14May 2026
08:23 - By Carmen Navarro
Researchers from across Europe and beyond (LocGov Research Network) gathered at La Cristalera (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) from 7–10 May 2026 for the Seminar on Local Government Surveys, an intensive working meeting focused on the development of the Mayors III survey and the Professionalization and Politicization Project (PPP)
14May 2026
08:15 - By Carmen Navarro
14May 2026
08:12 - By Carmen Navarro
14May 2026
08:09 - By Carmen Navarro
We are pleased to announce the publication of Citizen Participation in Local Governance: An Urban-Rural Perspective, edited by Karl Kössler and Erika Schläppi. The volume provides a comparative and multidisciplinary analysis of citizen participation in local governance, bringing together contributions from scholars involved in the Horizon 2020 LoGov project across six continents. The book addresses key themes such as participatory planning, participatory budgeting, digital participation, and citizen involvement in large-scale projects, while paying special attention to the urban–rural dimension of governance challenges. It also incorporates under-researched case studies from beyond Europe, offering a genuinely global perspective on local democracy and participation in the 21st century. The book is available in open access through https://link.springer.com/
14May 2026
08:03 - By Carmen Navarro
We are pleased to announce the publication of Local Government Structure and Intergovernmental Relations, edited by Karl Kössler and Eva Maria Belser. The volume offers a rich comparative and global perspective on contemporary challenges in local governance, with contributions emerging from the Horizon 2020 LoGov project involving scholars from six continents. The book addresses key themes such as metropolitan governance, intergovernmental relations, municipal mergers, inter-municipal cooperation, and the representation of local interests from an urban–rural perspective. It also includes several under-researched cases beyond Europe, contributing to a broader comparative understanding of local government transformations worldwide. The book is available in open access through https://link.springer.com/
23Jul 2025
11:10 - By Carmen Navarro
22Jul 2025
05:30 - By Carmen Navarro
RC05 held its Business Meeting during the IPSA World Congress in Seoul on July 15th, 2025. We are pleased to share the Minutes of the Meeting, which include a summary of activities from the past two years and outline the RC05 Work Plan for 2025–2027. You can read the full document [here].
03Jul 2025
05:05 - By Carmen Navarro
The Research Committee on Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics (RC05) will be well represented at the IPSA World Congress in Seoul (12–16 July 2025), with 10 panels covering a wide range of topics, including climate resilience, intergovernmental coordination, citizen engagement, and local democracy.
The panels reflect the active participation and growing interest of a broad academic community working on local government. We invite all congress participants to join our sessions and connect with colleagues from around the world.
Please find the whole schedule for the panels in the attached document
http://rc05.ipsa.org/public/RC05_Comparative_Studies_on_Local_Government_and_Politics.pdf
25Mar 2025
04:33 - By Carmen Navarro
The Local Autonomy Index (LAI) is a multi-dimensional tool for conceptualizing and measuring local autonomy, first developed in 2015. The initial volume, published in 2019, focused on constructing the index and applying it to European countries, exploring patterns, causes, and consequences of local autonomy. This second volume introduces the LAI 2.0—an enhanced and expanded version covering countries across six continents. It offers a comparative analysis of local autonomy dynamics over a 30-year period (1990–2020). We hope this work becomes a key reference in the academic and policy debates on territorial organization, decentralization, public administration, local governance, and intergovernmental relations.
Link: https://www.elgaronline.com/monobook-oa/book/9781035337958/9781035337958.xml
12Mar 2025
12:29 - By Carmen Navarro
There is a new book available Hellmut Wollmann titled "Local Government and Governance in Germany Challenges, Responses and Perspectives". More information of the book here: https://www.google.es/books/edition/Local_Government_and_Governance_in_Germa/j3olEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Also, there is a new edition of the classic book of our colleague "Introduction to Comparative Public Administration" coauthored by Sabine Kuhlmann, Hellmut Wollmann and Renate Reiter
25Sep 2024
10:20 - By Carmen Navarro
https://congresoxii.gigapp.org/ipsa-rc05-seminar The initiative was held successfully and received papers from Italy, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, Germany and Spain.
12Jul 2024
05:27 - By Carmen Navarro
PhD students Jaedson Gomes and Exequiel Rodriguez have succesfully participated in the EUROLOC Summer School on Local Government and Politics, funded by the IPSA Research Committee 05.
07May 2024
11:38 - By Carmen Navarro
Announcement of the Chair with the resolution of the travel grants for the Summer School of Local Government and Politics attached in the pdf below
http://rc05.ipsa.org/public/Decision_on_travel_grants.pdf
14Apr 2024
17:40 - By Carmen Navarro
The period to request the travel grants to participate in the Summer School of Local Government and Politics (Barcelona, July 2 ND to 5 th) is now open. The deadline is the 5 th of May. More information in the attached document below.
http://rc05.ipsa.org/public/Call_for_applications_Travel_Grants.pdf
19Jun 2023
09:26 - By Carmen Navarro
Below, you'll find an overview of the panels on Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics for the upcoming IPSA conference in Buenos Aires.
04Oct 2022
08:11 - By Carmen Navarro - News
Below, you'll find the program of our most recent event. Thanks to those who participated!
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IPSA Seminar – RC05, RC10, RC22 & AECPA
Smart Cities and Open Government: Local responses to participation, public information, and democracy
September 23rd. 2022
Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM- Spain)
Panel 01. Smart Cities September 23rd. 10:00 - 11:50 hrs. (Madrid) Super Aula (NT 115).
Chair: Prof. Norbert Kersting University Muenster. (Germany)
Panel 02. Open Government
Date; September 23rd. 12:00 - 13:50 hrs. (Madrid) Super Aula (NT 115). Chair: Prof. José A. Hernández-Bonivento Organization: Universidad Austral de Chile. (Chile)
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14Jun 2021
06:29 - By Carmen Navarro - News
RC 5 Business Meeting is on Tuesday 13.7. at 15:30 (UTC) (17:30 German summer time)
Use the zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84573466490?pwd=NS9kNElmcjVOUHZZQXhzeXZWU0xndz09.
The RC5 business meeting is open for all interested colleagues (no IPSA conference registration required!)
Please find here the updated list of all Panles held by the RC05 at the IPSA 2021. You can also access more details by clicking on the Panel name. We are looking forward to interesting and entertaining discussions with all of you.
17Oct 2019
03:40 - By Norbert Kersting - Events
IPSA's 26th World Congress of Political Science in Lisbon (Portugal) July 24-28 2020 is coming closer.
The deadline for panel and papers is extended to October 24. 2019!!
Up till now we have 10 open panels, which cover most relevant topics. If you have not yet registered, use the chance to join one of these panels. In case we receive too many papers givers in a panel (max is 6) we will split the group and open another panel:
Preliminary list of open panels:
And closed panels:
17Oct 2019
03:39 - By Norbert Kersting - Events
RC5 organized together with RC 32 the International Conference “Public administration in a democratic society. Thirty years of democratic transition in Europe”, which took place in Dubrovnik on October 3.-5. 2019.
More than 50 colleagues presented papers at parallel sessions. Others took part at the Round table discussions. The conference was perfectly organized by Prof Ivan Kopric and his team. This important theme, which showed an evaluation of the transitional process, 30 years after the winds of Change in 1989, focused furthermore on research questions such as: What are the key public administration concepts that promote and preserve democratic values in public governance in transition countries? How did different types of relations between public administration and politics determine transition outcomes? How did people, political actors, and scientists assess and evaluate the results of public governance transition? What were the goals of the transition and did or can transition end?
In the Award Ceremony Professor Emeritus Hellmut Wollmann (Humboldt University) received a – RC5 Recognition of Merit – for his important role in RC5 and his numerous academic contributions.
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