PUPOL Network

Professor Karin Lasthuizen is one of the co-founders of the global Public and Political Leadership (PUPOL) Network.

About PUPOL

International Academic Network Public and Political Leadership (PUPOL)

The Public and Political Leadership (PUPOL) network was founded in 2012, initially in the Netherlands and from 2015 as an international network. Since its inception PUPOL has grown into a vibrant network of over 75 scholars interested in and working on leadership in Public Administration, Public Management, Organization Studies and Political Science.

PUPOL was founded by Karin Lasthuizen, and Sabina Stiller and was supported by the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG) as a research colloquium. In time they were joined by Sandra Resodihardjo and Leonie Heres, and together this pioneering group developed PUPOL into an international network – with a Board of Directors and a Board of Executives.

Vision

We envision PUPOL as an academic network where researchers investigating public and political leadership come together. Easy access, connectedness to the network, and impact of our research are thus key in this regard:

  • Easy access to other academics and their knowledge – mainly through the mailing list, newsletters and the website – as well as an easy-going conference atmosphere will help academics to reach out to other researchers and form collaborations.
  • Connectedness is not only about these collaborations, but also about feeling connected to the network as a whole: seeing meetings and conferences as the place to be, to connect to other leadership researchers and feeling a sense of community.
  • Impact of the research not only includes sharing research with other scholars but also to other audiences, especially practitioners, policy makers, leaders and managers, and media

In the coming years, the PUPOL network is looking to increase its activities even further, for instance by working towards special issues around specific PUPOL themes and expanding the network to include a wider range of international scholars – but growing naturally and bottom up, with feeling a sense of community.

Want to stay updated on upcoming conferences, interesting research projects, papers, and vacancies related to public and political leadership? Or do you have interesting news to share with or questions to pose to other members of the PUPOL network?

PUPOL Early Career Network

"Connecting the Leadership Scholars of Tomorrow."

About PUPOL Early Career Network (PUPOL ECN)

The Public and Political Leadership (PUPOL) Early Career Network (ECN) was founded in 2020 at the virtual PUPOL Conference 2020 to connect young scholars interested in public and political leadership as a sub-network of PUPOL: International Academic Network Public and Political Leadership.

Mission

PUPOL ECN connects early career scholars worldwide engaged with public and political leadership that addresses complex societal challenges.

The international network contributes to the development of early scholars on themes such as how to do research, how to develop research skills, how to develop comparative research internationally, how to relate research to policy, how to move forward in academia and how to build a professional international network in the domain of public and political leadership.

PUPOL ECN organizes regular meetings, workshops, and seminars. Social media groups as well as mailing lists are the starting point to stay in touch.

Vision

We envision PUPOL ECN as an international academic network among early career scholars with the following three main goals:

  • Inspiration. PUPOL ECN offers a community that allows early career scholars to broaden their academic horizon, discover career opportunities and get in touch with remarkable scholars from across the globe.
  • Collaboration. PUPOL ECN has the goal to facilitate transnational academic partnerships, to offer a community for networking and exchange of experiences and to create an open-minded, innovative and empowering community spirit.
  • Impact. PUPOL ECN aims to create and share excellent academic research on public and political leadership and to work closely together with PUPOL to contribute to their general mission.

Join Us

PUPOL ECN is always open to new members and looks forward to meeting you. Why join us?

  • Meet other early career scholars;
  • Develop yourself: find inspiration, collaborate, make an impact;
  • Being a PUPOL ECN member is free of charge

Please reach out to us at: m.d.akerboom@fgga.leidenuniv.nl

An overview from Dr Alessandro Sancino

In the video below, Dr Alessandro Sancino talks about PUPOL conferences.