First State Insights

About First State Insights

Information, perspectives, and analysis for public policy, management, and community and economic development in Delaware. Presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a research and public service center in the University of Delaware's Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration.

Publisher

Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2020

Latest episode

6 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

3 of 101 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Dec 2025

   Exporting the Delaware Model: Building Public Administration Bridges in Brno

   Filip Hrůza speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about the thirteen-year partnership between their institutions, the adaptation of the "Delaware Model" of public service education (https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/biden-school/) to the Czech context, and the creation of "MuniLab" to engage students with practice. They also discuss the unique characteristics of Brno and the South Moravian region and the vital role universities play as a bridge between academic research and public administration practice. Filip Hrůza is the Director of the Institute for Public Administration and a member of the Department of Public Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic (https://www.econ.muni.cz/en). He focuses on connecting academic theory with public sector practice through initiatives like organizing conferences on inter-municipal cooperation and MuniLab, which engages students with public administration practitioners. He has worked for over a decade to adapt the University of Delaware's Legislative Fellows program and other public service models to strengthen local governance and public administration education in the Czech Republic. This episode was recorded on November 24, 2025, for First State Insights, a podcast presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA). For more First State Insights episodes, visit https://soundcloud.com/first-state-insights or search for "First State Insights" wherever you listen to podcasts. IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. For more on IPA, visit https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.

2. 

   20 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Engaged Universities, Public Administration, and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

   Professors Calin Hintea and Maria Aristigueta speak with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about challenges facing democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the United States, the importance and evolution of relationships among countries in this region and the U.S., and potential roles for engaged universities and public administration programs to strengthen these relationships while bolstering democracy. Professor Hintea is the Dean of the College of Political, Administrative, and Communication Sciences at Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/facultati/stiinte_politice_administrative_si_ale_comunicarii). He teaches strategy and management courses and has extensive experience working with public and private organizations on strategy development topics. He is the chair of the Accreditation Committee of the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation, senior editor of the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, and former president of The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (https://www.nispa.org/). Maria Aristigueta, Emerita, was the Founding Dean of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration and Charles P. Messick Chair of Public Administration at the University of Delaware. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania and at the University of Salerno, Italy. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and a past-president of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), and a past-member of the Executive Council of Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA). To learn more about the interplay of universities, communities, and democracy, review articles from a 2024 special issue of the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences (https://doi.org/10.24193/tras.SI2024). This episode was recorded on February 26, 2025, for First State Insights, a podcast presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA). For more First State Insights episodes, visit https://soundcloud.com/first-state-insights or search for "First State Insights" wherever you listen to podcasts. IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. For more on IPA, visit https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.

3. 

   14 Mar 2025

   Building a Healthier Senegal

   Talla Cissé and Dr. Saloum Cissé, co-founders of the Foundation for a Healthier Senegal (FOHSEN), speak with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about their efforts to enhance maternal and child health outcomes in rural Senegal through local health initiatives and fundraising. This interview covers their motives for founding FOHSEN, the challenges they’ve faced as a father-son team, and their hopes for the future of FOHSEN and improved health in rural Senegal. Talla Cissé is a mixed-methods researcher focused on ending inequities in communities across West and Central Africa. He holds a master’s in International Policy from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Delaware’s Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. Dr. Cissé is a family physician who completed residencies in family medicine and preventive medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He also earned a Master of Public Health from the Morehouse School at Emory University. To track their work through the Foundation for a Healthier Senegal, visit FOHSEN’s website (https://fohsen.org/) and follow them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FoundationForHealthierSenegal/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/fohsen_/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthiersenegal/), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pOnkPqrC_Oh4O6vWkcg9g). This episode was recorded on July 10, 2024, for First State Insights, a podcast presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA). For more First State Insights episodes, visit https://soundcloud.com/first-state-insights or search for "First State Insights" wherever you listen to podcasts. IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. For more on IPA, visit https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.

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Engaged Universities, Public Administration, and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Published 20 Mar 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I mean, there was a kind of interest, but maybe it was not the most important part in American politics, because Central and Eastern Europe was not like a hot kind of area. But I think that the geopolitics is changing now significantly, and Central and Eastern Europe, it's again a very relevant area for international politics, and I believe for the US, mainly because of what is happening in Ukraine, the Russian invasion in Ukraine. I think that the entire Central and Eastern Europe now is facing significant challenges, related to democracy. I remember in the 1990s, democracy was a big, big issue here, because we were learning what democracy means. […]

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