11th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services

The need to improve the efficiency in the provision of public services in the context of tight budget constraints has become a growing challenge, particularly in developed economies with low growth rates and high inflation levels. Although the efficiency and productivity analysis of public services and institutions has gained increased attention of academics and policymakers for many decades, it is still challenging to translate the results into practice and policy, largely due to the empirical and methodological challenges related with modelling the production function of public service providers. At the same time, a better use of public resources can result in positive stimuli towards higher economic growth and increased quality of public services.

The purpose of the Workshop is to focus on specific challenges around measuring performance in education, health, and other public services sectors. The Workshop will bring together scholars from various disciplines and fields to debate the present and future challenges in education and public sector efficiency, performance measurement, and policy and managerial implications of the on-going research. The Workshop provides an ideal platform for presenting new methods, applications of existing techniques and advances in theoretical and empirical research from different multidisciplinary perspectives.

The workshop is the eleventh of a series of academic meetings focused on the efficiency analysis of education institutions and other public sectors. The previous editions took place in eight prestigious European Universities located in Greece (Thessaloniki, 2013), United Kingdom (London, 2014 and Huddersfield, 2018), Belgium (Leuven, 2015), Italy (Milan, 2016 and Pisa, 2022), Hungary (Budapest, 2017), Spain (Barcelona, 2019), Spain (Madrid, 2023), Italy (Milan, 2024). 

In 2025, the Workshop is organized by the HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Keynote speakers:
Prof. Jasmina Berbegal Mirabent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Benjamin L. Castelman (University of Virginia)
 

Submission
Scholars are invited to submit an abstract of at most 500 words describing the purpose, method, scope, results, and conclusions or their communication proposal. Abstracts must be submitted by June 1, 2025 at efficiency.workshop@krtk.hun-ren.hu. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by June 30, 2025.

Prospective participants can also propose not only single papers, but also entire sessions, that can share thematic interests or methodological communalities. In this case, please indicate the name of the Chair responsible for organising the session.

Best Paper Award
All Workshop participants can participate for the best paper award. To participate, authors must submit the full paper (abstracts not accepted) by August 1st, 2025.

Fees
Regular
Early bird-registrations from July 1. to July 15. : 100 €  
Registrations from July 15. to August 15.: 125 €  
 

Doctoral and post-doctoral students*
Early bird-registrations from July 1. to July 15. : 50 €
Registrations from July 15. to August 15.: 75 €
Fees include coffee breaks, lunches, and workshop materials.
 

Social Dinner on Thursday (optional): 50€
Payment information and registration will be available after acceptance.
*Scholars from developing countries can also pay this lowered fee.

Venue
The event is hosted by the HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán str. 4)

Workshop’s Program
The programme will be available in August 2025. 
The Workshop will start indicatively around 9 am on September 18th and will end around 
2 pm on September 19th, with a social dinner on Thursday evening.

Organizing and Scientific Committee
Prof. Tommaso Agasisti, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Kristof De Witte, KU Leuven and Maastricht University
Prof. Ana Camanho, University of Porto

Local Organizers 
Prof. Dániel Horn, HUN-REN KRTK and Corvinus University
Dr. Tamás Keller, HUN-REN KRTK and HUN-REN TK
Brigitta Kovács-Puchár, HUN-REN KRTK

Contact
efficiency.workshop@krtk.hun-ren.hu

The workshop is Co-funden by the European Union in its Horizon Europe framework (grant 101129146)

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