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Professor Marc Esteve

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Professor of Public Management (he/him)
Room: 1.04, 36-38 Gordon Square
Email: marc.esteve@ucl.ac.uk
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Biography

I am a Professor of Public Management at the UCL School of Public Policy. I co-direct the Global Executive MPA, jointly offered by New York University and UCL. I am also a visiting professor at ESADE Business School-Ramon Llull University, where I am the Director of the ESADE Center for Public Governance. I received my PhD in Management Sciences from ESADE Business School-Ramon Llull University in 2012, and prior to joining UCL I was a visiting research fellow at Cardiff Business School (2011), and a postdoc at the ESADE Center for Public Governance. I currently serve as Editor at Local Government Studies, and I am part of the editorial board of several international journals, such as Public Administration Review, the International Public Management Journal and the Journal of Behavioural Public Administration, among others.

Research

I am interested in how to improve the implementation of public services. More specifically, my scholarly contribution examines various aspects of collaboration, considering the individual, organisational and societal levels. Using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, my research addresses the reasons for individuals to engage in a collaboration, and how their managerial actions influence its performance. My work divides into three main themes that interrelate and feed into each other: 1 – motivation and prosocial attitudes, 2 – the management of inter-organisational collaborations, and 3 – methodological aspects of public administration research. My research has been published in scholarly journals, such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Public Administration, Public Management Review, the American Review of Public Administration, the International Public Management Journal, and PLOS One.

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Podcast: UCL Uncovering Politics

Hear Professor Esteve speak about his research on the following podcast episodes
S7 Ep2 | How to Run Public Administration
S10 Ep10 | Improving Public Services

Publications

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Teaching

I teach the Policy Implementation, Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, and Strategy and Organisational Change modules. I also supervise PhD students in public management, leadership, motivation, artificial intelligence, and interorganisational collaborations.