by Kenneth Hunter | Sep 4, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
We are honored to announce the recipient of ABFM’s 2026 Aaron Wildavsky Award: Rebecca Hendrick, Professor of Public Administration, University of Illinois Chicago. Established in 1993, this award recognizes lifetime achievement for work in public budgeting and...
by Kenneth Hunter | Sep 2, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
We are pleased to recognize the recipients of the Jesse Burkhead Award for the 2025 Publication Year (Volume 45) of Public Budgeting & Finance: Ringa Raudla, Kylli Sarapuu, James W. Douglas, Johanna Vallistu, and Nastassia Harbuzova, for their article, “Budgeting...
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 28, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
We are honored to announce the recipient of ABFM’s 2026 S. Kenneth Howard Award: Dean Michael Mead. Established in 1986 in memory of S. Kenneth Howard, the award honors lifetime achievement by a practitioner in the field of budgeting and financial management....
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 25, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
We are pleased to announce the recipient of ABFM’s 2026 Michael Curro Student Paper Award: Sewon Kim, Indiana University. Sewon is being honored for her paper, “Managing Performance or Building Capacity? State Interventions in Local Financial Management.” The...
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 21, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
Click Here to Submit Your Work Developed and published by Justin Ross, the ABFM Paper Series is a membership service that allows the community to circulate their latest work. An important role for ABFM is to serve as a community of scholarship and shared findings....
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 21, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
We are honored to announce the recipients of ABFM’s 2026 Best Book Award: Zachary Mohr, Martha E. Kropf, Mary Jo McGowan, and JoEllen V. Pope, for their publication, A Republic If You Can Afford It: How Much Does It Cost to Administer Elections (Cambridge University...
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 18, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
ABFM is pleased to announce the recipient of ABFM’s 2026 Scholarly Engagement Award: Whitney Afonso, Albert and Gladys Coates Term Professor and Professor of Public Administration and Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Dr. Afonso is...
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 18, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
Public Financial Publications, Inc. (PFP), publisher of Public Budgeting & Finance, is seeking new members for its Board of Directors. PFP Board Members serve a three-year term through active engagement in designated operating, award, and/or policy committees...
by Kenneth Hunter | Aug 9, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
The Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) is now accepting proposals from institutions, universities, or organizations interested in hosting our 2028 Annual Conference. We invite interested hosts to review the attached Request for Proposals...
by Kenneth Hunter | Jul 29, 2026 | Call for Papers, Conference
The leadership of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management is pleased to announce the appointment of the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, as ABFM’s new Secretariat, effective July 1, 2026. Dr. Tatyana Guzman,...