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DIGITALITY – HAPPINESS – CAPACITY: Analysing the three public sector leaders
02 February 2023, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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'.
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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
About the Speakers
Wolfgang Drechsler
Honorary Professor at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
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’s Davis Center. In October 2022, he was also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Value at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Public Policy.
Wolfgang previously taught at the Universities of Marburg, Giessen, Frankfurt/Main, and Tartu (Chair of Public Administration); as André Molitor Chair (professeur invité) at the Université catholique de Louvain; as Visiting Professor at the Universities of Lund and of Erfurt, at the Central University of Finance and Economics Beijing, at the University of Malaya, at Zhejiang and at Gadjah Mada Universities, at NIDA Bangkok, at the Lee Kuan Yew School, National University of Singapore. In 2019, he was an ANZSOG Visiting Scholar, and in 2022, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Value at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Public Policy. He is Chairperson of the Board of the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA).
More about Wolfgang DrechslerProf Rainer Kattel
Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
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.
Professor Kattel has also served on various public policy commissions, including the Estonian Research Council and European Science Foundation. He has worked as an expert for the OECD, UNDP and the European Commission, and served as a member of E-Estonia Council advising the Prime Minister of Estonia. Currently, he leads the Estonian Government’s Gender Equality Council.
He has published extensively on innovation policy, its governance and specific management issues. In 2013, he received Estonia's National Science Award for his work on innovation policy.
More about Prof Rainer Kattel