Rutgers SPAA Co-Hosts TAD15: 2019 Transatlantic Dialogue

The School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark, along with the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, at Baruch College, City University of New York, hosted and organized the 2019 Transatlantic Dialogue (TAD15) held October 20-22, 2019 in New York, NY. The conference, which was also sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), had a theme of "Restoring the Administrative State: Trust, Engagement, Security, and Identity."

TAD15 brought together a diverse group of scholars from the many different public administration disciplines to explore the commonalities and differences between the two sides of the Atlantic. Participants shared their latest research and discussed the challenges confronting governance and society in Europe and North America.

The conference was organized into five workshops: Government Performance, Citizen Engagement, Public Communication, Digital and Physical Security, and Demographic Change with 15 concurrent panel sessions. There were also two plenary sessions – “Reflections on the Administrative State” and “Restoring the Administrative State: Transatlantic Perspectives on Bureaucracies, Markets, and Identities.”

Rutgers SPAA faculty and alumni who organized the conference included:

• Gregg G. Van Ryzin – Professor
  Workshop Co-Chair: Government Performance
• Patria de Lancer Julnes – PhD’97
  Workshop Co-Chair: Government Performance

Rutgers SPAA faculty, students, and alumni who presented included:

SPAA Faculty

• Suzanne J. Piotrowski – Associate Professor
  Workshop 2: Citizen Engagement, Session A
  The Power of Partnership? Multi-Stakeholder Governance Reform and the Open Government Partnership
• Norma Riccucci – Board of Governors Distinguished Professor
  Workshop 2: Citizen Engagement, Session D
  Creating Public Values through Cross-Sector Collaboration: A Case of Business Improvement Districts in New Jersey
• Marilyn Rubin – Distinguished Research Fellow
  Workshop 5: Demographic Change, Session C
  Racial Inequities in Brazil
• Gregg G. Van Ryzin – Professor
  Workshop 1: Government Performance, Session D
  Evidence of an Output Bias in the Judgment of Government Performance

SPAA Students

• Wendy Nicholson – PhD Student
  Workshop 5: Demographic Change, Session C
  Racial Inequities in Brazil
• Kayla Schwoerer – PhD Student
  Workshop 3: Public Communication, Session A
  Tweeting for Transparency: Individuals Use of Social Media to Discuss Freedom of Information Policies

SPAA Alumni

• Alex Ingrams – PhD’17
  Workshop 2: Citizen Engagement, Session A
  The Power of Partnership? Multi-Stakeholder Governance Reform and the Open Government Partnership
• Diana Negron – MPA’19
  Workshop 1: Government Performance, Session C
  Across the Pond: Comparative Analysis of Lead Pipes and Government Intervention Between EU and Newark
• Srinivas Yerramsetti – PhD’19
  Workshop 1: Government Performance, Session C
  Analyzing Administrative Burden in Digitalized Welfare: A Policy Instruments Perspective
• Jung Ah (Claire) Yun – PhD’18
  Workshop 2: Citizen Engagement, Session D
  Creating Public Values through Cross-Sector Collaboration: A Case of Business Improvement Districts in New Jersey