Got a big idea for Special Issues that challenge policy thinking❓ @policysociety.bsky.social is inviting proposals for #SpecialIssues that critically examine established frameworks, develop new conceptual tools, or open promising lines of inquiry 👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Got a big idea that challenges policy thinking ❓🧠⚡️ @policysociety.bsky.social is inviting proposals for individual articles and special issues that critically examine established frameworks, develop new conceptual tools, or open promising lines of inquiry 👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

How little attention public policy scholarship has paid to personal experience as a driver of policy attitudes and behavior Arnost Vesely & Ivan Petrusek conceptualize personal experience as a distinct mechanism of attitude formation 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

The way we measure the success of #BehavioralPublicPolicies (BPPs) camouflages inequalities Till Grüne-Yanoff suggests #InterventionFairness to understand and analyse how and why BPPs treat people heterogeneously 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

What is the current state of #BehaviouralPublicPolicy (BPP) scholarship ❓ Swee Kiat Tay & Ching Leong analyse 2,301 BPP articles from 1980 to 2024 on the Scopus database & observe an exponential increase in BPP publications and thematic shifts 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

♨️Special Issue Alert! . We have a new special issue on 'Policy Capacity in Developing Countries: Linking Theory and Empirics' by guest editors: Yifei Yan @kidjiesaguin.bsky.social @mkeremcoban.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1099162x... . #GlobalSouth #PublicAdministration #Governance

The role of #IndigenousPeoples in #ForestProtection is crucial Marco J Haenssgen, Maria Ann Sanu & Ivo Vlaev explore how innovative policy options can support their natural resource management from the bottom up 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

How could @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social's #M2050 Summit be successful despite its scale ❓ Heath Pickering discusses the clear commitment to participatory governance grounded in #transparent & #inclusive #deliberation, which could be adapted in other jurisdictions 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Can inaction, before a crisis, often interpreted as the absence of entrepreneurship, in fact be a deliberate posture aimed at reinforcing the status quo ❓ Damien Ballereau & Sabine Saurugger offer a more nuanced understanding of entrepreneurial role 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Can #StrategicForesight function as a legitimate and effective source of #evidence for policymaking ❓ Laura De Vito & @gaiataffoni.bsky.social develop a conceptual framework that foregrounds enablers for reliability and usability of #StrategicForesight evidence 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

#BehavioralPublicPolicy’s rapid growth has outpaced its conceptual consolidation Alejandro Hortal argues that the field must strive for greater precision and consistency, even if full definitional closure remains elusive 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

New Article: Beyond Democratic Backsliding: Bureaucracy, Elite Dynamics and Administrative Change in Authoritarian Transitions From: Kutsal Yesilkagit & Johan Christensen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New in @govjournal.bsky.social How Trump repurposed exec tools for personalist consolidation: gut agency capacity where it benefits elite allies, expand state power where it energizes base. Congress, courts, and new personnel systems like Schedule P/C are now aligned to lock it in. Free access:

Special Issue Article: When the Regulatory State Meets Populism: Regulatory Agencies in Mexico From: Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, @martinlodge.bsky.social, and Daniel Daza-Vázquez onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Markets in developing countries are commonly informal & the dynamics of the informal sector, and the dual nature of economies are under-theorized Aviram Sharma analyze the formal and informal processes of #intermediation in #India 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

How can policymakers in chronically reform-sclerotic economies leverage crisis framing to fast-track radical policy reforms ❓ Tolga Bolukbasi develops an integrative framework that opens the black box between shock and outcome 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

📣 #OutstandingReviewerAward 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣ We very much appreciate reviewers' dedication and commitment. We rely on their expertise, time, and guidance. @ausjpa.bsky.social's Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣goes to ... #YvonneBrunetto & #JulianVillodre 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

How do government-affiliated intermediaries shape climate policy experiences ❓ Bruno Arcand explores the interactions between the state and government-affiliated intermediaries in the context of climate-related industrial policy 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

What makes top executive appointees qualified #PolicyIntermediaries in bridging the gap between the #president & the #ministry by communicating the president’s policy objectives to the latter ❓ Don S Lee & Min H Kim use a conjoint experimental design 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

#CoGovernance has emerged as ‘a new paradigm in public administration’ Shona Bates & colleagues consolidate existing knowledge of co-governance & develop an evidence-based model of co-governance relevant to both public sector and community stakeholders 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

How do citizen co-producers’ demographics and the presence of minority leadership influence citizens’ willingness to participate in #CoProduction ❓ @wonhyukcho.bsky.social & colleagues analyse representation in co-production 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

How do users make sense of #GenAI adoption in the public sector & the changes that may ensue in workplace practices ❓ Shibaab Rahman, James Connor, @hdicko.bsky.social & colleagues offer a relational view of #GenAI adoption in public agencies 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meadows’ hierarchy of leverage points offers particular value for practitioners Deborah Blackman, Vindhya Weeratunga, Jade Hart, @hdicko.bsky.social propose a crucial refinement to Meadows’ leverage points 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Do cross-sector differences present opportunities or barriers to establishing community co-ownership arrangements ❓ Corina Crisan & colleagues suggest a framework to guide strategic alliances with COs to support at-risk workers 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Policy professionals’ capacity is crucial, as they need the right skills and resources to keep pace & manage complex public problems Rameen Khan & Fiaz Hussain assess the impact of #PolicyCapacity on #ClimateChange #PolicyWork in #Pakistan 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

The #BigTech is becoming ever more powerful in modern societies & the policy implications of its rise remain underexplored @rosalingrad.bsky.social, Hongzhou Zhang & @arazth.bsky.social develop an idealized theoretical construct of the #SuperPolicyEntrepreneur 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

How does #collaborative service delivery persist when the setting is not favorable & enabling conditions are weak ❓ Anka Kekez & Anat Gofen examine how #CollaborativeGovernance is made workable in constrained environments 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Under what conditions can #BehavioralPolicy interventions facing intense contestation still yield positive returns ❓ Giuseppe Veltri proposes a three-dimensional policy cube 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

How can conceptions of the #merit principle support or hinder workplace #diversity ❓ Sue Williamson & colleagues present a new typology to aid understanding of how the implementation of the merit principle is shaped 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

What happens after policies end? By dismantling or terminating policies, governments reshape lives, bureaucracies, policy subsystems, and political behavior. In our new article in @policysociety.bsky.social, Johabed Olvera and I examine the effects of termination and dismantling

How do people experience #PolicyTermination and #dismantling❓ How are other policies affected❓ @gmocejudo.bsky.social & Johabed Olvera argue that understanding these effects is just as important as comprehending the policy termination process itself👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

How can #SocialMedia be utilised for effective #communication and #coordination during #disasters ❓ Ratna B. Dougherty investigates how the interorganisational coordination of disaster response across the social media platform during #HurricaneIrma 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Congratulations to Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée👏🎊 @cmi.no has awarded him their prize for outstanding #development research The article shows that a sub-class of highly institutionalized partnerships has developed into transnational bureaucracies 👇 www.globe.uio.no/english/news...

How to successfully engage with and #empower #communities in #DisasterManagement ❓ Marco De Sisto, Clifford Shearing & colleagues ask and examine what needs to be done to build a #collaborative #PolycentricGovernance system 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

How have governments found a tool for reclaiming authority in the #Nationalization of #ElectricitySystems #Operators ❓ Jose M. Valenzuela studies the evolution of electricity markets as a process of constant re-making of regulatory relations 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

#PolicyTermination revisited ❓ The forthcoming Special Issue on #PolicyTermination, co-guest edited by Vandna Bhatia, Carsten Daugbjerg & Frank Ohemeng, shows that policy termination can be a particular type of #PolicyChange 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

📢Vol 8⃣5⃣ (1⃣) is out ❗️ The March 2026 Issue hosts 9⃣ research articles & 1⃣ practice and policy article Topics covered include regulation and supervision of digital mental healthcare & local innovation scaling-up, among many others👇 See our newsletter👇 mailchi.mp/3481ce2a2c00...

How do external and internal dynamics influence an organisation’s intermediation activities ❓ Ciara Kelly & colleagues investigate how the effectiveness & sustainability of NGOs as climate intermediaries are shaped by external policymaking structures 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

What #capacities & mechanisms are required to sustain #IntersectoralCollaboration over the longer term for more #equitable #health outcomes ❓ Helen Dickinson & colleagues explore disability & health collaborative governance arrangements during #COVID-19 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

#BehavioralPublicPolicy (#BPP) is thriving ❗️ 🧐 Yet BPP is also plagued by conceptual confusion Avishalom Tor proposes, explains, and defends a more precise and useful definition of this widely used subcategory of behaviorally informed policies 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

How do post-#NPM approaches redefine the conceptual and practical foundations of #PersonnelManagement ❓ Adnan Karatas argues: post-NPM personnel management must be understood as a deeper transformation in the psychological, social & institutional logics 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Are policies terminated because of capacity loss or policy subsystem support loss ❓ Erik Baekkeskov & Olivier Rubin use the case of #AMR #NAPs & argue that #PolicyTermination can be relatively pervasive when policy lacks #roots in domestic politics 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Whether or why does use of gaming provide better outcomes for citizens ❓ David Threlfall & Catherine Althaus take stock of efforts that integrate #games and knowledge from games into #Australian public sector practice 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

We tend to struggle with how to conceptualise, map, and respond to #complex issues, being dominated by #RationalTechnical frameworks Jade Hart, Vindhya Weeratunga, @hdicko.bsky.social & Deborah Blackman demonstrate why #NDIS has become ‘stuck’ 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

A well-managed public sector is crucial for achieving national development goals Yandri Susanto & colleagues find that transformational leadership, supportive organisational culture & stakeholder engagement contribute to public organisation performance 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

How and why do #crises reconfigure #PoliticoAdministrative relations in #LocalGovernments❓ Nicolai De Wulf & @joris-voets.bsky.social study how decision-makers retain #discretion, particularly in designing #CrisisManagement configurations👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

In a traditional #Weberian-style #bureaucracy, how do #InformalNetworks operate in relation to the formal system ❓ Oke Hendra, Eko Prasojo & Reza Fathurrahman argue that the relationship between the formal & informal is #CompensatoryInformality 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

How do governments frame and govern crises ❓ Catarina Ianni Segatto & Fernanda Lima-Silva analyze #flood crises in #Brazil, and study how governments change their #definition of crises and their approach to governing during crises 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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