Focus and Scope

Focus and Scope

Disseminating critical conceptual thinking, scholarly reviews, and cutting-edge empirical research findings in the multidisciplinary field of Governmental Science.

Journal Aims & Statement of Purpose

TRANSFORMASI: Jurnal Manajemen Pemerintahan (ISSN 2085-5192 [Print], ISSN 2686-0163 [Online]) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (IPDN).

The primary aim of the journal is to foster intellectual discourse by publishing high-quality, rigorous conceptual perspectives, literature reviews, and empirical research findings that advance scholarly understanding and practical policy solutions within governmental science and public sector management.

Core Thematic Scope

The journal welcomes original research addressing the interactions, systemic dynamics, and structural transformations across the following core areas:

Governance in Government

Collaborative governance, multi-level state management, interagency coordination, decentralization, and state-society relations.

Public Administration

Administrative theories, institutional reform, policy formulation, execution, and evidence-based policy evaluation.

Public Sector Management

Strategic public finance, performance-based budgeting, human resource management, and organizational transformation.

Public Services

Public service quality, standard operating procedures, citizen-centric service design, co-production, and customer satisfaction metrics.

Government Innovation

Social innovation in the public sphere, design thinking in civil service, laboratory innovation, and bureaucratic agility.

Leadership in Governance

Administrative leadership, transformational leadership, ambidextrous governance, and local political leadership.

Bureaucracy & Administrative Reform

Restructuring civil service systems, institutional deregulation, de-bureaucratization, and civil service capacity development.

Government Ethics & Integrity

Public integrity systems, anti-corruption mechanisms, public accountability, transparency, and civil service ethics (Kepamongprajaan).

E-Government & Digital Governance

Electronic-based government systems (SPBE), smart city administration, public sector artificial intelligence, and digital data governance.

Types of Manuscripts
  • Original Empirical Research Articles: Full-length research contributions establishing clear theoretical foundations, transparent methodologies, and robust empirical analysis of governance phenomena.
  • Comprehensive Review Articles: Systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, or bibliometric mappings (e.g., PRISMA protocol) synthesizing the state-of-the-art literature and identifying future research directions.
  • Conceptual & Theoretical Papers: Rigorous critical reviews and conceptual frameworks that challenge, redefine, or expand paradigms in administrative and governmental sciences.
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