Chair
Robert Cox, University of South Carolina
coxrh@mailbox.sc.edu
Co-Chair
Gabriela Lotta, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
gabriela.lotta@fgv.br
Vice-Chairs
Prof. Anat Gofen, Hebrew University
anat.gofen@mail.huji.ac.il
Julia Fleischer, Potsdam University, Germany
fleischer@uni-potsdam.de
Board members
Professor Caner Bakir, Koc University, Turkey, CBAKIR@ku.edu.tr
Professor Katherine Bersch, Davidson College, USA, kabersch@davidson.edu
Parisa Maki, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran, parisamaki@gmail.com
Professor Patrik Marier, Concordia University, Canada, patrik.marier@concordia.ca
Professor Eckhard Schroeter, German Police University, Germany, Eckhard.Schroeter@dhpol.de
Professor Kutsal Yesilkagit, Leiden University, Netherlands, a.k.yesilkagit@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Background
Recognised as study group in 1984; granted research committee status in 1987.
Objectives
Seeks to advance the comparative study of executive politics; this includes chief executives and cabinets, the permanent bureaucracy and appointed officials, and the relations between them. SOG is also interested in the development, adoption and implementation of policies, and in the co-ordination and control of decision making.