Curriculum Vitae and Galery

From 1993 to 2015 Werner Jann held the chair of Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam. After his academic education and post-doc work at Universities in Berlin, Edinburgh, Speyer and Berkeley, he worked as Head of the 'Think-Tank Schleswig-Holstein' (Denkfabrik Schleswig-Holstein) in the Prime-Ministers Office of the Land Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel from 1989 - 1993. He was President of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) from 2001 to 2004, is Vice-Presdident of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and has been a member of several national and international reform commissions (2002-2009 member of ' Committee of Experts on Public Administration' UN, New York).

Research Interests

Central Government Organization, Ministries and Agencies
Comparative Public Policy and Administration
Public Sector Organization and Modernization
Institutional and Administrative Policies
Public Governance and Better Regulation
Public Administration and Public Policy-Education and Training
Disasters and Crisis Management

Academic Training

1970 - 1976 Political Science, Economics and Mathematics, FU Berlin and University of Edinburgh, Degree ("Diplom") in Political Science
1982 PhD in Political Science and Public Administration (Dr. rer. publ.), Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer (summa cum laude)
1989 Habilitation in Political Science and Public Administration, Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaft Speyer

Professional Experience

since 2005 Senior Professor for Political Science, Administration and Organization, UP
1993 - 2015 Chair for Political Science, Administration and Organization, UP
1989 - 1993 Civil Servant, Leader "Denkfabrik", Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
1985 - 1989 Associate Professor, German University for Public Administration, Speyer
1984 - 1985 Research Fellow (DFG), University of California, Berkley, USA
1983 - 1984 Congressional Fellow, US-Congress, Washington D.C., USA
1976 - 1983 Research Fellow, German University for Public Administration, Speyer

Cooperation with international institutions

2002 - 2009 Member "Committee of Experts on Public Administration" (CEPA), United Nations, New York
2001 - 2004 President, European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Brussels
2007 - 2016 Vice-President, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Brussels
2012 Visiting Professor, School of Government, Victoria University Wellington, NZ
2012 - 2016 Adjunct Professor, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway
2015 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand
2018 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Management, Waseda University, Tokio, Japan

Editorial Activities

Editorial Board "Public Administration" (Blackwell, Oxford)
Editorial Board "Scandinavian Political Studies" (Blackwell, Oxford)
Editorial Board "Public Policy and Administration" (Sage, London etc.)
Co-Editor "der moderne staat" dms (Budrich, Leverkusen)
Co-Editor "Neue Staatswissenschaften" (Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen)

Awards

Preis des Deutschen Bundestages für wissenschaftliche und publizistischen Nachwuchs für die Habilitation für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft, 1990
For awarded major research grants see next section

Principal Investigator in Third-Party Funded Research Activities

'Structure and Organisation of Government' (SOG-PRO) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Budget: 900,000€ (2014 - 2018)
'Organization for Societal Security and Crisis Management: Building Governance Capacity and Legitimacy' (GOVCAP) funded by The Norwegian Research Council SAMRISK II, Budget 400,000 NOK (2014 - 2018)
Graduate School on 'Wicked Issues and Contested Administrations' (WIPCAD) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Budget: 2,748,206€ (2012 - 2017)
Potsdam Research Cluster for Georisk Analysis, Environmental Change and Sustainability (PROGRESS). Pillar D.3 'Governance structures' funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Budget: 550,000€ (2009 - 2013)
'Central government organisation as instituional politics? A Western European Comparison' funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Budget: 350,000€ (2005 - 2008)
'Formation conditions, organisation and performance of central government administration in Central- and Eastern Europe' funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Budget: 300,000€ (2001 - 2005)

Professional Service (Potsdam University)

1995 - 1997 Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, UP
2006 - 2014 Director, Potsdam Centre of Policy and Management (PCPM)
2007 - 2012 Member of Senate, UP
2010 - 2012 President of Senate, UP
2009 - 2014 Chairman Profile Area 'Public Policy and Management', UP
since 2012 Member, Graduate School 'Wicked Problems and Contested Administrations' (WIPCAD), UP

Other Professional Service Activities (national and international)

Member Kommission "Moderne Dienstleistungen am Arbeitsmarkt" (Hartz Kommission), 2002
Member Steering Committee of the Norwegian-German E.On Ruhrgas scholarship programme in Political Science, 2004 - 2011
Member Advisory Committee 'Sustainable Governance Indicators', Bertelsmann Foundation, since 2008
Member and Chair International Review Panel in Political Science and Law of the Danish Council for Independent Research 2012, 2013 and 2014
Consultant for OECD, EU, GTZ/GIZ and others