GPPN Activities

Current and On-going Activities

Teaching

A dual Master degree programme in a subject related to public administration is offered by each of the four GPPN partners. Selected students have the opportunity to spend one year studying a Master degree at their ‘home’ institution and one year studying a corresponding Master degree at one other GPPN institution in New York, London, Paris or Singapore. At the end of the two years, students receive the corresponding Master degrees from each of the two institutions.
The dual degree programme offers a unique opportunity for students to take advantage of the complementary curricula offered by the four institutions. All Master programmes include a capstone course, which is project work done in student teams for organisations in the ‘home’ country. All programmes include a summer internship for their students either as a requirement or as an option. Admission requirements relate to the institution where students apply and intend to spend their first year.
 

Details of the corresponding Master degree programmes can be found by clicking on the partner institution links below:
Columbia University’s Master in Public Administration.
LSE’s Master in Public Administration
Sciences Po, Paris’ Master of Public Affairs
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Master in Public Policy

Research

Latest: Tuesday 30 June 2009 was the deadline for the 2009 Call for Proposals under the GPPN Collaborative Research Grants Programme. This aims to promote collaborative research projects of the highest quality, with a specific focus on policy making and governance in the context of globalisation. Please click here for further information on the programme's objectives and guidelines for applications.

Congratulations to the two research teams who have been awarded $30,000 each under the 2008/09 GPPN Research Grant Programme, which supports collaborative research focusing on policy-making and governance in the context of globalization.

1) Dr Robert Falkner (London School of Economics and Political Science, International Relations Department) and Prof. Darryl S.L. Jarvis (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore) will lead a research team carrying out a comparative study of the emerging field of nanotechnology oversight in Asia and Europe. The team will examine the impact that economic globalisation and technological diffusion have on regulatory policies in key Asian and European countries; consider the need for concerted policy responses to nanotechnology risks; and explore the potential for regulatory coordination between European and Asian countries in this area. Additional funding for the project is provided by LKYSPP.

2) Dr Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University, School of Social Work), Dr Martin Evans (Oxford University, Department of Social Policy and Social Work), and Dr Qin Gao (Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service) will evaluate the social benefit systems in post-socialist China and Vietnam and examine their effects on income inequality from a comparative perspective. The ultimate aim is to improve the social benefit systems across a broad range of different countries.

Executive Training

The 4th Executive Public Policy Training Programme for senior Chinese civil servants was held in Beijing from 1 June – 31 July 2009. It was taught and supervised by academics from Peking University, Columbia University, LSE and Sciences Po.  The 2009 EPPTP brochure (PDF document) can be accessed by clicking here.

Past Activities

Research

Following a Call for Projects under the 2008 GPPN China Grant Programme two research teams have been awarded $30,000 each:

1) Xiaobo Lu (Columbia University), Qi Ye (Tsinghua University): “Local Relations and Environmental Regulations: A comparative Study of China, France and the US”.
2) Mark Thatcher (LSE), M.Storper (Sciences Po), Tianbiao ZHU (School of Government, PKU): “Public governance of markets: European and Asian experiences”.  This project resulted in a collaborative research conference hosted at PKU from 22-26 October 2008.  A select number of PhD students from LSE, Sciences Po and PKU presented their papers and discussed the development of public policy together with academics from the three institutions including Prof Mark Thatcher from LSE.

The GPPN China Grant Programme invited research proposals on policy-making and governance in the context of globalisation but with a Chinese perspective. The Call for Projects was open to GPPN member schools in collaboration with any university in China. The GPPN was looking for joint initiatives that could lead to integrated research, and the Call emphasised the value of projects involving young researchers and graduate students, the prospects of a common publication and/or the long term viability of the collaboration.

Executive Training

The 3rd Executive Public Policy Training (EPPT) programme took place from 2 June - 1 August 2008 in Beijing. Although the programme was specifically designed for senior Chinese government officials, the 2008 programme also included government officials from Singapore as part of a gradual internationalisation of the trainees. For further details, please see the 2008 EPPTP brochure (link to PDF document).

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