🧩 Early view What does #intermediation look like in #WeaklyIinstitutionalized contexts characterized by limited #state #oversight and prevalent #informality ❓ Aviram Sharma draws empirical insights from the #BottledWater quality regulations in #India 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

♨️Early view Who defines #success in #IndigenousPolicymaking❓ Christian Eva provides the most comprehensive quantitative analysis of the distribution of #Procurement contracts to #IndigenousBusinesses 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

🧐 Which are the "most-read" "top-5" articles published in 2025 ❓ You have been reading #PolicySuccess & #failure, foundations of a #HumaneGovernment, #BureaucraticGovernance, #PolicyImplementation & In Memoriam #GemmaCarey👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...

🧐 Are #RevolvingDoor policies effective ❓ Why do regulators have to strengthen #oversight & cultivate #EthicalCulture ❓ Filippo Silano assesses the risks of #MalignPolicy through the lens of the revolving door phenomenon & #PublicDebtManagement 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

⏰Early view How is #Empathy understood by public servants❓ How do #PublicServants practise empathy in their work❓ @mussagulova.bsky.social, Jaime Padilla, & Andy Asquith study how empathy is enacted and structured into public service work 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📢Early view What do welfare preferences in #DividedSocieties teach us about #NationalIdentity ❓ Peter Ward & @stevendenney86.bsky.social find that candidates orginally from Eastern Germany or North Korea are less preferred by Western Germans and South Koreans 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

⏰ Early view How is #merit conceptualised in public sector merit protection frameworks ❓ Sue Williamson & colleagues examine the #MeritProtectionFrameworks in the #AustralianCapitalTerritory, #Queensland & #Aotearoa in #NewZealand👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🧩Early view Who are #intermediaries❓ What are intermediaries' functions, roles & impact in governance❓ Avri Eitan, David Levi-Faur & Jale Tosun introduce the upcoming Special Issue on the multifaceted roles of intermediaries in #policy & #governance 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Today, @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social explains how the Trump Administration’s use of individualized, firm-level waivers and exemptions marks a new frontier in presidential control of the administrative state — turning deregulation into a tool for distributing political favors.

📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics with @soasnssrfree.bsky.social for a discussion with Costas Lapavitsas and Clara Mattei, Chaired by Hanin Khawaja 🎤 Imperialism: Economics of Re-armament and Militarism 🌍 info and registration 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

📣 Early View What constitutes an ideal-type #MicroLevel #Learning process during a #crisis ❓ And what challenges might undermine this ideal ❓ Neil Mortimer & @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social study #Australia's #COVID19 crisis learning as an exemplar case 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🔥Hot off the press How have governments within liberal regimes found a tool for reclaiming authority in the #Nationalization of #ElectricitySystems #Operators❓ Jose M. Valenzuela studies the role of system operators in this process in #Chile & the #UnitedKingdom👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

👉 @policysociety.bsky.social celebrates the #OAWeek As a fully #OpenAccess top-tier political science and public administration journal, @policysociety.bsky.social endorses open access publishing. For more information about @policysociety.bsky.social 👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

👉It is #OAWeek @ausjpa.bsky.social endorses Open Access publishing & publishes #OpenAccess The share of open access articles was only 3⃣% in 2018. It has reached 6⃣9⃣% in 2024. As of September 2025, it is 6⃣1⃣%. For more information 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...

📣 Early View How does #PolicyCapacity impact managing wicked problems such as climate change in the #GlobalSouth ❓ Rameen Khan & Fiaz Hussain provide insights into the capacities needed for effective #ClimateChange #PolicyWork in #Pakistan 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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

🛎️New Issue is out❗️ Towards a 3⃣rd generation of #PolicyAdvisorySystems studies❓ Co-guest edited by @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social, the new generation studies how different PAS are structured and operated—or managed—to deliver quality results👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

@profhilaryallen.bsky.social on the risky confluence of an AI bubble fueled by highly leveraged non-bank financial institutions and the integration of crypto -- an asset highly correlated with the stock market -- into traditional financial markets

🧐 In case you missed it In this #Forum article, dedicated to #FabienneMaron, Edoardo Ongaro, Wolfgang Drechsler, Hiroko Shimada-Logie (in this photo) & colleagues argue that #Humanities help us rediscover the significance of #MoralSentiments, #Imagination & #Compassion in PA 👇

🧐 In case you have missed @ausjpa.bsky.social's September Issue is out With Australian roots, @ausjpa.bsky.social has an international standing & @ausjpa.bsky.social looks forward to receiving your excellent submissions from the #GlobalSouth and beyond 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...

🛎️ Early view How do #Accountability relations between #Intermediaries #Regulators & #RegulatoryTargets shape intermediaries’ decision to report targets to regulators❓ @evathomann.bsky.social points to intermediaries’ (non-)compliance as a problem of accountability 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣) 🧐Have you had the opportunity to read Janine O’Flynn's reflections on the foundations for a human(e) government ❓ 🖊️The article argues for interweaving #positivity, #complexity, #humility, & #empathy 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🛎️New Issue is out❗️ Co-guest edited by M. Jae Moon & Tim Legrand, the Special Issue on #malignity in policy sciences calls our attention to the “ #DarkSide ” of #policymaking Insights from #Robodebt, #Clientelism, #Emotions & #Authoritarianism & many others 👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

"AI in Public Decision-Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit" by Karl de Fine Licht & Anna Folland presents a framework for utilizing AI in decision-making to evaluate harms & benefits, resolve conflicts, and foster trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

Remember when dense networks of strategic cross-shareholdings among firms, native to coordinated market economies, went the way of the dodo? The Rhenish model, Germany, Inc. undone by Anglo institutional investors? Well, the dodo is back. Say hello to USA, Inc. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

🛎️Early view How do different levels of #ideas have potential for #ambiguity❓ In what ways can policy actors utilize them to allow for different interpretations to build a #coalition❓ Sunwoo Ryu examines #Childcare policy reforms in #SouthKorea👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

📣 Early View What is #GamefulGovernment ❓ David Threlfall & Catherine Althaus study the usage of #games and #gamification in #Australian public sector practice, & what it means for processes and outcomes of policymaking 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

🛎️Hot off the press! Delighted to see this brief contribution to our COST Action IGCOORD's edited volume The chapter discusses the coordination of green transition & bank regulation in Turkey The book is open access 👇 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

📣Early View Can #CommunityOrganisations (COs) extend the reach of support to at-risk groups❓ Corina Crisan & colleagues employ #CollaborationTheory & suggest a framework to guide strategic alliances with COs to support at-risk workers👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

♨️ Early view How do behavioural motivations moderate the public’s #compliance responses to, & engagement with, #InstrumentCalibrations ❓ Panchali Guha & Ishani Mukherjee study the link between policy target motivations, compliance & instrument calibration 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

♨️Early view How do citizens participate politically across policy fields❓ What are the formats & different modes of #PublicInvolvement❓ @ekrick.bsky.social shows impact fostering institutional arrangements & #CitizenEngagement practices👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Early View 📩 Based on in-depth empirical analysis, this paper identifies three distinct modes of public involvement that differ in terms of key actors, influence channels, state–society relations, citizens’ roles, and the normative status of their claims. Check it out here: buff.ly/ZPuR7UY

📣 Welcome to PSA Executive Politics and Governance Specialist Group ❗ @psaexecpolitics.bsky.social is delighted to announce its new website 👇 executivepoliticsandgovernance.wordpress.com

👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣) ✏️ #HumanLearningSystem emphasises continuous learning & improvement within organisations to enhance their effectiveness Christianne Ormston & Michael Macaulay examine the emergent HLS project #CollaborativeNewcastle #NHSUK 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

🛎️ Hot off the press! @azadsinghbali.bsky.social & I had the pleasure of working on this chapter and contributing to the Handbook of Policy Advice co-edited by Ishani Mukherjee & @howlettm.bsky.social 👇 www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

“Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it” … by re-separating political and civil service roles once again. Nice paper from Keith Dowding, Marija Taflaga doi.org/10.1111/1467... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I had thought there were 4 types of malversation (legal corruption) in the UK. Turns out there were five with what B Guy Peters calls the "vast post-service wealth of politicians" perhaps the biggest of all

📣Vol 8⃣4⃣(3⃣) is out ❗️ 🌥️ 🌞 The September 2025 Issue is a rich, dense, and stimulating collection of 3⃣ Research articles 4⃣ Research notes 2⃣ Practice and policy articles Explore, read, & engage 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...

📣🆕Early View #LeveragePoints are places within #systems where small, strategic interventions can create significant and lasting impact Deborah Blackman, Vindhya Weeratunga, Jade Hart, @hdicko.bsky.social propose a crucial refinement to Meadows’ leverage points👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

While access to professional middle class jobs is big, the thing about college that sticks with me most is the sense of agency and conceptual tools it gave me to understand and perhaps shape the circumstances of my own life Which I imagine is why some folks want to shut it down

Pretty astonishing stuff. Going after members of the Fed who don’t do what you want: bad. Going after them with wrong information that will definitely come out: stupid as hell.

🧐 Holistic approaches studying #CitizenSatisfaction with public services in developing countries have been scarcer 👉 Xin Tao, Nikita Makarchev & colleagues examine the sources and mechanisms of #Vietnamese citizens’ satisfaction with land administration services 👇

🚨 NEW ISSUE 🚨 🌏 Special section on how the rise of Asia reshapes international financial affairs 🗣️ Articles on ghosting diplomacy, ASEAN and human rights, India's China strategy and more 🤝 Policy paper on China and 'America First' 📚 25 book reviews Read the issue > academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/5

The Power of Gender Norms: In Switzerland, French-speaking cantons showed much higher support for the introduction of women's suffrage and today exhibit lower contemporary child and employment penalties for females. academic.oup.com/restud/artic... & www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

"As the central bankers who assembled recently at Jackson Hole realised, it is all very well to bang on about the virtues of central bank independence when it is Turkey you are scolding. It is a rather different matter when it is the Fed..."

📣🆕Early View Can we trace back the performance of public services to the effectiveness of service providers’ management of their supply chains❓ Phuc Nguyen & colleagues study the under-performing provision of employment services from a system approach👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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📢 Early View ✉️ This article by @VilleAula examines the advancement of data science as a public policy instrument through the lens of the instrument constituency framework. Read the article here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View 📢 This new article by @SanchayanBanerj and @Peter John discusses the past, present, and future of behavioral public policy (BPP). Read more here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...