
Andrea Patrucco, PhD, is Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School. Andrea is the Chair of IRSPP. Andrea’s passion is public procurement, but his research expertise includes buyer-supplier relationships management in both the private and public sectors. LinkedIn profile

Tünde Tátrai, PhD, is a Professor of Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest in Budapest, Hungary. Tünde’s research interests focus on public procurement, public procurement law, sustainable procurement, and the role of SMEs in public procurement. LinkedIn profile

Jane Lynch, PhD, is Professor in Procurement for Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University and leads the Centre of Public Value Procurement. Jane’s research areas include public procurement, joint bidding, collaboration, innovation and social value. Jane sits on the Main Board for the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW). LinkedIn profile

Louise Knight, PhD, is Professor in Public Sector and Healthcare Procurement at University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. Louise leads the EI-IPS Research group. Her research includes healthcare procurement, developing procurement capability and driving innovation in public procurement. LinkedIn profile

Esmee Peters, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. Her research interests include public procurement, supply chain resilience, crisis management, and governance and policy. Her PhD research addressed the role of public procurement during crises, and the changing role of procurement in an age of permacrisis. LinkedIn profile

Petra Ferk, PhD, is Associate Professor for Public Administration at the New University, Slovenia, and one of the founders and directors at the Institute for Public-Private Partnership, in Slovenia. Petra’s research focuses on public-private partnerships and public procurement. She is the national correspondent for the European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review. LinkedIn profile

Ana-Maria Dimand, LLB, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. Ana-Maria’s doctorate focused on public affairs, and her current research focuses on public management and policy, government contracting, collaborative governance, environmental policy, innovation and sustainability. LinkedIn profile