The IRSPM Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Richard M. Walker, the Lee Shau Kee Foundation Chair Professor of Public Administration, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, is the recipient of the IRSPM 2026 Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award. This award honors scholars with sustained contributions to public management research.
During his distinguished career spanning more than two decades, Walker has been at the forefront of public management and key to linking West and East in public management. His main contributions relate to the study of innovation in public services and the measurement and determinants of public service performance. A prolific author, his work has garnered over 23,357 Google Scholar citations.
His long-standing involvement with IRSPM includes serving as an Editorial member for Public Management Review, a board member for IRSPM and as a conference co-Chair of IRSPM Conference 2016. Walker will present on his life's work at the IRSPM conference in Perth, Australia, in April.
Awarded date
8 Apr 2026
Granting Organisations
International Research Society for Public Management