Specialisation in Government Studies
DOCGS-2024-01: Public Policy Studies
Governments use Public Policies to regulate, distribute, and redistribute wealth. Research in this field is directed at analysing public decision-making and the impact of policies on society. Therefore, the PhD in Public Policy Studies includes the following interdisciplinary areas: A case study of public policy making and implementation, a case study of policy analysis and evaluation, and a case study of sectoral policies: education, health, economic, social, and environmental. At the international level, this research will examine the impact of global/regional integration on domestic policy-making and the assessment of international development policies.
Principal Supervisor: Ansoumane Douty Diakite(doutyk@usj.edu.mo)
Academic Unit: Faculty of Business and Law
DOCGS-2024-02: E-Government
The Macau government has been investing a vast amount of time and resources in developing Macao into a smart city through the application of e-government over the last 15 years or more. These efforts have seen success in other cities. We are currently applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to study the adoption of e-government by different groups of citizens in Macau and civil servants involved in the implementation of e-systems for various government departments. For a more comprehensive understanding of the behaviour and action of citizens, we call for studies applying other theories or frameworks to analyse the behaviour of e-government applications and adoption in Macau.
Principal Supervisor: Jenny Oliveros Lao Phillips(jennylao@usj.edu.mo)
Academic Unit: Faculty of Business and Law
DOCGS-2024-03: Leadership and Governance in the Public Sector
The constant mutations in public administrations have raised important ethical issues. These mutations are the result of the changing expectations of the citizens in government to adopt a new form of governance and principles governing the delivery of public services. Therefore, through a case study, this research focuses on the following four areas: Ethics and E-Government; Ethical issues in Public-Private Partnerships; Implementation of Ethical standards; Comparative ethical problems solving.
Principal Supervisor: Ansoumane Douty Diakite(doutyk@usj.edu.mo)
Academic Unit: Faculty of Business and Law
DOCGS-2024-04: Sustainable Development Policies and Practices
Currentlyy, around 193 UN Member States have adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as an integral part of their national development strategic policies. Using case studies, the research challenge here is to examine and compare states' practices for implementing Sustainable Development Goals. As SDGs are a cross-cutting issue, all topics related to the 17 SDGs, the 169 SDG Targets and the 232 indicators are welcome.
Principal Supervisor: Ansoumane Douty Diakite(doutyk@usj.edu.mo)
Academic Unit: Faculty of Business and Law
DOCGS-2024-05: Global Governance
International action must consider the complexity of domestic issues and their transnational and global implications. In this regard, this research focuses on the following topics: the effectiveness of global institutions in global governance, International cooperation in global pandemic management, and the assessment of global governance in international trade, investment and migration. Also, other issues include the challenges of establishing global rules, standards and institutions, the role and participation of non-state actors in the global governance Process and the effectiveness of international development cooperation.
Principal Supervisor: Angelo Rafael(angelo.rafael@usj.edu.mo)
Academic Unit: Faculty of Business and Law
