Position
Assistant Professor
Educational Background
Ph.D., Development Policy and Management (Manchester), MPA, Public Management and Policy (Pittsburgh), B.Ed. (Tirana)
Research areas:
Public policy theory and practice, public sector human resource development and management, good governance.
Bio:
Dr. Artan Karini specializes in comparative public management and reform, international HRM, global governance institutions and development aid effectiveness. His 20 years’ experience as academic, researcher and senior academic advisor has spanned across Europe, North America and MENA/GCC. He is a former Fulbright scholar and has published in several reputable journal publications including Springer, Routledge and Palgrave Mcmillan. In addition to his formal training as an academic, he holds a professional designation in Advanced HR from Queen’s University (Canada). Prior to joining the Graduate School of Public Policy (GSPP) at Nazabayev University, he served as Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of Russian European and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University (Canada), Assistant Professor and MPA Director at the American University in Cairo (AUC) as well as faculty member at a large private university in northern Oman. Dr. Karini currently teaches courses in Public Management and Leadership (MPP641) and Strategic Management (MPA608).
Select publications
Book:
Karini, A. (2019). International Aid, Administrative Reform and the Politics of EU Accession: The Case of Albania. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-97834-5 (eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97834-5).
Book chapter:
Karini A. (2021) From the Ottoman Legacy to Modern Public Management Systems: Evidence from Turkey, Kosova and Kazakhstan. In: Sullivan H., Dickinson H., Henderson H. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. ISBN10 3030299791
Peer-reviewed journal publications:
Karini, A. (2017). Facilitators and Constraints of Policy Learning for Administrative Capacity in the Western Balkans. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 10(2), 73-92.
Karini, A. (2016). Coordination without effectiveness? A critique of the Paris agenda in the experience of development aid in Albania. The European Journal of Development Research, 28(4), 741-757.
Karini, A. (2015). Lesson-learning between Canada and Europe: promoting good governance in the developing world. Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies. Revue interdisciplinaire des études canadiennes en France, (79), 29-47.
Policy work
Karini, A. (2018) A Reading of Recent Developments in the EU and Implications for Governance Reform in Egypt and MENA (conference proceeding, 2018 IPSA World Congress, Brisbane, Australia). Publication link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324840303_A_Reading_of_Recent_Developments_in_the_EU_and_Implications_for_Governance_Reform_in_Egypt_and_MENA_Working_Paper
Karini, A. (2014) The Bumpy Road to EU and the Impact of Donor Programs on PA Reform: Perspectives from Southeast Europe. CETD/ SSHRC, Democracy and Governance Policy Briefs Series (July 2014). Publication link: https://carleton.ca/canadaeurope/2014/policy-brief-bumpy-road-toward-eu-impact-donor-programs-public-administration-reform-perspectives-southeast-europe-artan-karini/
Karini, A. (2009) Building Citizen Centered Policy-Making - Global Perspectives and Best Practices. Open Society Institute (OSI) Think-Tank Fund for Policy Centers: Institute for Democracy and Mediation Policy Paper. Publication link: http://idmalbania.org/wp.../01/citizen_centred_policy_making.en_2008.pdf
