Public Procurement Podcast -

Public Procurement Podcast - episodes:

• 12.02.2019

  #33 - General Election Special 2019

  A conversation with Albert Sanchez-Graells about the public procurement policy proposals in the Lib Dems, Labour and Conservative manifestos for the General Election 2019.

  
• 03.16.2017

  #32 - Pedro Telles (Swansea University)

  Interview with Pedro Telles about low value contracts, framework agreements and Brexit implications in public procurement. Final (double length) episode of the Public Procurement Podcast Series 2

  
• 02.15.2017

  #31 - Francesco Decarolis (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)

  Interview with Francesco Decarolis, Associate Professor at Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance in Italy. Francesco is currently a Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was recently awarded ERC Starting Grant to investigate reputation and corruption...

  
• 01.20.2017

  #30 - Niels Uenk (Public Procurement Research Centre)

  Interview with Niels Uenk, part-time Researcher at the Public Procurement Research Centre a joint interdisciplinary research centre of the universities of Utrecht and Twente. Before joining academia Niels worked 5 years as international consultant in supply chain and logistics optimization....

  
• 12.19.2016

  #29 - Suvi Taponen (Aalto University School of Business)

  Interview with Suvi Taponen, MPA, a doctoral researcher at the Aalto University School of Business who also works as a procurement consultant. She will defend her thesis titled “Improving the Efficiency of Public Service Delivery through Outsourcing and Management” in...

  
• 12.08.2016

  #28 - Baudouin Heuninckx (Belgian Armed Forces & University of Nottingham)

  Interview with Baudouin Heuninckx from the Belgian Armed Forces and the University of Nottingham on defence procurement in the EU. Baudouin has just published a book on defence procurement as of November 2016 entitled The Law of Collaborative Defence Procurement...

  
• 11.24.2016

  #27 - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (Bergen Centre for Competition Law and Economics)

  Interview with Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui Ph.D candidate at University of Bergen and member of the Bergen Centre for Competition Law and Economics on centralisation of procurement. His research interests are related to the interaction of public procurement and competition law...

  
• 11.04.2016

  #26 - S. N. Nyeck (Canterbury Christ Church University)

  Interview with S N Nyeck from Canterbury Christ Church University on the political economy of development and the role that public procurement plays in transforming institutions and societies. She recently edited a book entitled Public Procurement Reform and Governance in...

  
• 10.14.2016

  #25 - Ana Cristina Calderon Ramirez (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance)

  Interview with Ana Cristina Calderon Rodriguez from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance on the regulation of public procurement in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ana is currently studying in-depth the creation and establishment of public procurement regulatory and monitoring...

  
• 09.08.2016

  #24 - Warren Smith (Digital Marketplace, Government Digital Service)

  Interview with Warren Smith, Director of the Digital Marketplace, part of the UK's Government Digital Service. Interview about the work done by the DM team in improving digital procurement practice.

  
• 07.18.2016

  #23 - Mari Ann Simovart (University of Tartu)

  Interview with Mari Ann SImovart from the University of Tartu about Article 72 of Directive 2014/24/EU and limitations to public contract modifications. or her PhD Mari Ann, looked into the relations between national private and EU public procurement laws with...

  
• 06.29.2016

  #22 - Willem Janssen (Utrecht University)

  Interview with Willem Janssen, a Lecturer and PhD Researcher at the Public Procurement Research Centre of Utrecht University and Twente University. His PhD researches the influence of EU public procurement law on the performance of services by cooperating public authorities...

  
• 06.17.2016

  #21 - Petra Ferk (Graduate School of Government and European Studies)

  Interview with Petra Ferk, Assistant Professor for public administration at Graduate School of Government and European Studies and a researcher at the Institute for Public-Private Partnership Slovenia. Petra Ferk is the co-author of legal monograph, several articles and national reports...

  
• 03.23.2016

  #20 - Carlos Arrebola (University of Cambridge)

  Interview with Carlos Arrebola (University of Cambridge) and Albert Sanchez-Graells (University of Bristol) about the influence Advocate-General opinions may have on decisions by the Court of Justice of the EU. Discussion on underlying topic and methodological issues with this research.

  
• 03.18.2016

  #19 - Stephan Litschig (Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

  Interview with Stephan Litschig, Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo about audit risk and rent extraction. Interview based on Stephan and Yves Zamboni paper ‘Audit risk and rent extraction, evidence from a randomized evaluation...

  
• 03.11.2016

  #18 - Kirsi-Maria Halonen (University of Lapland)

  Interview with Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Senior Lecturer of Law at University of Lapland on contractual ineffectiveness in public procurement. Kirsi worked previously at Hansel Ltd, the Finnish Government central purchasing body and concluded her Ph.D in August 2015 at the University...

  
• 02.25.2016

  #17 - Grith Skovgaard Olykke (Copenhagen Business School)

  Interview with Grith Skovgaard Olykke, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School on abnormally low tenders in public procurement. Mixed methods research was the second topic of conversation.

  
• 02.15.2016

  #16 - Guilherme Lichand (Harvard University)

  Interview with Guilherme Lichand a PhD candidate in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University about his paper on corruption in the Brazilian health sector. His research interests lie at the intersection of Development Economics, Political Economy, and Behavioral Economics....

  
• 02.08.2016

  #15 - Sarah Schoenmaekers (Maastricht University)

  Interview with Dr. Sarah Schoenmaekers from Maastricht University about exclusion of candidates in public procurement, particularly Article 57.

  
• 01.25.2016

  #14 - Richard Craven (University of Leicester)

  Interview with Dr. Richard Craven, Lecturer at the University of Leicester.His research interests lie at the crossroads between law and social sciences, with a particular emphasis in public procurement research methods. This talk has more of a shared approach to...

  
• 01.14.2016

  #13 - Ama Eyo (Bangor University)

  Ama Eyo, lecturer in law at Bangor University and director of the LL.M Public Procurement Law and Strategy. Ama has done extensive research on electronic auctions in public procurement and still going with the theme of electronic procurement she...

  
• 01.04.2016

  #12 - Nat Green (Shaw LLM Fellow at George Washington University)

  Interview with Nat Green, a Shaw LLM Fellow at George Washington University in Washington DC about ecolabels and environmental considerations in public procurement. His publications to date focus on the legal and policy implications of large-scale hydropower development, and other...

  
• 11.30.2015

  #11 - Abby Semple (procurement consultant, postgraduate student)

  Abby Semple, a Procurement Consultant and postgraduate student at the University of London Birkbeck College, who runs the blog Public Procurement Analysis. She’s also an expert in sustainability in procurement. Earlier this year Abby was one of the first authors...

  
• 11.13.2015

  #10 Ramona Apostol (Corvers Procurement Services)

  Interview with Dr. Ramona Apostol from Corvers Procurement Services about the challenges surrounding procurement of innovation. Ramona is a regular guest lecturer at various academic procurement programmes all over the world. Ramona concluded her PhD at Leiden University in 2014...

  
• 10.22.2015

  #9 - Franco Peirone (University of Piemonte Orientale)

  Interview with Dr. Franco Peirone from the University of Piemonte Orientale about corruption in public procurement. The discussion is focused on compliance programmes in the USA, UK and Italy.

  
• 09.29.2015

  #8 - Marta Andrecka (Aarhus University)

  Interview with Dr. Marta Andrecka of Aarhus University about framework agreements in public procurement, very commonly used in some EU Member States

  
• 09.16.2015

  #7 - Mihaly Fazekas (University of Cambridge)

  Interview with Mihaly Fazekas from University of Cambridge about the use of big data in social sciences and public procurement research

  
• 08.06.2015

  #6 - Piotr Bogdanowicz (University of Warsaw)

  Interview with Dr. Piotr Bogdanowicz about cross-border interest in public procurement, particularly the complex test created by the Court of Justice in the early 2000s

  
• 07.22.2015

  #5 - Andrea Sundstrand (Stockholm University)

  Interview with Dr. Andrea Sundstrand from Stockholm University about cross-border interest in public procurement and her work with the Procurement Law Journal

  
• 06.29.2015

  #4 - Amy Ludlow (Cambridge University)

  Talk with Dr. Amy Ludlow from the University of Cambridge about the intersection of labour law and public procurement.

  
• 06.11.2015

  #3 - Frank Brunetta (Canadian Procurement Ombudsman)

  The remit of the Canadian Procurement Ombudsman is to promote transparency in federal public procurement and to provide alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for procurement issues.

  
• 06.05.2015

  #2 - Claire Methven O'Brien (Danish Institute of Human Rights)

  Should public procurement be influenced by human rights? Dr. Claire Methven O'Brien thinks so, but what are the barriers and where should the boundaries lie?

  
• 05.18.2015

  #1 - Albert Sanchez-Graells (Leicester University)

  Interview with Dr. Sanchez-Graells of University of Leicester about transposition of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland