Nakamura Ayako

Politicized Bureaucracy in a Merit-based System: Permanent Secretary Tenure in the UK 

2016 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Sep 1, 2016, American Political Science Association

Politicization of bureaucracy and changing public service bargains? Politics in the merit based system for the appointment of UK permanent secretaries 

IRSPM 20th Annual Conference, City University of Hong Kong and the Politechnic University of Hong Kong, Apr 15, 2016, International Research Society for Public Management

Applying the Public Service Bargains (PSBs) model to changes in the personnel of high-ranking officials in the Japanese civil service 

Forum: Higher Civil Service and Political Leadership in Comparative Perspective at International Christian University(ICU), Tokyo, Japan, Nov 28, 2015, prof. Takashi Nishio, International Christian University

The Survival of Government Organisations: Instability not Immortality in UK Central Government Departments 

The PSA 65th Annual International Conference, Sheffield City Hall Town Hall, UK., Apr, 2015, PSA

Can Shared Performance Targets Help Coordinate Public Organizations? : Rational Control and Organizational Politics in UK Government Cross-Cutting Public Service Agreements 

The 2013 European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Annual Conference at hotel Radisson Blu, Edinburgh., Sep, 2013, EGPA

The Effects of Regulation on Government Performance: Inspection and the Performance of Prisons in England and Wales 

The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 4th Standing Group Biennial Conference at University of Exeter, UK., Jun, 2012, ECPR

Leadership Culture in Prison Risk Control: Comparative Analysis of Leadership of Governors in the English and Japanese Prison Services 

The 62th Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual Conference in Belfast, Apr, 2012, PSA