The GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence conducts interdisciplinary research on trust in and between governments under six thematic headings.
- Interpersonal trust and fundamentals
- Equality, representativeness and citizen-government relations
- Relations between public actors within and across governments
- Relations between public and private/non-profit actors in multi-level settings
- Trust in legal systems and regulatory regimes
- Technology, data and privacy
GOVTRUST also made some important research contributions on:
- (Trust and) the coronavirus crisis
- ​Repetitive reform and its consequences for the public sector​