Research projects

At the Institute for Public Governance and Management (IGDP) we conduct research and generate knowledge. Our research is divided into two main groups: research derived from competitive projects backed by a knowledge-promoting institution and research exclusively designed and intended for active professionals in any productive sector.

1)   AGAUR Recognition for the Research Group in Leadership and Innovation in Public Management (GLIGP)

The group, recognised as an emerging research group between 2005 and 2009 by the Agency for Administration of University and Research Grants (AGAUR), focuses on knowledge surrounding leadership and innovation in governance.

In 2009, it became a consolidated research group recognised by the Generalitat de Catalunya until 2013.

The GLIGP’s research focuses on the following key lines:
 

• The exercise of leadership in public organisations: On the one hand, this deals with concepts and leadership styles and their manifestations in the public environment and, secondly, public management models based on results.

• Governance models for policy implementation and the provision of public services: On the one hand, this deals with developing relational patterns and network management regarding the preparation, design and implementation of public decisions and, secondly, it focuses on public-private partnerships.

2)  National R&D&i projects 

MICINN 2009: Public-private partnerships and organisational change. Duration: 3 years.

MEC 2006: Systems of public-private partnership in public services provision: Management and empirical evidence analysis. Duration: 3 years.

IMSERSO 2006: Duration: 1 year.

Project COMPOSITE (Comparative Police Studies in the European Union)
7th European Framework Programme 2010-2014
4 years
10,532,000 euros

Research project focused on the processes of change in police forces across Europe. Some of these change projects achieve their goals, but some fail or face serious problems. COMPOSITE attempts to ascertain which factors contribute to the success or failure of these change processes based on the study of organisational structures, identities and cultures, as well as leadership styles and processes.

COMPOSITE consists of 15 partners from ten European countries. It co-operates with the police forces in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and the UK.

More information about COMPOSITE

Project ALICE-RAP (Addictions and Lifestyles In Contemporary Europe - Reframing Addictions Project)
7th European Framework Programme 2011-2015
4 years
10,000,000 euros

ALICE RAP (Addictions and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe – Reframing Addictions Project) is the first major European study on addictions and its impact on wealth, health and stealth. The objective of this project, which will run for five years and cost 10 million euros co-financed by the European Union, is to stimulate public and comprehensive dialogue and discuss current and alternative approaches in relation to addictions.


To achieve this objective, ninety of the best European researchers in twenty-five countries will investigate, document and analyse the actors, policies and benefits that have shaped attitudes and current governance in relation to addictions, including drugs and gambling. It will analyse the business of addiction through studies into the revenues, profits and participants of legal and illegal trade, and the impact of providers on substance use and behaviours, as well as analysis of networks of influence as respect to policy responses.

Latest news about Research Project:

May 2011: The IGDP in the ALICE-RAP macro research project

 

Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya (EAPC) financial aid to public management

The Escola d’Administració Pública de Catalunya (EAPC) awards grants for carrying out research on public management, public law, administrative organisation, public-sector economics and public services.

• Aid to public management (2011-2012). Managing interoperability in E-government  in the Catalan Public Administrations.
• Aid to public management (2009-2010). Collaborative network portfolio management. This research project seeks to look into how a network portfolio approach can help improve network management.
• Aid to public management (2007-2008). Professional public management in Catalan administrations. Study on current conditions and challenges for its institutionalisation and development.
• Aid to public management (2005-2006). Public management scenarios in the twenty-first century. The central purpose of this project is to provide public managers a chance to reflect on how to improve their skills and tackle the complexity of the scenarios in which they work.

5)  Other IGDP Research Area projects


2010 Research Training.
Financial assistance to recruit new research personnel.
Duration: 4 years.

BE Scolarships: PhD study abroad
Six-month period for an IGDP PhD student at Cardiff University.

The IGDP conducts research aimed at professionals in all productive sectors through specific lines of activity such as the Partners Programme and IGDP Strategic Consulting.

Partners Programme research lines include:

•       Relatos Partners     
   
•       Specific Cases
   
•       Directory of Partners