Colloque international - "International organizations and the globalization of public instruments and ideas : micro-processes and actors’ configurations"

Un colloque international intitulé "International organizations and the globalization of public instruments and ideas : micro-processes and actors’ configurations" est organisé du jeudi 1^er au samedi 3 septembre 2016, à la Maison interuniversitaire des sciences de l’Homme-Alsace (Misha). Today, globalization affects not only the economy and finance sectors but also governmental knowledge and practices. The expertise of International organizations (IOs) is increasingly mobilized by public authorities and social actors to improve the functioning of states and the effectiveness of public policies. Thus, IOs play a significant and multi-faceted role in processes of transfers of models and instruments of public action. In light of these challenges, knowledge about these multilateral organizations and their activities in the area of public action and administration is currently insufficient. It is true that New public management has been addressed by a large body of research. As well, a number of recent research findings have paved the way for the systematic analysis of IOs’ activities in the dissemination of expert knowledge on public action and administration. However, the sociology of the expertise of international structures in these domains remains an emerging scientific field.
This international symposium will contribute to bridging this gap by focusing on the analysis of IOs’ practices and roles in the making and dissemination of legitimate knowledge on public ideas and instruments. Entrée libre, colloque en anglais