Pascal Hurni’s dissertation examines, from a scientific-historical perspective, how the administrative sciences in the U.S. and German developed and what influence the former had on the latter. As part of the SNSF research project PDFM – 119458/1 - The Transatlantic Transfer of Administrative Ideas in the 20th Century directed by Prof. Dr. Fritz Sager, this study, along with those of Christian Rosser and Celine Mavrot, contributes to the analysis of the reciprocal exchange among Germany, France, and the U.S. in the area of the administrative sciences.