Wolfgang Drechsler

Wolfgang Drechsler (born June 6, 1963, Marburg, Germany) is a Public Administration, Political Philosophy and Innovation Policy scholar. He is Professor of Public Administration and Government at the University of Tartu, Estonia (since 1993), and additionally Professor of Technology Governance and Public Management at the Tallinn University of Technology (since 2004).

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June 6 - 1963 - Marburg - Germany - Innovation - Professor - Public Administration - Government - University of Tartu - Estonia - Technology Governance - Tallinn University of Technology

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Drechsler holds degrees from Bridgewater College, the University of Virginia, the University of Marburg, and the German Post-Graduate School of Public Administration Speyer. Before coming to Estonia, he taught at Universities of Marburg, Giessen, and Frankfurt am Main, all Germany, and as Visiting Professor in Lund, Sweden. He has served as Advisor to the President of Estonia, as Executive Secretary with the German Wissenschaftsrat during German reunification, and, as an APSA Congressional Fellow, a Senior Legislative Analyst in the United States Congress. He is the Vice Chairman of the executive board of Praxis, Estonia?s pre-eminent public policy think-tank, and a former member of the Innovation Policy Council of the Estonian Ministry of Economics.

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Bridgewater College - University of Virginia - University of Marburg - Speyer - Giessen - Frankfurt am Main - Lund - Sweden - President of Estonia - German reunification - Congress - United States Congress

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In Public Administration, Drechsler emphasizes the non-technocratic, non-managerial, "state sciences" approach that focuses on effectiveness rather than efficiency. In economics and public policy, he is a strong protagonist of the role of the state in economic growth and of innovation and industrial policy. He serves or has served as an advisor, especially in the areas of public manangement reform and innovation policy as well as e-governance, for national governments and international organizations, such as the OECD, Council of Europe, SIGMA, World Bank, European Union (Lisbon Strategy), Inter-American Development Bank, and United Nations (UNDP); he has worked, in different capacities, on the national development plans of, e.g., Estonia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Peru, Brazil, and Norway. Philosophically, Drechsler is a classical Hermeneutician, as one of the last students of the late Hans-Georg Gadamer.

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Effectiveness - Efficiency - Innovation - OECD - Council of Europe - World Bank - European Union - Lisbon Strategy - Inter-American Development Bank - United Nations - UNDP - Mongolia - Kazakhstan - Peru - Brazil - Norway - Hermeneutician - Hans-Georg Gadamer

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Drechsler received the 1997 Estonian National Science Award, Social Science category, the 2001 Alena Brunovskà Award for Teaching Excellence in Public Administration, the 2002 Oustanding Alumnus Award from Bridgewater College, where he also delivered the annual W. Harold Row Endowed Lecture, and in 2004, the Maarjamaa Rist, Estonia's Order of Merit.

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Alumnus - Bridgewater College

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