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Prof. Kattel gave a seminar in Rio
Professor Rainer Kattel, Director of the Department of Public Administration and Visiting Professor at the National Institute for Science and Technology in Public Policies, Strategies and Development (INCT-PPED) recently returned from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where gave a seminar entitled „Public Management, Policy Capacity and Innovation“.
The 3-part seminar had the following themes: „Seminar I. Defining policy capacity, policy cycle and public management analytical toolbox“, „Seminar II. Public sector reform and its impact on economic and innovation policy: from Weberian bureaucracy to Neo-Weberian State“ and „Lecture III. Using the public management toolbox to analyze policy capacity and innovation: Examples of evolution of policy capacity in Eastern Europe, East Asia and Latin America.“
During his stay at INCT-PPED, Professor Kattel also gave a special lecture on the Baltic states’ economies during the crisis of 2008-2010.
INCT-PPED belongs to the PPED Program (Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) at IESC (State University of Rio de Janeiro) and participates as a member of MINDS Board. MINDS (Multidisciplinary Institute for Development and Strategies) is a network focusing on historical analysis, economic sociology, institutional, evolutionary and Post-Keynesian economics. DPA’s Professor Jan A. Kregel serves as its president and Professor Kattel is a board member.
