DIGITALITY – HAPPINESS – CAPACITY: Analysing the three public sector leaders
Join us at UCL IIPP for a talk by Wolfgang Drechsler, IIPP Honorary Professor, on 'Digitality – Happiness – Capacity: Analysing the three public sector leaders Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore'.
DIGITALITY – HAPPINESS – CAPACITY: Analysing the three public sector leaders
02 Feb 2023, 12:00 – 13:00
This event is open to IIPP’s students only
Join us at UCL IIPP (11 Montague Street, lower-ground-floor seminar room) on Thursday 2nd February 2023 at 12:00 – 13:00 (GMT) for a sit-down talk with Wolfgang Drechsler, IIPP Honorary Professor, on ‘Digitality – Happiness – Capacity: Analysing the three public sector leaders Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore’.
The three small countries of Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore – of which the latter is by far the largest – have captured both public and specialist attention as models, indeed as number ones, for dealing with three of the main challenges of our time: Digitalization, Happiness orientation, and public sector capacity. Apparent successes in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic have intensified this status. But is that image justified in all cases, only in some, or perhaps even not in all? Given the tendency of other countries and international organizations to benchmark themselves against them, an honest look at their actual achievements, and the context, seems vital for policy and administration globally. Wolfgang Drechsler has worked in all three countries, conducted in-depth interviews with key actors, and published about them both from an academic and a professional perspective.
The talk is being organised as an enrichment event as part of an IIPP MPA module led by Prof Rainer Kattel, but we are opening attendance to students from across UCL’s MPA courses, and we hope that some of you can attend. Students who would like to be notified of other events in the future can sign up by emailing IIPPComms@ucl.ac.uk.
- Presenter: Wolfgang Drechsler, IIPP Honorary Professor
- Convenor: Prof Rainer Kattel, IIPP Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance
This event will take place in person at IIPP 11 montague street, wc1b 5bp | lower ground floor seminar room
Wolfgang Drechsler is Honorary Professor at the UCL Institute for Innovation for Public Purpose (IIPP), and Principal Investigator of the Islamic Public Value project at IIPP, funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
Wolfgang is Professor of Governance at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology, as well as an Associate at Harvard University.
Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Rainer Kattel is Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). He has studied at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and the University of Marburg, Germany, in philosophy, political philosophy, classics and public administration.
He led Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance for 10 years, building it into one of the leading innovation and governance schools in the region.