"Pioneering research into public administration – this motto encapsulates the mission of the German Research Institute for Public Administration. In its interdisciplinary projects, some 70 scientists conduct research in order to promote comprehension, development, and improvement of public administration. Using legal, economic, and sociological approaches as well as methods of the administrative, political, and historical sciences, the Institute’s projects address a wide range of issues in all spheres of public administration, from the local level to the European and international arenas."