RESUME
I am a professor of public management and communication at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. My main research interests include management and communication in the public sector, evaluation of transparency policies, place branding and attractiveness strategies.
Research fields
Public Management | Government communication | Place branding
KEYWORDS
Transparency | Social media | Place branding
most representative publications
- Mabillard, V., Pasquier, M. & Vuignier, R. (2024). Place branding and marketing from a policy perspective. Building effective strategies for places. Routledge [Open access].
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003286189. - Mabillard, V., Esposito, G., Cicatiello, L., Gaeta, G. L., & Pasquier, M. (2024). Barriers to freedom of information: Insights from an experiment in Belgium. International Journal of Public Administration, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2024.2378329. - Esposito, G., Cicatiello, L., Mabillard, V., & Lucio Gaeta, G. (2024). Toward a citizen science framework for public policy evaluation: Lessons from a field experiment on Freedom of Information laws in Belgium. Evaluation, 30(4), 464-487.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13563890241270195. - Mabillard, V., Zumofen, R., & Pasquier, M. (2024). Local governments’ communication on social media platforms: refining and assessing patterns of adoption in Belgium. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 90(1), 65-81.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523221133229. - Porumbescu, G., Piotrowski S. & Mabillard, V. (2021). Performance information, racial bias, and citizen evaluations of government: Evidence from two studies. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 31(3), 523-541.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muaa049.
