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ERAN VIGODA-GADOT is Professor of Public Administration and Management at the Division of Public Administration and Policy, School of Political Science, The University of Haifa, Israel. He is the former Dean of the Herta and Paul Amir Faculty of Social Sciences (2016-2020), former Head of the School of Political Science (2008-2013), and founding head of the Division of Public Administration & Policy (2003-2008), now ranked 41st worldwide according to the Shanghai Global Ranking. He is the founder of the Center for Public Management and Policy (CPMP) and the founder of the Public Organizations and Public Policy Interdisciplinary behavioral Lab (POP-I Lab). Vigoda-Gadot is the author and coauthor of more than 250 articles, book chapters, and other academic publications, 18 books and symposiums as well as many other scholarly presentations and working papers. His studies were funded by the Israeli Science Foundation, the European Community Programs (FP5-Horizon), and the German-Israeli Foundation, to name only few. His interest fields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in Public Administration; Public Management; Citizens' Role in Governance; Public Sector Reforms and Performance; Trust in Governance; Performance in Times of Emergency and Crises; Emotions and Digital Governance; Intelligent Governance; Organizational Politics and Political Behavior; Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB); Democracy & Bureaucracy; Engagement in Public Service; Collaboration and Innovation in Public Administration; Statistics & Methodology in the Social Sciences. Received his Ph.D. from the University of Haifa (1998) and spent time as a visiting professor in different universities including Britain, Ireland, Canada (McGill) and the USA (Harvard Kennedy School, the University of Georgia, and the McCormak School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts). Professor Vigoda-Gadot was recently included in a global study by Stanford University (Ioannidis, 2024; also previously published in Plos Biology, 2019-23*), at the top 2% of scientists worldwide, ranked 75 out of more than 16000 in political science and public administration (Download full list).
Professor of Public Administration and Management, Political Science and Governance: Division of Public Administration & Policy, School of Political Science, University of Haifa, IL
Founder, Center for Public Management and Policy (CPMP) at the School of Political Science, University of Haifa (2004).
Founder, Idit Program for Excellent Doctoral Students in Social Sciences (Since 2017)
Founder, The POP-I-Lab - The Public Organizations and public Policy Interdisciplinary behavioral Laboratory, for studying innovativeness in public administration, management, and Policy (2020 under establishment).
Former Head of the Division of Public Administration & Policy (2003-2008); Head of the School of Political Science (2008-2013); Dean of the Paul & Herta Amir Faculty of Social Sciences (2016-2020).
Academic Supervisor: International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, National Research University, (2023)
With major expertise in Public Administration, Public Management, and Organizational Behavior Vigoda-Gadot is the author and co-author of more than 250 publications, articles, and book chapters, of which 17 books and symposiums as well as many other scholarly presentations and working papers. Received his Ph.D. from the University of Haifa (1998) and spent time as a visiting professor in Britain (Chevening Scholarship), Ireland (National University-Cork - Department of Government), Canada (McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management), the USA (University of Georgia- Department of Public Administration & Policy, Harvard Kennedy School - Ash Center for Democratic Governance & Innovation, University of Massachusetts, Boston - McCormack Center for Public Management), Belgium (KU Leuven -Public Governance Institute). Brazil - (FGV Sao Paulo)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in Public Administration; Public Management; Citizens' Role in Governance; Public Sector Reforms and Performance; Trust in Governance; Performance in Times of Emergency and Crises; Emotions and Digital Governance; Intelligent Governance; Organizational Politics and Political Behavior; Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB); Democracy & Bureaucracy; Engagement in Public Service; Collaboration and Innovation in Public Administration; Statistics & Methodology in the Social Sciences
The Center for Public Management and Policy (CPMP) was established in 2004 in order to discuss questions related with the proper management of public agencies, governmental ministries and public organizations as well as quasi-governmental organizations. We aim at better understanding various mechanisms and processes related with the performance of the Israeli public sector and public sectors around the globe. We hope to contribute to the development of new managerial tools, innovative ideas about policy making, as well as good administrative solutions to public concerns. We encourage studies about public management and public policy in modern democracies, better knowledge about state auditing and local government administration, and understanding public employees attitudes, behaviors and services to the community. The center collaborates with national institutions to advance initiatives related with modern reforms and renewal of the Israeli public sector by participation in advisory boards, think tanks, and suggestion of new policy programs.
The Public Organizations and public Policy (POP) Interdisciplinary behavioral Lab (under establishment) is a scientific and educative laboratory designed to accumulate behavioral and managerial knowledge about innovative public organizations, ambitious public policies and state of the art management data related with national resources and government decisions. We form this lab to produce better understanding of the services and policies for citizens in modern nations. It focuses on advanced experimental processes and the study of behaviors among policy makers, civic servants, public sector employees, and citizens receiving services in government settings and in the public system in Israel and around the world. Its goal is to apply advanced experimental approaches for examining the factors behind different behaviors and policies in the public domain, the development of trust and relationships between citizens and public institutions, and the evaluation of the performance of these institutions and organizations. The chief purpose of the Laboratory’s work is to improve our understanding of management tools in a democracy, to improve the performances of the governmental bureaucracy, and to understand mechanisms for strengthening the cognitive, perceptional, and behavioral affinity between different players in the field of public policy.