Contributed to this piece by Toby Mcintosh on fears about "weaponization of the openness agenda" eyeonglobaltransparency.net/2025/10/30/w...

Looking forward to this event with @evertlindquistuvic.bsky.social at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on Tuesday

@kimnossal.bsky.social and I contributed to this piece in The Kingston Crow thekingstoncrow.substack.com/p/stickhandl...

Yes, the challenge is huge, but *Team Canada* looks very disorganized. Not surprisingly, as I have been arguing for quite some time. Tactics without strategy, and if there are signs of strategy, it is contradictory. www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

I just published this piece in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/enough-of-ta...

Details about my upcoming panel discussion with @evertlindquist.bsky.social at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on November 4 events.berkeley.edu/can/event/30...

On November 13, I'll participate in a symposium on imperial administration organized by the American Society for Legal History. I've written a note as background for my panel comments. This is very drafty and feedback is appreciated. alasdairroberts179720.substack.com/p/four-phase...

I'll participate in a panel discussion at the Canadian Studies Program of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on November 4. Here's a note to support my comments. Feedback and corrections appreciated! alasdairroberts179720.substack.com/p/the-us-and...

In the EU, all of this has been, and is, unfolding within a multilayered public discourse - at the member state and the European level. Political elites, parliaments, the media... Whereas in Canada, to quote @alasdairroberts.bsky.social excellent op-ed from September in the Globe and Mail...

Americans have less faith in the ability of the country’s political system to solve problems than they had five years ago, with a large majority now believing that the U.S. is incapable of overcoming its deep divisions, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena University. nyti.ms/476StrS

The organizers of a proposed section on #HumanRights within the American Society for Public Administration are looking for expressions of interest -- 300 names are needed to make the proposal go (as I understand it). If you are interested, fill out this survey. pace.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I joined Professor Andrew Podger for a discussion on the Management Matters podcast, hosted by James-Christian Blockwood, president of the US National Academy of Public Administration www.buzzsprout.com/1073332/epis...

We are so honoured to be on this list! Congrats and good luck to all the shortlisted authors and publishers. @alasdairroberts.bsky.social

Be part of shaping ASPA’s potential new Administration and Human Rights Section—take the quick survey today pace.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive? As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here: lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5

I spoke with Shaye Ganam of QR770AM Calgary this morning about yesterday's op-ed in @theglobeandmail.com open.spotify.com/episode/6zf2...

New blog from @alasdairroberts.bsky.social, part of our #EGPA2025 series. 📝 Prof. Alasdair Roberts writes about the temptation of centralisation in times of crisis, warning however that it "may be a formula for fragility, not resilience." Read 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

I wrote this short piece for the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Public Policy blog, to accompany my comments in a plenary session at the EGPA conference on August 28. www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

My op-ed in today's @theglobeandmail.com, based on my book from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"Canada today is suffering from the vision thing. This is not a criticism of any one person. It is a criticism of an entire political system that is incapable of generating a vision of where we are trying to go as a country." By @alasdairroberts.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I'm looking forward to giving a presentation by Zoom to public policy faculty at the American University in Cairo next Wednesday, September 17. Zoom link here if you are interested.

The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social has embedded the short explainer video for my article, "The Crisis of Design in American Government," in the article abstract itself -- a neat innovation: www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...

…after Prof Kuhlmann’s opening remarks and highlighting multiple challenges we’re hearing from Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social on Brexit - where are we now, how is it impacting us now? And Prof @alasdairroberts.bsky.social on the geopolitical situation that’s emerging and how it might impact the EU.

Through several American state-level freedom-of-information laws, I have obtained documents that explain where this anonymous complaint originated. I plan to write about this at a later date. I'm still waiting for responses to some FOI requests, which make take a bit of time.

I've added an addendum for those of you interested in how the COPE complaint process works -- or rather, doesn't. Although Taylor & Francis is a member of COPE, COPE will not accept a complaint about T&F's non-compliance with its conflict-of-interest rules, because the journal is not a COPE member.

@alasdairroberts.bsky.social Parts of this talk on why academic publishing is so broken chime with your concerns about anglosphere domination of public administration research.

Re-posting this not just because it says nice things, but because the EU is an interesting comparison. (@alasdairroberts.bsky.social has made the same comparison, but I leapt at the G7 comp because of Carney's recent comments.) bsky.app/profile/jbro...

New from me: Are first ministers' meetings cool again? With links to the wise analysis of @alasdairroberts.bsky.social, @jaredwesley.ca, @jbroschek.bsky.social and Jenn Wallner. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

In January, I published an article about the accrediting organization NASPAA. This article was under investigation for several months. Here's my statement about that. Non-US scholars, especially in the Global South, may be interested. alasdairroberts179720.substack.com/p/someone-wa...

I spoke with the CBC's @aaronwherry.bsky.social about the need to revive national leaders' summits in Canada, based on my book from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The editors of @apjournalpa.bsky.social asked me to make a short explainer video about my new article, "The Crisis of Design in American Government." You can watch it here. The article is open access and the link is in the YouTube notes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eanh...

My article "False globalism: Public administration in the United States in the twenty-first century," originally published in January, is now open access -- read online or download for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you haven't yet had an opportunity to read @alasdairroberts.bsky.social's new book, "The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century", this interview with Josianne Paul, Director of the Canada School of Public Service will whet your appetite! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtpT...

In my article "The Crisis of Design in American Government," published last week, I discuss the dangers of centralization, especially when combined with Trumpian populism at the center, in an era of climate change. Full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Access to Information (ATIA) reform discussion on Thursday: Details here www.eventbrite.ca/e/cippic-sum...

I contributed a chapter, "Estrategias Para Gobernar: Los Fundamentos De La Administración Pública," to Debates Emergentes Sobre Administración Y Políticas Públicas, edited by Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna and Alberto Casas Benitez. Details here. www.flacso.edu.mx/libro/debate...

🎉 Exciting news! My latest paper has just been published in #JPART @jpart1991.bsky.social. Titled “Exploring the Influence of Administrative Capacities on Administrative Burdens” Click here to learn more: academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...

My Levine Lecture given at @au-spa.bsky.social in May is now available online, open-access, from @apjournalpa.bsky.social. You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

James Reston in the New York Times, 50 years ago today.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has NASPAA accreditation, and this statement is consistent with NASPAA's own view that democracy, human rights, and academic freedom are merely "ideological" concerns that should not influence accreditation decisions in any way.

Thanks to the American Library Association's Choice for including "Adaptable Country" in their June list of books recommended for US community colleges www.choice360.org/choice-pick/...

reviewing the proofs for my Levine Lecture at @au-spa.bsky.social in May -- should be published (open access) soon

New from Sarah McLaughlin, now available for pre-order on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Authoritaria...

New from me in the Public Integrity Journal 🤗 👇🏻 Tackling Corruption: Identifying and Dismantling Implementation Obstacles in Corruption Risk Management Policy: Public Integrity: Vol 0, No 0 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...

A reality check on the Iran strike ordered by President Trump open.substack.com/pub/johnhask...

I spoke with Gabrielle Gurley of @prospect.org for this story, about the state of Canada-US relations prospect.org/world/2025-0...

The gradual centralization of the US political system has stoked policy instability, with presidents now ruling by emergency powers and executive action. Writer @alasdairroberts.bsky.social‬ asks: What happens when the wrong person’s in charge? thewalrus.ca/trump-presidency/

Congratulations to Ola G. El-Taliawi for winning the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize for The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South! buff.ly/2bltvHh

How did the US end up with another brute as president in 2025? The surprising answer, writes @alasdairroberts.bsky.social‬, is that well-meaning liberals were the ones who made it possible. thewalrus.ca/trump-presidency/

My short piece on "the crisis of design" in US government was published today by @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/trump-presid...