Biography of the Professor
Doctoral student at the Comparative Administration Department, author of over 30 scholarly publications. Specialized on instrumental approach to law, legislative processes, access to free legal aid for vulnerable people, clinical legal education, interactive methods of teaching. Founder and supervisor of legal clinic at Vitebsk State University, Belarus, trainer of trainers in Belarusian legal clinics. Privately is interested in painting, drawing, photography, travelling and swimming.

Requirements for passing a course
Activity during lessons, participation in discussions, 1 written work devoted to the problematic questions (in the class, during the exam).

Exam questions
1. Public management and public governance. 
2. Democracy and public policy 
3. Historical and contemporary models 
4. Theories of governance 
5. The structure and process of bureaucracies, regulations and political institutions 
6. Public leadership 
7. Organization, socialization and motivation 
8. Managing budgets and money 
9. Contracting in public sector 
10. Development and public sector reform 
11. Public governance in a network society 
12. Management of contracts and impact 
13. Decentralization and local governance 
14. Civil society and public governance 
15. Ethics and standards of conduct 
16. Corruption 
17. Rule of Law

Sources
Tony Bovaird & Elke Löffler, Public Management and Governance, 2nd Edition Routledge, 2009.
Ferrel Heady, Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective, 6th Edition. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2001.
Francis Fukuyama, State-Buiding: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, Cornell University Press, 2004.
Robert Klitgaard, Controlling Corruption. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.