Master's degree program Administration - Public Sector Governance 2nd cycle
Aleksander Aristovnik, PhD
Topics:
- Economic Analysis of the Impact of Digitalization on the Efficiency of Public Administration
(Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Automation on Productivity and Quality in the Public Sector, Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Introduction of E-Government in Slovenia, Impact of Digitalization on Reducing Administrative Costs in Public Administration, Efficiency of Digital Public Administration Services in the Context of Reducing Bureaucracy, etc.) - Assessment of the Economic Effects of Public Policies for Reducing Inequality
(Analysis of the Effectiveness of Tax Policies in Reducing Income Inequality, Impact of Social Transfers on Reducing Poverty in Slovenia, Analysis of the Impact of the Minimum Wage on Social Justice, etc.) - Fiscal Policy and Sustainability of Public Finances in Light of Demographic Changes
(Analysis of the Impact of Population Aging on Public Expenditures for Health and Pensions, Economic Analysis of Pension System Reform in Slovenia, Impact of Demographic Trends on the Long-term Sustainability of Slovenia’s Public Finances, etc.) - Economic Analysis of Regional Policy and Development Incentives
(Effectiveness of Fiscal Incentives for Regional Development in Slovenia, Analysis of the Economic Effects of Cohesion Policies on Regional Development in Slovenia, Impact of Regional Investment Projects on Reducing Regional Disparities, Fiscal Decentralization, etc.) - Health Economics and Efficiency of the Healthcare System
(Economic Analysis of the Efficiency of Public and Private Expenditures in the Healthcare System, Impact of the Introduction of Digital Healthcare Services on the Cost Efficiency of the Healthcare System, Comparison of the Economic Effects of Different Healthcare Financing Models in the EU, etc.) - Economic Analysis of the Impact of Crises (COVID-19 Pandemic, Energy Crisis, etc.) on Public Finances
(Impact of the Pandemic (or Other Crises) on the Budget Deficit and Public Debt in Slovenia, Effectiveness of Fiscal Measures to Mitigate the Economic Impact of the Pandemic, Long-term Economic Effects of the Pandemic on the Sustainability of Public Finances, etc.) - Sustainable Development and the Role of the Public Sector in Promoting a Green Economy
(Economic Analysis of Incentives for the Transition to a Circular Economy in Slovenia, Impact of Tax Relief for Environmentally Friendly Technologies on Sustainable Development, Economic Effects of Public Investments in Renewable Energy Sources, etc.) - Analysis of the Effects of Public Administration Reforms on Economic Growth
(Impact of Administrative Reform on the Competitiveness of the Slovenian Economy, Economic Analysis of Deregulation and Its Effects on the Business Environment, Effectiveness of Public Administration Reforms in Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship, etc.) - Economic Analysis of the Efficiency of Public Spending
(Impact of Public Spending Efficiency on the Quality of Services in the Public Sector, Analysis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Cohesion Funds in the EU, Economic Analysis of the Role of Budget Priorities in Achieving Sustainable Goals, etc.) - Topics by Agreement with Students
Jože Benčina, PhD
Topics:
Investment Projects – Planning, Decision Making, Assessing Efficiency and Effectiveness, Risk Management in Local Communities, Healthcare, Education, etc.
- Decision-making on investment projects, selection of optimal variants or sets of investment projects
- Preliminary and post-evaluation of projects, planning and evaluation of benefits during the project’s use
Effectiveness and success of operations of communities and public sector institutions (local government, healthcare, education, state administration, employment, etc.)
- Efficiency and effectiveness indicators (financial, customer satisfaction, learning and growth) and their connection with excellence models (CAF and EFQM)
- Analysis of how countries, regions or municipalities are achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
- Comparative efficiency observation in groups of similar organizations or communities (average rank, goal achievement method, correlation and regression analysis, data envelopment analysis – DEA, etc.)
Public participation in decision-making and the development of public services, co-decision-making models, opinion surveys on participation
- Models of Public Involvement in Decision-making, Determinants, Consequences
- Research and case studies on public participation in the preparation, development, and implementation of public services
- Comparative analysis of public involvement in decision-making, development, and implementation of public services (by country, region, local community), citizen opinion surveys on participation or influence on decision-making and community development (at local, regional, and national levels)
Ensuring quality, citizen opinions on public services (local government, state administration (ministries, inspectorates, administrative units), healthcare, education, employment, etc.)
- Quality Models and Efficiency Indicators, Balanced Scorecard System, Example: Integration of Quality Models (ISO, CAF, EFQM, Balanced Scorecard System) in a Practical Example
- Methods for determining customer satisfaction (citizens), development of measurement instruments (surveys) and data processing models linked to management (monitoring and actions), example: Ensuring a citizen-friendly municipal administration
Quantitative data and indicator analysis (budget, demographic sector, economic sector, welfare, development potential, general, indicators for municipalities, etc.)
- Budget Expenditure Modeling, Models, Impacts, Consequences
- Indicator systems for measuring and comparing communities, decentralization, quality of institutions, welfare, development potential, development results, etc.
- Correlation, regression, or panel analysis of the impact of factors on observed phenomena (development and testing of impact models)
Topics by Agreement with Students
Theses for the Prešeren Award
(Processing of topics as a case study in a selected area of the public sector (education, environment and space, healthcare and social protection, culture, local government, and other areas defined by agreement with students))
- Research and Models on Public Participation in Decision-making, Development, and Implementation of Public Services
- Comparative efficiency observation in groups of similar organizations or communities (average rank, goal achievement method, correlation and regression analysis, data envelopment analysis – DEA, etc.)
- Study of the development of countries, regions or municipalities based on the analysis of Sustainable development goals (SDG)
Jernej Buzeti, PhD
INFORMATION: For mentoring opportunities please directly contact professor dr. Jernej Buzeti via email: jernej.buzeti@fu.uni-lj.si.
Topics:
- Sickness absenteeism and presenteeism in the public sector
- Leadership styles
- Burnout
- Digital stress and its impacts
- Concrete proposals by the students for the final master theses are also possible. However, the content must be appropriate.
Mitja Durnik, PhD
Topics:
- The impact of artificial intelligence on the design of public policies
- Regulation and evaluation of health policies
- Public policies and crisis management
- Specifics of the public policy process at the EU level and the influence of the international community on policy design
- Public policies and the issue of control in modern societies
- Globalization and its impact on public policies
- Marginalized groups and the design of public policies: contemporary migrations, the Roma issue, etc.
- Public policies and the challenges of the current school system
- International development dilemmas and the design of modern public policies
- Public policies and policy changes in selected countries: a comparative perspective
Valentina Franca, PhD
Topics:
- Limitation of the autonomy of social partners in collective bargaining in the public sector
- Legal aspects of young people’s entry into the labor market
- Employer association as an employer (case study, legal and/or HR aspects)
- Regulation of working hours in the military/police
- Europeanization of workers’ representatives in the management bodies of economic companies
- Algorithms in employment relationships
- Other topics by prior agreement
Dimitar Hristovski, PhD
Topics:
- Information technology
- E-Government
- Health informatics
Maja Klun, PhD
Topics:
- Income redistribution and how digital maturity impacts its mechanisms
- Analysis of methodologies and their use for determining the green budget
- Sustainable budget in light of various aspects of sustainability (economic, social, environmental)
- Sustainability reports of public institutions – comparative analysis/methodology analysis/standards application
- Digitization and mechanisms of public financing
- How to digitize processes in fiscal policy
- Assessment of the green budget in the area of revenue (tax revenues, tax expenditures, etc.)
- Possibilities of using artificial intelligence in budget analysis (based on objectives, achieving measures, evaluation indicators, etc.)
- Student proposals
Polonca Kovač, PhD
INFORMATION: Dear students, if interested to prepare the MSC thesis on the field of administrative reforms, legal regulation of public administration or procedural admin law, you are welcome to contact prof. dr. Polonca Kovač to determine possible areas and topic directly: polonca.kovac@fu.uni-lj.si, particularly to explore comparative aspects of suggested themes.
Topics:
- Analysis of procedures and stakeholders in rule-making
- Analysis of the development of administrative procedural law (conceptually or through selected institutes, e.g. basic principles of the General Administrative Procedure Act – ZUP)
- Analysis of the development of tax procedural law (conceptually or through selected institutes of the Tax Procedure Act
- Use of GAPA in public services or non-administrative public matters (education, offenses, etc.)
- Procedural aspects of asserting rights/obligations in a selected area (tax assessments, foreigners, building permits, right to access public information and personal data, etc.)
- Status and position of parties to the procedure in a selected administrative matters
- Analysis of timeliness of selected administrative procedures
- Analysis and effectiveness of legal remedies in selected administrative procedures
- Inspection control (conceptually or by institutes of the Inspection Act or individual areas of control)
- Removal of administrative barriers and alternative dispute resolution methods in administrative matters
- Analysis of human rights violations in administrative procedures
- Functional and status legal analysis of a selected administrative body/area
- Additional topics in the field of administrative procedural law and the legal regulation of public administration can be agreed upon individually with the mentor; own ideas are encouraged, especially with experience in a specific area.
Tatjana Kozjek, PhD
Topics:
- Strategic management of human resources
- Employee-friendly working environment
- Talent management
- Management of ageing employees
- Organisational behaviour
- Students’ own topic in consultation with the professor
Bruno Nikolić, PhD
Topics:
- Topics related to state organization (operation of fundamental state institutions; relationships between fundamental state institutions, etc.)
- Topics related to the protection of human rights in Slovenia, the EU, and the Council of Europe
- Topics related to the legal system, functioning and administration of the EU
- Topics related to the healthcare system with an emphasis on legal aspects
- Topics related to the contemporary events in the defined fields
Veronika Petkovšek, PhD
Topics in the field of public sector economics by agreement with students
Primož Pevcin, PhD
Topics:
- Application of the Balanced Scorecard: case studies
- Development of public management theories and ideologies
- Challenges of strategic planning in public organizations
- Risk and change management in public organizations
- Reorganization of the public sector and reduction of public expenditures
- Economics of fiscal federalism
- Current challenges facing non-profit and non-governmental organizations
- Third sector and welfare state
- Individually suggested topics (e.g., current socio-economic and business issues, general management related topics, insurance, etc.)
Iztok Rakar, PhD
Topics:
- Analysis of the implementation of good governance principles in a selected country
- Comparison of local self-government systems
- Comparison of public administration systems
- Macro-organization of central administration in a selected country – analysis of development over a selected period
- Public administration reforms in a selected country
- Territorial reform of local self-government – analysis of a selected country
- Intermunicipal / cross-border / transboundary cooperation of municipalities in selected countries
- Regional administrative structures
Tina Sever, PhD
- Topics by agreement in the areas of administrative procedures or public procurement
Tatjana Stanimirović, PhD
- Sustainability reporting in the private sector
- Reporting on achieving sustainable development goals in the public sector
- Analysis of tax policies