Public and Non-Profit Management



The Public and Non-Profit Management SIG aims at providing an authoritative international forum for debate on topical research issues related to public service organisations, including those pursuing public value in the public, nonprofit and private sectors across fields such as health and social care, education, culture, utilities and tourism. Key issues may involve digital transformation, performance evaluation and accountability, partnership working, public engagement, HRM, social innovation, project management and sustainability.

SIG Officers
SIG Chair



 Elke Loeffler, University of Birmingham, UK  

 



SIG Programme Chair

 Lorenzo Costumato, University of Rome Tor Vergata, IT

 


SIG Chair for Scientific Quality

 Filippo Giordano, LUMSA University, IT

 


SIG Communication Officer


 Luigina Paglieri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, IT

 luigina.paglieri@uniroma2.it                                                       



SIG General, Standing and Special Tracks at EURAM 2026

The SIG Public & Nonprofit Management offers researchers and practitioners the opportunity to engage with a range of sub-groups: The General Track is the overarching track in our SIG, which considers papers which are not specifically relevant to the Standing or Special Tracks. Standing Tracks are ongoing groups that you can join, and which consider key current topics within our SIG which are expected to be relevant for a number of years. Finally, every year there are Special Tracks - we select these through a competitive submission process (and some of them later become standing tracks if they prove to be of continued interest).


 General Track: Public & Non-Profit Management





Chair: Reto Steiner (ZHAW School of Management and Law, CH)

 


  

Co-Chair: Jarmo Vakkuri (University of Tampere, Finland)  

 

  




Co-Chair: Giuseppe Grossi (Kristianstad University, Sweden and Nord University, Norway)  

Standing Track: Healthcare Management




 


Chair: Nancy Borkowski (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA) 



  





Co-Chair: Francesca Pennucci (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy) 

francesca.pennucci@santannapisa.it 


Special Track: Collaborative Governance and Public Value



 



Chair: Lorenzo Mizzau (University of Genova, Italy) 

lorenzo.mizzau@unige.it 



  




Co-Chair: Simone Poledrini (University of Genova, Italy) 

simone.poledrini@unige.it


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EURAM Public & Nonprofit Management SIG

Webinar Series 2025

The EURAM Public & Nonprofit Management SIG is inviting you to join a new series of brief webinars to discuss your ideas for papers with track chairs and to meet researchers working on similar issues.  If you have ideas for webinars aligned with our SIG's research priorities for EURAM 2026, please get in touch with us!

Webinar 1  Call for Papers: Public & Nonprofit Management and                        Healthcare Management Tracks - âœ… Past Webinar
📅Date & Time
Wednesday, 19 November 2025- 17:00–17:45
🎤Speakers
Reto Steiner, ZHAW University and Nancy Borkowski, University of Alabama
👥Facilitators: Elke Loeffler, Lorenzo Costumato, L. Paglieri

Webinar 2   Call for Papers: Management and Governance of Culture,                         Heritage and Tourism âœ…  Past Webinar
📅Date & Time
Wednesday, 2 December 202512:00–12:45
🎤Speaker
Lorenzo Mizzau, University of Genova
👥Facilitators
Elke Loeffler, Lorenzo Costumato, L. Paglieri

Webinar 3   Call for Papers: Public-Social Enterprise Collaboration and                         Co-production with Young People âœ… Past Webinar
📅Date & Time
Thursday, 4 December 202517:00–17:45
🎤Speakers
Simone Poledrini, University of Genova
Francesca Pennucci, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
👥Facilitators
Elke Loeffler, Lorenzo Costumato, L. Paglieri

Webinar 4   Call for Papers: Accounting, Auditing and Sustainability in Public and Hybrid Organizations âœ… Past Webinar
📅Date & Time
Tuesday, 16 December 202514:00–14:45
🎤Speakers
Giuseppe Grossi Kristianstad University, Sweden and Nord University, Norway 
Jarmo Vakkuri, Tampere University
👥Facilitators
Elke Loeffler, Lorenzo Costumato, L. Paglieri

SIG Best Paper Awards

The 2025 SIG 11 Best Paper Award highlights research paper on nonprofit management

Growing blood shortages in Europe necessitate the identification of determinants that influence blood donation. While various factors that motivate indivuals to give blood have been empirically established, there is a lack of knowledge concerning organisational factors. Prof. Katharina Kaltenbrunner and Dr. Isabella Scheibmayr used the theory of planned behaviour and a structural equation model based on a sample of 3,025 Austrian blood donors to provide evidence that dynamic partnership capabilities can influence people's intention to donate blood.


For further details, read the published paper: Kaltenbrunner, K.A., Scheibmayr, I. (2025), Blood donors and donation agencies as strategic partners: modeling dynamic partnership capabilities as organizational context variables. International Review on Public & Nonprofit Marketing https://doi.org/10.1007/s12208-025-00448-7

Prof. Filippo Giordano hands the SIG best paper award to Prof. Katharina Kaltenbrunner from the Paris Lodron University Salzburg.

Previous Awards

2019


The influence of Familiarity with the Status Quo, Power, and For-profit Experience on the Openness to Change: The Moderating role of Satisfaction

Andreas Reinhardt, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Susanne Enke, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Marta Marsilio, University of Milan
Denita Cepiku, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Mariafrancesca Sicilia, University of Bergamo
Denita Cepiku, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Milena Vainieri, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna


2017


Value Conflicts in Citizen Collaboration: Governing Public Values in Multi-Actor Settings.
Authors: Nils Aschhoff and Rick Vogel (Universität Hamburg)



Publications

Papers presented at annual conferences and SIG winter workshops have been published in edited books, such as the Emerald Series "Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance". Check out the topics covered within the Emerald Series:


Past SIG Chairs 


LUMSA University, IT

University of Rome Tor Vergata, IT

University of Rome Tor Vergata, IT

University of Edinburgh Business School, SC

Roehampton University, UK
Robert Fouchet
Paul Cezanne University, FR

University of Rome Tor Vergata, IT