Provisionally Accepted Open Panels in RC05 Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics
- AI-Enabled Digital Governance and the Future of Local Democracy: Trust, Transparency, Digital Inequalities and Political Disaffection
Chair: Prof. Gemma Perez-Lopez - Governing Local Identity: Public Administration, Local Democracy and the Politics of Uniqueness
Chair: Dr. Arman Gasparyan - How Are Local Elected Officials Trained? An International Comparison of Policies and Systems
Chair: Dr. Pierre Camus - Inclusive Local Governance and Social Equity: Comparative Perspectives on Participation, Representation, and Public Policy for Diverse Communities
Chair: Mr. John Carlo Colot - Local Autonomy and Institutional Arrangements: Understanding Local Government Effectiveness
Chair: Dr. Daniel Alberto Cravacuore - Local governments and climate inequality: policy responses, institutional capacity and citizen agency
Chair: Dr. Maria Angeles Huete - Local Leadership in the (Re)construction of the SDGs: Between Autonomy and Integration
Chair: Dr. Samanta Borges Pereira - Smart Cities Governance and Participation: AI Implementation Challenges
Chair: Prof. José Carlos Vaz - Subnational Governance in Motion: Collaboration, Capacity, and Development
Chair: Prof. José Hernández-Bonivento - The Myth of Municipal Nonpartisanship: Between Strategic Use and a Lever for Politicization
Chair: Prof. Sandra Breux - Unequal States, Unequal Welfare: Subnational State Capacity and Social Policy
Chair: Prof. Eduardo Grin - What makes Local Governments Resilient?
Chair: Dr. Carmen Navarro - When the South and East Teach the North: Multidirectional Learning in Local Democratic Innovation
Chair: Dr. Izolda Bokszczanin
