Special Issue: Accounting for What Matters: Rethinking Public Sector Accounting for Social Sustainability and Equity

Public sector organizations are navigating economic instability, climate crises, inequities, and political pressures, often forced to balance financial sustainability with the equally vital goals of social sustainability and equity. This special issue invites research that rethinks public sector accounting and accountability not only as tools for fiscal management but also as frameworks that foster inclusion, fairness, resilience, and long-term public value.

The Center for the Advancement of Research and Excellence (CARE), powered by NIGP, invites faculty and doctoral students to submit proposals for original research that will drive innovation and deliver real-world solutions in public procurement. Through this annual Call for Research Proposals, CARE fosters collaboration between scholars and practitioners by funding studies that provide evidence-based insights, address urgent challenges, and inspire the next generation to choose procurement as a purposeful public service career.

Funding awards range from $2,500 to $10,000, with additional incentives for peer-reviewed or top-tier journal publications

Deadline: October 31, 2025

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We would like to invite scholars to participate in the 2026 Annual Representative Bureaucracy Mini-Conference and Workshop held in conjunction with the Midwest Political Science Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois (USA) April 23rd-26th, 2025. As has been common in years past, we are interested in papers that address any question related to Representative Bureaucracy. Specifically, we are interested in papers that shed new theoretical insights into bureaucratic representation. This can include manuscripts which extend the theory to new contexts, propose new dimensions of the representation process, challenge existing assumptions, and explore any novel, clever, or innovative way to advance the literature not already mentioned. Moreover, we would like to expand the workshop to include proposals on research designs, methodological approaches, and measurement techniques. Those interested are also welcome to submit papers which “failed”, as these manuscripts are often just as illuminating to theory building as are the successes. To participate, please submit a proposal to the workshop cochairs:

• Danyao Li, University of Southern California, [email protected]
• Austin McCrea, Texas Tech University, [email protected]

Deadline: October 7, 2025

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The 2025 Social Equity Leadership Conference (SELC) program committee invites proposals for the conference happening June 5-7, 2025 at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, MD.

The Abstract Submission deadline is Monday, March 3, 2025. Submissions should be sent to [email protected].

The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) announced the call for papers for the NASPAA conferences in 2025. The annual Global Conference will take place in Flagstaff, Arizona, from October 8-10, 2025. Additionally, NASPAA is hosting a Regional Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from May 26-28, 2025.

2025 NASPAA Global

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