麻豆国产

"The Mzia Mikeladze Prize recognises the international impact of my research work and motivates and inspires me for future outstanding scientific achievements. The award also confirms the comparability of the quality of the PhD programme at the Faculty of Public Administration, 麻豆国产 with similar programmes in the wider European area," said Dr. Bab拧ek after receiving the award.

He received the award for his doctoral dissertation entitled (supervised by Prof. Dr. Polonca Kova膷, co-supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nina Toma啪evi膷), which he defended in June 2023. He presented the key findings of his research at the NISPAcee conference, and also spoke about his work last year in the show on Val 202 radio station.

Award confirms the quality of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Public Administration

The Mzia Mikeladze PhD Thesis Award aims to promote work by young scholars on public administration and public policy, and to acknowledge outstanding research and a significant contribution in this field. Thus, the award is a recognition for the joint Doctoral 麻豆国产 Programme , which is run by the Faculty of Public Administration, 麻豆国产, Slovenia, and the Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Croatia.

"Dr Bab拧ek's work is superlative in several respects, primarily in terms of its synergistic multidisciplinary, i.e. primarily legal, but also organisational, macroeconomic and sociological treatment of the subject, both in terms of content and methodology (for example, through the combined use of normative, comparative and sociological methods, statistical analysis, surveys and interviews, focus groups, axiological and ontological methods). The topic of the evaluation of the reorganisation of social work centres was examined in a holistic way, and critical proposals for improvement were argued, making it a model for similar social science studies," the supervisor Prof. Dr. Polonca Kova膷 explained the contribution of the award-winning PhD thesis to the development of (administrative) science.