Geogovernance is a central element in the application for the Excellence Initiative. > read more
Sep 2010: At the "Schiffbauergasse"-festival science is presented to be touched > read more
29.10.2010: PCPM Climate Breakfast with Prof. Bierbaum > read more
Apr 2010: Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Federal Foreign Office.
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Professor Dr. Werner Jann
University of Potsdam
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
August-Bebel-Straße 89
Buildung 2, Room 206
D-14482 Potsdam
Website: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/ls-verwaltung/mitarbeiter/jann.html
E-Mail: jann@uni-potsdam.de
Phone: +49 331 977 3241
Fax: +49 331 977 3302
Research Interests
Government and Governance; Public Sector Organization and Modernization; Better Regulation; Institutional and Administrative Polices
Academic Training
| 1970 – 1976 | Political Science, Economics and Mathematics, FU Berlin and University of Edinburgh, Degree (“Diplom”) in Political Science | |
| 1976 – 1982 | PhD in Political Science and Public Administration (Dr.rer.publ.), Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer | |
| 1977 – 1984 | Habilitation in Political Science and Public Administration, Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer |
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Professional Experience
| 1993 – current | Chair for Political Science, Administration and Organization, UP |
| 1989 – 1993 |
Civil Servant, Leiter “Denkfabrik”, Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel |
| 1985 – 1989 | Assistant Professor, Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer |
| 1983 – 1984 |
Congressional Fellow, US-Congress, Washington D.C. |
| 1984 – 1985 | Research Fellow (DFG), University of California, Berkeley |
| 1976 – 1983 |
Research Assistant, Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer |
Cooperation with other institutions / Consultancy in National and International Committees
| 2005 – current | Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesakademie für Öffentliche Verwaltung | |
| 2007 – current |
Vice-President, International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Brussels | |
| 2001 – 2004 | President, European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Brussels | |
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board: Public Administration; International Public Management Journal; Scandinavian Political Studies; Evidence and Policy / Co-Editor: der moderne staat; Neue Staatswissenschaften
Professional Service (University)
| 1995 - 1997 | Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, UP | |
| 2005 - current | Director, Potsdam Center for Policy and Management (PCPM) | |
| 2007 - current | Member of Senate, U | |
Other Professional Service Activities (national and international)
Member Kommission "Moderne Dienstleistungen am Arbeitsmarkt" (Hartz Kommission)
Consultant for OECD, EU, GTZ
Honors, Awards, Nominations and Special Appointments
Award of the German Bundestag for "Wissenschaftlichen und publizistischen Nachwuchs“ (1990); Member "Committee of Experts on Public Administration" (CEPA), N.Y. (2002- 2009)
Selected Invited Lectures (last 12 months)
The Challenge of Multi-Level (and Multi-Actor) Governance, Young Leader's Training
for Thai Officials, Potsdam, July 20, 2010; Politische und administrative Führung beim
Übergang von Management zu Governance, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, March 26, 2010; Problems of Joined Up Government. Horizontal Coordination and Whole of Government Initiatives, ASEAN - GTZ Meetings, Jakarta, December 13, 2009; How to Manage the Unmanageable? GTZ Conference, Berlin, November 30, 2009; Politische Reformen steuern. Von Government zu Governance, GTZ Summerschool, Berlin, September 14, 2009.
Selected peer-reviewed publications
- Bach, T., Jann, W., 2010. Animals in the administrative zoo: organizational change and agency autonomy in Germany. International Review of Administrative Sciences, accepted.
- Jann, W., 2009. Praktische Fragen und theoretische Antworten: 50 Jahre Policy-Analyse und Verwaltungsforschung. 50 Jahre PVS, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 50, 3, pp. 476 – 505.
- Jann, W., Seyfried, M., 2009. Does Executive Governance Matter? Executives and Policy Performance. Sustainable Governance Indicators 2009 – Policy Performance and Executive Capacity in the OECD, Gütersloh, pp. 145-186.
- Jann, W., 2008. Regieren als Governance Problem: Bedeutung und Möglichkeiten institutioneller Steuerung. In: Regieren zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts; Jann & König (Hrsg.), Tübingen, pp. 1 – 28.
- Jann, W., Wegrich, K., 2008. Wie bürokratisch ist Deutschland? Und warum? Generalisten und Spezialisten im Entbürokratisierungsspiel. Der Moderne Staat (dms), 1:1, pp. 49 – 72.
- Jann, W., 2007. Public Administration Under Pressure – the Search for New Forms of Public Governance. In: Bertucci, Guido/Rosenbaum, Allan (eds): Implementing the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Responses for Public Administration. Contribution of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration, United Nations, New York, pp. 16 – 28.
- Jann, W., Laegreid, P., Verhoest, K., 2007. Symposion on Coordination of Public Sector Organizations in the Era of Marketization and Joined-up Government. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 73:3, pp. 323 – 324.
- Jann, W., Wegrich, K., 2006. Theories of the Policy Cycle, Fischer, Frank/Miller, Gerald/Sidney, Mara (eds.): Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods, Boca Raton, CRS-Press, pp. 43-62.
- Jann, W., 2005. Governance als Reformstrategie – Vom Wandel und der Bedeutung verwaltungspolitischer Leitbilder. Schuppert, Gunnar Folke (Hrsg.): Governance-Forschung. Vergewisserung über Stand und Entwicklungslinien. Baden-Baden, pp. 21-43.
- Jann, W. 2003. State, Administration and Governance in Germany - Competing Traditions and Dominant Narratives. Public Administration, 81, 1, pp. 95-118.
