Bouncing around in a turbulent teaching environment: Teaching and researching resilience for public administration
2021
The COVID-19 pandemic forced surprised governments worldwide to act fast and
decisively, often revealing lack of preparation for this kind of situation. However, such
crises are expected to occur far more frequently than ever before. To keep societies
prospering, governments, administrations, and civil servants will have to adapt quickly
and effectively—and hence need to develop the required capabilities (e.g., appropriate
policies, strategies, knowledge, skills). To deepen our understanding of appropriate
action in face of crises, resulting consequences for stability and required, demanded or
enforced behavior of people, we propose the concept of resilience. Resilience, we argue
by way of five propositions, helps articulating the underlying dynamics in society and its
administrative systems in order to allow for a sustainable incorporation of the long-term
perspective in the short-term strategy, particularly in times of disturbances and temporary
perturbations.
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