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A Procurement Researcher’s Guide To Transition to Digital Services in Assuredly Liberal Democracies
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publications
Geschafft? Wie Führungskräfte die Verwaltungsdigitalisierung im Sicherheits- und Verteidigungswesen in Deutschland und Großbritannien bestimmen [Done? How leaders shape the digitalization of public administration in the security and defense sectors in Germany and the UK.]
Published in Handbuch Digitalisierung der Verwaltung, 2023
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2023). Geschafft? Wie Führungskräfte die Verwaltungsdigitalisierung im Sicherheits- und Verteidigungswesen in Deutschland und Großbritannien bestimmen. Handbuch Digitalisierung der Verwaltung.
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Public policies in public procurements. A scoping review of 47 years of research.
Published in Interdisciplinary Public Procurement PhD Forum 2023, 2023
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2023). Public policies in public procurements. A scoping review of 47 years of research.. Interdisciplinary Public Procurement PhD Forum 2023.
Does official language proficiency lead to bureaucratic discrimination?
Published in Public Management Research Conference, 2023
Presentation at the panel ‘Disentangling Discrimination’ of the Public Management Research Conference 2023.
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2023). Does official language proficiency lead to bureaucratic discrimination?. Public Management Research Conference. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10001.81762
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When and why public buyers pursue broader outcomes
Published in Science Figured Out Competition 2024, 2024
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2024). When and why public buyers pursue broader outcomes. Science Figured Out Competition 2024.
Transaction Properties Explain Government Contracting for Broader Outcomes. A Vignette Experiment in the United States.
Published in IRSPM 2024: Hybrid futures for public governance and management, 2024
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2024). Transaction Properties Explain Government Contracting for Broader Outcomes. A Vignette Experiment in the United States.. IRSPM 2024: Hybrid futures for public governance and management.
Mimetic Isomorphism May Explain the Contextualized Uptake of Green Public Procurement. A Structural Topic Model of Framework Contracts.
Published in IRSPM 2024: Hybrid futures for public governance and management, 2024
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2024). Mimetic Isomorphism May Explain the Contextualized Uptake of Green Public Procurement. A Structural Topic Model of Framework Contracts.. IRSPM 2024: Hybrid futures for public governance and management.
Why are transactions taken off the market? Convenient contracts - a missing term in transaction cost theory.
Published in Public Management Research Conference, 2024
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2024). Why are transactions taken off the market? Convenient contracts - a missing term in transaction cost theory.. Public Management Research Conference.
The Buyer-Side Fragmentation Problem of Self-Regulation. Evidence on Green Public Procurement in Germany.
Published in DemoTrans Conference on Democracy and Capitalism, 2025
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2025). The Buyer-Side Fragmentation Problem of Self-Regulation. Evidence on Green Public Procurement in Germany.. DemoTrans Conference on Democracy and Capitalism.
Advisory to the Central Purchasing Body of the Flemish Government (Het Facilitair Bedrijf) with regards to the expenditure review for legislature 2024-2029
Published in Online Consultation, 2025
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2025). Advisory to the Central Purchasing Body of the Flemish Government (Het Facilitair Bedrijf) with regards to the expenditure review for legislature 2024-2029. Online Consultation.
Do transaction properties explain the uptake of green public procurement? A vignette experiment in the United States
Published in IRSPM conference, 2025
Recommended citation: Balbach T, Lammers W, Van de Walle S (2025). Do transaction properties explain the uptake of green public procurement? A vignette experiment in the United States. IRSPM conference.
Neoreactionary Ideology, Regulation & Governance
Published in Brown Bag Seminar of the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, 2025
Recommended citation: Balbach T, Ducuing C, Ramya C, Santoro C (2025). Neoreactionary Ideology, Regulation & Governance. Brown Bag Seminar of the Public Governance Institute.
Public buyers want to go green – even when it is hard.
Published in DemoTrans Policy Brief Series, 2025
Demotrans Policy Brief
Recommended citation: Balbach T, Lammers W, Van de Walle S (2025). Public buyers want to go green – even when it is hard. DemoTrans Policy Brief Series.
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Toward a Theory of Perfunctory Government Contracts.
Published in Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, 2025
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2025). Toward a Theory of Perfunctory Government Contracts. Evidence From Belgium. Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven.
Understanding Policy Criteria in Public Procurement. Evidence From Belgium.
Published in Public Governance Institute Lunch Seminar, 2025
Recommended citation: Balbach T (2025). Understanding Policy Criteria in Public Procurement. Evidence From Belgium.. Public Governance Institute Lunch Seminar.
Translating between public administration and the digital. A study on the motivation and choices of digital governance students
Published in Information Polity, 2025
Recommended citation: Van de Walle S, Crompvoets J, Balbach T, Becker J, Brandt T, Clever L, Räckers M, Villena-Tagle C, Juuse E, Lember V (2025). Translating between public administration and the digital. A study on the motivation and choices of digital governance students. Information Polity.
Future of Green Public Procurement
Published in Green Public Procurement : Global Insights, National Strategies, and Future Directions for Sustainable Governance, 2026
Recommended citation: Plaček M, Rosell J, Howlett M, Migone A, Howlett A, Darnall N, Nemec J, Drechsler W, Dimand AM, Balbach T, Angelov N, Davis N, Fojtík R, Paswan P (2026). Future of Green Public Procurement. Green Public Procurement : Global Insights, National Strategies, and Future Directions for Sustainable Governance.
talks
Pitch: CitizenLab at INTERGEO 2017
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AI in research panel
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Panel participation on AI in research at the Faculty of Social Sciences Research Day (KU Leuven).
Informational session: PIONEER programme
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I gave an informational session on the PIONEER programme at KU Leuven. The Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance (PIONEER) is a two-year or 120 ECTS joint master programme organised by KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Münster (Germany) and Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia).
teaching
Public Innovation
Master of Science PIONEER course B-KUL-S0H07B, Joint program by KU Leuven, University of Münster, TalTech, 2024
Marking assignments and providing individual feedback. Mentoring selected students on their master thesis journey.
Organiseren en financieren van publieke dienstverlening
Master Bestuurskunde B-KUL-S0D07A, Master Program, KU Leuven, 2024
One afternoon teaching students about public procurement, including an online educational game, case study teaching, and instant feedback testing. The class contents are part of their final exam.
Public Innovation
Master of Science PIONEER course B-KUL-S0H07B, Joint program by KU Leuven, University of Münster, TalTech, 2025
Marking assignments and providing individual feedback. Mentoring selected students on their master thesis journey.
Organiseren en financieren van publieke dienstverlening
Master Bestuurskunde B-KUL-S0D07A, Master Program, KU Leuven, 2025
One afternoon teaching students about public procurement, including an online educational game, case study teaching, and instant feedback testing. The class contents are part of their final exam.