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Gabriela Lotta

@gabilotta.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Public Administration at Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil)

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Ildefonso @ildefonso.bsky.social · Feb 8

'Cês viram que absurdo: o ditador Máduro vai promover uma caça às bruxas contra policiais que o impediram de dar um golpe de Estado?

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

And congrats to the honorable mentions for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award, Benjamin Brunjes and Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa (doi.org/10.1111/puar...) & @fnietomorales.bsky.social, Rik Peeters, and @gabilotta.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1093/jopa...) #AOM2025 #pasky

Benjamin Brunjes and Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa
Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award
"Equity in Government Contracting: Analyzing the Performance of Small Disadvantaged Businesses"
Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division

Fernando Nieto Morales, Rik Peeters, and Gabriela Lotta
Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award
"Burdens, Bribes, and Bureaucrats: The Political Economy of Petty Corruption and Administrative Burdens"
Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · May 25

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Seulki Lee
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@anadimand.bsky.social
Melissa Falkær Olsen
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Public Management Research Association @pmra-1991.bsky.social · May 19

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Camilla Stivers Award Recipients!
🥳 Please join us in celebrating both teams for their remarkable contributions!
🌐 Read more: www.pmranet.org/assets/Secre...

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · May 19

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Gabriela Lotta @gabilotta.bsky.social · May 18

So proud about the prize Camilla Stivers for the best paper at PPMG for our paper Procedural Politicking Tug of War - Law-versus-management disputes in contexts of democratic backsliding.

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Apr 30

♨️ New Research Article!
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Diego Galego, @gabilotta.bsky.social, & Keith Baker study the #COVID19 crisis management in #Brazil & #Mexico to suggest evaluation of neo-Weberian state and common good.
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🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Apr 25

2/ Joscelyn also highlights these two pieces:

“Bureaucracy Reconsidered” by Gabriela Lotta (@gabilotta.bsky.social)

"The Return of Andor: A show about living under a totalitarian regime hits different now" by Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social)
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-return...

Bureaucracy Reconsidered - The Ideas Letter

Lotta argues that bureaucracy is an essential yet overlooked pillar of liberal democracy, serving not only to implement policies but also to uphold the rule of law, ensure institutional continuity,…

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Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social · Mar 5

Want to read more about public administration in an era of populism & state fragility? Read chapters by @donmoyn.bsky.social @alasdairroberts.bsky.social @gabilotta.bsky.social Michael Bauer and Norma Riccucci in "Futures for the Public Sector" lup.be/book/futures... (open access)

Futures for the Public Sector | Leuven University Press

Thought-provoking analysis of how illiberalism, major crises and digital transformation are changing our politico-administrative systems What does the future hold for the public sector? A convergence ...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Feb 19

Publicly abandoning American and Ukranian democracy on the same day.

White House tweets out an image of Trump as King

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Gabriela Lotta @gabilotta.bsky.social · Feb 17

Once Guy Peters told in a course: every time you think you are being creative in social science and discovered a new great thing, you probably haven't read enough...

Gabriela Lotta @gabilotta.bsky.social · Feb 11

22 horas só de aula essa semana. 7 já foram. 15 adiante...

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M. Kerem Coban @mkeremcoban.bsky.social · Feb 9

The Global South offers many lessons about how bureaucracy is undermined in many forms:

We have papers on the Turkish context (@fapaydin.bsky.social):

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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