulating public action;
• New modes of public governance;
• Risk and crisis management;
• New challenges in foresight studies.

The analysis of Moroccan and international political and socioeconomic current events will serve as a backdrop for the discussions and reflections animating this conference. In this regard, the scientific committee encourages researchers to propose papers that include case studies drawn from empirical reality, notably on:

• The metamorphoses of global geopolitics; 
• The new socio-economic challenges of post-Covid public policies; 
• The ecological dimensions of the public policy crisis; 
• Fake news and the rise of uncertainties 
• Water stress; 
• The reconstruction of the Haouz region.

Submission conditions for paper proposals

- Paper proposals, belonging to various scientific disciplines such as public management, political science, sociology and economics may address theoretical or empirical aspects                       
- Paper proposals must fall within one or more of the conference’s suggested themes.                       
- Papers may be submitted in French, in Arabic or in English.                       
- Abstracts of papers (between 600 and 800 words) must be sent in Word format only, no later than July 15, 2024 to the following email addresses:

colloquergpp@mapp.ma and s.kasmi@ueuromed.org

Important dates:

Contacts:

For any information related to this conference please contact us at the following address:            
colloquergpp@mapp.ma and s.kasmi@ueuromed.org           
or reach us by phone: +212 603003309/ +212 623-108116.