This is….and imagine all the other ways this manifests… and across different contexts

The 'what did we learn on our summer holidays?' anonymous memo itself archive.ph/5imGV

Using political science to inform our understanding of the challenges of preventive health policymaking: ‘Can this time be any different?’ paulcairney.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/u... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We will hear from: 🔵 Professor Nicole Busby - Professor in Human Rights, Equality and Justice, @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🔵 Professor @paulcairney.bsky.social - Professor of Politics and Public Policy, @stir.ac.uk For more information please visit our website: covid19inquiry.scot

New political science analysis of the renewed push for preventive health: ‘Can it be any different this time around? doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 #COPPR26 is more than a conference. It’s a space for building community across disciplines, methods, and institutions. Come find your people, share your ideas. CFP here: policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...

📖 Do you work with the IAD Framework? Institutional rules, action arenas, and the grammar of institutions? Then you should be at #COPPR26. Present your work. Find your people. Build the field. CFP open now 👉 policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...

🏛️ Do you map belief systems, coalitions, and policy subsystems? The Advocacy Coalition Framework remains a cornerstone of policy process research — and so is #COPPR26. Submit your ACF work by Aug 31. policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...

📢 UPDATE! The submission deadline has been extended to September 15th. As always, we look forward to reviewing your proposals.—COPPR Team policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...

Not sure what to submit to #COPPR26? We have SIX different session formats, check them out: policyprocessresearch.org/coppr-26-ses...

Rob DeLeo at Bentley University’s Public Policy Program is pleased to host a US COPPR Satellite for 2026. Scholars who cannot travel to Bern but would like to convene in person can register to attend COPPR Bentley from January 21 – 23. policyprocessresearch.org

The Conference on Policy Process Research 2026 is in Bern, Switzerland, January 20-23. You can submit your paper or presentation ideas here - policyprocessresearch.org - and can attend in person or online.

We had a wee Stirling in-house think about the relationship between critical climate justice and Policy Studies with Andrea Schapper @envjusticeresstir.bsky.social, @paulcairney.bsky.social, @hyeyoonpark.bsky.social, @neilcrawford.bsky.social and Hannes Stephan www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New Directions in Climate Justice? A Dialogue Between Critical Climate Justice and Policy Studies Scholars www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Political scientists: can you help me with something? I'm adding suggested podcast episodes to my Politics of Public Policy syllabus this year. I need a podcast episode on these two topics: -Agenda Setting -Policy Feedback Anything come to mind? Thanks in advance!

Policy fragmentation and incoherence are inevitable in the real world @paulcairney.bsky.social Why perfect policy coherence is unattainable (and may be ill-advised) @policysciences.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Experiencing a hurting stalemate about going to #COPPR26? Send us your proposals and you can attend in person or online!

This is our most likeable article: So you want to be a systems leader? doi.org/10.1080/2574... For the less likeable version open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-6 youtu.be/I-9OPkABTdY?...

*PSA Book Recommends* 📚 Looking for a thought provoking summer read? Check out this year's Mackenzie Book Prize shortlist for ideas. 📚

The Conference on Policy Process Research 2026 is in Bern, Switzerland, January 20-23. You can submit your paper or presentation ideas here - policyprocessresearch.org - and can attend in person or online.

So you want to be a systems leader? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fair play to whoever cooked up the spam emails that are getting through the usual filter: an email apologising to a customer, then someone replying in confusion, someone replying to the reply, and so on. It is a decent copy of the reply-all emails you get at work.

So you want to be a systems leader? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Super important paper 📣 It explores what's needed to ensure placemaking, the built environment, & transport can play a role in health creation & overcoming inequalities. Systems thinking is vital: foster the right leadership, collaborate across disciplines, and empower. (HT @sfrost.bsky.social)

Now published as a short thriller with a twist at the end (and at the end of the title, for people who don't want to read beyond the title) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm planning to be delighted about this article on LinkedIn Why perfect policy coherence is unattainable (and may be ill-advised) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Every 30 years or so, I like to lick my lips, have a poke of chips, and stand next to some tall ships

holy shit lmao

Just gave a talk at a silent disco. Quiet crowd.

The amazing Wales Centre for Public Policy is seeking to recruit an 18 month fellowship who will lead a project supporting What Works Centres (WWCs) to develop and capture their impact on policy and practice. www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...

New pre-print: The pursuit of equity in COVID-19 policy and policymaking: A qualitative systematic review open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-1...

The deadline is August 31, and we're limiting two papers per presenter (due to demand). - your COPPR Comms team @raulpachecovega.bsky.social @paulcairney.bsky.social @dhanifreeland.bsky.social @allegrafullerton.bsky.social

🥳 We are so excited to announce our call for proposals is open! We want your paper, panel, roundtable, open session, and pre-conference workshop ideas 👇 policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...

MS Teams transcription is now good enough to rely on for note taking (not verbatim), but sometimes misrepresents the amount of times I perform karaoke in a formal meeting

Cheggers Plays ... paulcairney.wordpress.com/positive-pub...

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture The Unstable Vote: How Economic Insecurity is Shaping a Divided Electorate with Professor Jane Green Monday 12 May 5:30pm Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Register here: edin.ac/4lxzs7c

Others were asleep in the house, so all my answers were in the voice of a close-to-the-mic nighttime DJ 😆

A 7000 word rollercoaster ride through the village of governance. Not one of the exciting rollercoasters. More like the old wooden ones that hurt your back. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This is great fun from Joe Heath, and explains why political philosophers (me included) get so annoyed by this weirdly ubiquitous and misleading meme, and all this mystifying and imprecise talk of 'equity'. A great public service. Please read it! josephheath.substack.com/p/why-philos...

A post on my paper for this panel: paulcairney.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/g...

Governance and the Westminster Model: what exactly is the dominant story of UK policymaking? This post summarises my paper for the 20th Anniversary of British Politics, which should appear on Twenty Years of British Politics any day now. Much like a diesel engine, it starts off with an unhelpful…

At #psa25 today, 330pm, The Exchange: Four papers on the theme of 'Twenty Years of British Politics' (the journal)

And finally @scotvoting.bsky.social team wins Pippa Norris prize for outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies #PSA25 @ailsahenderson.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

At #psa25 330pm today, ICC Exec 7, there will be two papers on the topic of Positive Public Policy (PoPP). It's time to turn that political science frown upside down for 20-30 minutes plus questions.

11:30 ICC Hall 5 Join the fun! #PSA25

Off to Birmingham for the annual Coldest Hands in Political Science championship. No complacency, of course, but I have maximised my chances by travelling in the equivalent of the Tesco frozen food aisle while dressing for summer.

Not another bonfire of the quangos… Cutting the number of public bodies is the wrong objective for the government to set itself www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pat-...