Albert Meijer
albertmeijer.bsky.social
Albert Meijer
@albertmeijer.bsky.social

Professor of Public Innovation, Utrecht University

Political science 45%
Business 16%
📣🆕Early View

Why can the #humanities be beneficial for the practice of #PublicAdministration (PA)❓

In this Forum article, dedicated to Fabienne Maron, Edoardo Ongaro, @albertmeijer.bsky.social & colleagues argue that the humanities can deepen our understanding of PA👇

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Reposted by Albert Meijer

Reposted by Albert Meijer

Faced with USA technological vendor dependency and the risks this entails, initiatives such as EU OS are beginning to emerge. This is a proof-of-concept operating system based on Fedora (GNU/Linux) for European civil service. @itgespub.bsky.social @albertmeijer.bsky.social

+ info: eu-os.gitlab.io
EU OS
Proof-of-Concept OS for the EU
eu-os.gitlab.io

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A bizarre decision by BBC; the documentary is indeed excellent:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
Gary Lineker among 500 media figures urging BBC to reinstate Gaza documentary
Exclusive: Film and TV stars among those writing to corporation after it pulled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone
www.theguardian.com

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When Innovation Causes Conflict: Ostrich, Chameleon, and Dolphin Strategies in the Public Sector

cityleadership.harvard.edu/resources/wh...

via @albertmeijer.bsky.social
When Innovation Causes Conflict: Ostrich, Chameleon, and Dolphin Strategies in the Public Sector - Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
cityleadership.harvard.edu

Algorithm Registers

- What are they?
- What drives them?
- Do they work?

OA-paper from our ALGOPOL-project by Esther Nieuwenhuizen based on extensive research in the Netherlands.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Algorithm Registers: A Box-Ticking Exercise or Meaningful Tool for Transparency? - Esther Nieuwenhuizen, 2025
Governments increasingly implement algorithm registers—openly accessible overviews of algorithms used in decision-making—to promote transparency and accountabil...
journals.sagepub.com

Same here! My favorite director. Loved Twin Peaks but also all his films (except for the straight story).

Explanations Increase Citizen Trust in Algorithmic Recommendations

- Survey experiments
- Interventions: procedural, rationale & combined
- Findings: any type increases trust

With E. Nieuwenhuizen, F. Bex & @stephangrim.bsky.social

Main points: video

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Explanations Increase Citizen Trust in Police Algorithmic Recommender Systems: Findings from Two Experimental Tests
Published in Public Performance & Management Review (Ahead of Print, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com

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📣 I want to share with you a very interesting article recently authored by Albert Meijer on how to design science on public administration research. Includes guidelines to create better situational and generic knowledge.

The article is open access. More info here: academic.oup.com/ppmg/advance...
Design science in public administration: producing both situational interventions and generic knowledge
Abstract. Design science is making a comeback in the discipline of public administration: inspired by the growing popularity of design thinking, various sc
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