Focus and Scope

Reflecting its mandate to advance the study of public governance and systemic innovation, the bulletin welcomes high-quality original research articles, systematic literature reviews, comparative institutional studies, and applied policy evaluations within the following thematic areas:

Public Sector Innovation & Service Design: Design, diffusion, and institutionalization of public service innovations, public sector innovation labs, design thinking in policymaking, regulatory sandboxes, and social innovation for public welfare.

Good, Collaborative & Network Governance: Principles of transparency, accountability, and rule of law; multi-stakeholder (penta-helix) collaborative governance; Public-Private-People Partnerships (4P); and cross-boundary policy networks.

Digital Governance, GovTech & Smart Ecosystems: Electronic-based government systems (Sistem Pemerintahan Berbasis Elektronik), smart city and smart village governance, open government data, algorithmic accountability, and artificial intelligence (AI) integration in public administration.

Agile Institutions, Leadership & Public Value Creation: Organizational agility in the public sector, transformational and entrepreneurial public leadership, bureaucratic culture transformation, and measuring public value outcomes.

Adaptive Crisis Governance & Sustainable Public Policy: Governance innovations in disaster risk management and post-crisis recovery, green public governance, localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and civic engagement through participatory platforms (CivicTech).

Publication Frequency

To ensure rigorous editorial oversight, thorough peer review, and the timely dissemination of public governance and innovation research, BTKIP is published semi-annually (2 issues per year, typically scheduled for release in June and December). Special thematic issues focusing on co-created public services, digital governance ecosystems, or adaptive governance in times of global disruption may be commissioned by the Editorial Board.