"Tor Vergata" University of Rome

Faculty Member, Department of Business Studies

Researcher & Assistant professor

About

Denita Cepiku is assistant professor in public management at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, where she teaches Strategic management in the Public Sector. She is also responsible for the Research Methods course of the doctoral programme in Public Management & Governance at the same University.

Her main research interests are in the areas of comparative public management reform and network management. Her publications have appeared in academic journals such as Public Management Review, Public Administration and Development, Public Money & Management, International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Journal of Public Administration, International Public Management Review, International Journal of Public Sector Management. She is member of the editorial committees of two academic journals: the International Journal on Public Sector Performance Management (IJPSPM) and of the Mecosan (Health Management & Economics, published by the University Bocconi under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Health).

She is at-large board member of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) and, since 2006, she co-chairs the “Local governance” panel. She will be co-chairing the 2012 conference in Rome. She is chair of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Strategic interest group on Public Management and member of the EGPA Steering Committee of the PhD & PA education platform.

She has participated and coordinated international cooperation projects in the public management area for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Swiss Development Cooperation, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others.

Currently she is conducting an applied research project for The Peter Pribilla Foundation in Germany  entitled "Visualizing User Innovation in Health Care" in partnership with Professors Katja Hutter (University of Innsbruck),  Pedro Oliveira (University of Lisbon) and Sara Poggesi (University of Roma Tor Vergata). The project will attempt to identify user innovators among patients of chronic and rare diseases in Germany, medically validate those innovations and promote them among other patients.

Denita holds a PhD in Public Management and Governance and a M.Phil. in Public Management.


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Investigadora en la Universitat “Tor Vergata” de Roma, i ha colÂlaborat amb la Càtedra del Comitè de Governança Pública de l'OCDE des del 2002 fins al 2006.

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