The Navalists weren’t wrong. They were just annoying. As I tweeted at Konrad, “As someone that agrees with you, I want you to shut the fuck up.”

The Special Issue about 3rd generation Policy Advisory Systems edited by me and @howlettm.bsky.social as just been published in @policysociety.bsky.social Nine OA articles focusing on the future of PAS. @raulpachecovega.bsky.social @gcapano.bsky.social

Our 2025 🎉 Top 10 Most Cited Articles 🎉 are now free to access until the end of September! You can find them all below 👇 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/PP-H... Many thanks to all of our authors:

Congratulations to @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social on authoring one of our top 10 most cited articles of 2025! Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1332/0305...

📚⚡We're back after summer break! Read our latest blog post by @howlettm.bsky.social and @andreamigone.bsky.social policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/09/03/a...

Are you interested in when and why women are included in civil war negotiations--either as part of belligerent delegations or as part of a broader civil society process? You should read this new article by @miriamjanderson.bsky.social @liamswiss.bsky.social and myself. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Just out and OA in Policy & Society - "Kicked cans and poison pills: third generation policy advisory system studies and the management of quality political advice" by Andrea Migone & Michael Howlett doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Just out in Early View and OA in Policy Design & Practice - "Beyond evidentiary uncertainty: mitigating political risks in policy designs" by Michael Howlett &Andrea Migone www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

👏👏👏Well done Sebastian Sewerin, Benjamin Cashore & @howlettm.bsky.social! You’re some of our most cited authors ‬Read their top cited paper ‘New pathways to paradigm change in public policy: combining insights from policy design, mix and feedback’ doi.org/10.1332/0305...

Just out: our latest article in Open Access with @pmreview.bsky.social on how top public servants in 🇨🇦 & 🇮🇹 use their time and what that means for executive management styles. PS: there's lots more (who they meet, what they do to keep current, etc.) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

☀️ Early View 📨 How does Policy Advisory System (PAS) relate to the political framing of policy action ❓ How do elements of PAS activity provide advice on policy-making❓ @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social extend the 3⃣rd generation PAS research 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

My latest newsletter is out - featuring all the BALTOPS gossip and a whole lot of ships. If you're not subscribed yet... why not? www.thebroadside.org.uk/p/the-signal...

Got a big idea that challenges policy thinking? 🧠✨ We’re seeking non-thematic individual submissions. We love critical takes 🔍 on public policy, comparative trends 🌍, and fresh theoretical insights 💡(see 42-4 for inspiration) 📄 Ready to contribute? Click here👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

So, I was having a conversation with some folks about ChatGPT having the equivalent of really bad trips.

🚨 What can be learned at the intersection of crisis management & administrative burdens? is out now and open access! 🚨 Written with the v much missed @gemcarey.bsky.social. For folks researching crisis management, admin burden, disability & the NDIS. Short 🧵 with link 👇

Just Out! And Open Access - "New policy tools and traditional policy models: better understanding behavioural, digital and collaborative instruments" in Policy Design & Practice. By Michael Howlett, Sarah Giest, Ishani Mukherjee & Araz Taeihagh doi.org/10.1080/2574...

It is a testament to our times that today (April 01) on the former bird app, 75% of the politics posts ring (are?) real.

Just signed this open letter calling for the establishment of a royal commission on Canada's future uniweb.uottawa.ca/sites/Open-L...

Alberta has an ambitious intergovernmental agenda. And Danielle Smith is shooting new holes in it everytime she hops on a plane to the US.

Wealth, Not Health

Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog? 'Training scientists for #policy: mapping science-policy programmes in the United States' by K. L. Akerlof et al. buff.ly/3XhGT86 @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social @[email protected]

New in RPR! J. Beyer explores the evolution of path dependence in policy research, its diverse interpretations, and applications in social and environmental policy. #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

C. M. Radaelli explores ToPP's impact on EU policy research and advocates its integration with theories on implementation, evaluation, and governance, in the upcoming SI, guest-edited by C. Weible. #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Parliaments do this only when they are highly distressed.

The next Canadian Prime Minister should appoint Trudeau as Ambassador to the United States.

About every 2 years I open an EPub in Books and I am reminded that someone at Apple after developing dynamic pagination decided that they did not need the 35 bytes of metadata that would have allowed me to set the pages in the same format of the book and I'm like...

Canada, Germany, Italy, Turkey all need nuclear weapons. The international landscape has shifted dramatically and there is no way that any individual country can outspend the USA on the military. We need effective deterrence tools against Russia and increasingly - it looks like - the United States.

I spoke with @katemalloy379.bsky.social of @hilltimes.com this week about the challenges facing Canada and my book from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social. Full interview here: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Sheilagh Ogilvie's Controlling Contagion shows how human institutions—markets, states, communities, religions, guilds and families—have helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history. Out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Just out and Open Access in Regulation & Governance - "“Is Lobbying for Losers?”: Corporate Behavior and Canadian Military Procurement Contracting" by Andrea Migone, David Chen, Bryan Evans, Alex Howlett, & Michael Howlett

I am pleased to announce that I was recently granted an Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo... This award will allow me to spend time at the University of Heidelberg to work with Prof. Jale Tosun on federalism and public policy.

The problem with the "Team Canada" approach was on full display last week in Washington. Premiers were uncoordinated, unprepared and apparently even refused to accept support from the feds. The trip did more harm than good. There is something to be learned from "Europe United".

I haven’t even seen a single auto-captioned TikTok that’s produced correct results and many AIs still can’t tell you how many Rs are in the word strawberry, but people still think ‘technology’ is gonna replace govt workers, health specialists, teachers, artists, filmmakers, etc. Total insanity.

Explore how policy entrepreneurs drive change. This open access PSJ research article outlines strategies, impacts, and the contextual factors shaping their influence across policymaking processes. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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A scandal is brewing in Alberta. Allegations of a multi-million dollar quid-pro-quo and cover-up scheme aren't going away. What makes controversy stick to leaders, parties, and governments? The most important thing is how elected officials react. 🧵 drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/the-anatom...

A good piece on historical tariffs between US and Canada. time.com/7212675/tari...

"Feminist Methodologies: Experiments, Collaborations and Reflections" Edited by: Wendy Harcourt, Karijn van den Berg, Constance Dupuis, Jacqueline Gaybor #Free2DownloadAndRead link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Pierre Poilievre on CPAC right now making it clear that he's on Trump's side, making up a scatter-shot cacophony of lies on the spot to justify Trump's tariffs on Canada and somehow blame Trudeau. This man is not a leader, he's a viper. He doesn't have your back.

NEW PUBLICATION: I led a coauthored chapter on "what is collaboration good for" in Paul Verschure's latest edited volume, "The Nature and Dynamics of Collaboration", just published by @mitpress.bsky.social #Free2DownloadAndRead direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

The apparently illegal activities of Trump and his appointees don't augur well for either free and fair elections in 2028 or peaceful government turnover. After all, conceding in 2028 may well mean federal prison in 2029+, and not just for Trump. His accomplices may not let him...