Bouncing around in a turbulent teaching environment: Teaching and researching resilience for public administration
| Author | Peter Marks,Monika Knassmüller |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/01447394211000407 |
| Published date | 01 March 2023 |
| Date | 01 March 2023 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Bouncing around in
a turbulent teaching
environment: Teaching
and researching resilience
for public administration
Peter Marks
Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasm us School of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Monika Knassmu
¨ller
Institute for Public Management and Governance, WU Vienna University of Economics and Busi-
ness, Vienna, Austria
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic forced surprised governments worldwide to act fast and
decisively, often revealing lack of preparation for this kind of situation. However, such
crises are expected to occur far more frequently than ever before. To keep societies
prospering, governments, administrations, and civil servants will have to adapt quickly
and effectively—and hence need to develop the required capabilities (e.g., appropriate
policies, strategies, knowledge, skills). To deepen our understanding of appropriate
action in face of crises, resulting consequences for stability and required, demanded or
enforced behavior of people, we propose the concept of resilience. Resilience, we argue
by way of five propositions, helps articulating the underlying dynamics in society and its
administrative systems in order to allow for a sustainable incorporation of the long-term
perspective in the short-term strategy, particularly in times of disturbances and tem-
porary perturbations.
Keywords
Resilience, education policy, teaching strategy, responsiveness, adaptation
Corresponding author:
Peter Marks, Departmentof Public Administration and Sociology, ErasmusSchool of Social and Behavioral Sci-
ences, ErasmusUniversity, PO Box 1738, Room T17-03,3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Email: marks@essb.eur.nl
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