Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann
University of Potsdam
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Chair for Political Science, Public Administration and Organization
August-Bebel-Str. 89
House 7
D-14482 Potsdam
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)331-977-3509 (Secretary)
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Sabine Kuhlmann has held the Chair of Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam since 2013. Previously, she was Professor of Comparative Public Administration at the University of Speyer (2009-2013). She is Vice-President for Western Europe of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and Vice-Chair of the National Regulatory Control Council, which advises the German government on Better Regulation issues. Her research interests include comparative public administration and local government, administrative reform, Better Regulation, digitalization of the public sector, and crisis management. Since 2019, Sabine Kuhlmann is Hedda Andersson Chair and Visiting Professor at Lund University in Sweden. She also serves as Deputy Editor of the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS) and Editorial Board Member of the Public Administration Review (PAR) and has published in Public Administration, Public Management Review, Local Government Studies, Public Money & Management, IRAS, PAR, dms, and PVS, among others. Recent publications include: “Public Administration in Germany” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, edited with Proeller, Schimanke, Ziekow; free Open Access: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030536961); “Testing the Crisis: Opportunity Management and Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic Compared” (International Review of Administrative Sciences. Special Issue. 2021; edited with Bouckaert, Galli, Reiter, Van Hecke; free Open Access: https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-ras/ras-1-testing/ras); “Introduction to Comparative Public Administration: Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe”. 2019 (Edward Elgar, with Wollmann); „The Future of Local Self-Government”. 2021 (Palgrave Macmillan; edited with Bergström, Fanzke, Wayenberg; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1).

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