Personnel decisions in public administration since the 1970s crises: national and international perspectives.

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Christoph Cornelißen
• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2014 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 191290453

The project explores two perspectives on the selection of personnel for key posts in public administration. One is a comparative study on the top civil servants in Western Europe, the other an examination of the reconstruction of the administration in Germany's new Länder from 1990. The main goal of both studies is to examine the relationship between semantics, processes of institutionalization and decision in practice.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1664: Selecting Personnel for Key Societal Roles