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Early View ✉️ This study examines the management of expert and advisory committees (EACs) in China, focusing on their role in generating alternative policy advice and influencing policy processes, using the lens of policy advisory system (PAS). Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

1/7 Does the public actually influence policymakers on #AIpolicy? My paper in @policysociety.bsky.social used 5 million tweets + @nytimes.com articles to find out. The answer is yes, but with a huge catch that has major implications for #AIethics. 🧵 Link: doi.org/10.1093/pol...

"There’s growing demand for Behavioural Public Policy... but now is a pivotal moment" @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social and Prof Peter John explore the future opportunities and challenges of Behavioural Public Policy in a new article in @policysociety.bsky.social ➡️ academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Interesting on the role of legal advice in govt--with the Robodebt scandal as the case study

Understanding why government officials blew past the warnings on Robodebt is important in understanding the risks civil servants and the public use tackle as they face pressure to use ‘AI’ in public service delivery.

Check out my latest article co-authored with a fabulous colleague Saltanat Janenova

📘New article on the Robodebt case focusing on legal advice. The short version: with pressure to automate and AI-ify everything, legal protections are critical. We cannot assume policymakers and administrators will act in good faith and legal advice should be a "brake" with real force.

Early View ✉️ This article seeks to understand how the Australian Government came to implement a scheme - Robodebt - that was in clear violation of social security law, focusing specifically on the role of legal advice. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View ✉️ Focusing on executive branches in charge of issuing and managing government debt—debt management units (DMUs)—this article delivers a case study assessing the effectiveness of revolving door restrictions. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View ✉️ This article argues that governments can bypass local clientelist networks by designing procedural tools that generate intelligence for effective social policies. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View ✉️ This article demonstrates that there is value in adopting governance arrangements that keep both the instrumental and experimental approaches to government-affiliated intermediaries in tension. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View ✉️ This introduction to special issue conceptualizes the notion of malignity in policy sciences, examining how public policies can become misaligned with the public interest—whether by design or through the dynamics of the policy process. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View💌 Using secondary sources and key informant interviews, this article studies Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), a social protection program in Ghana, and outlines its collaborative architecture that underpins its implementation. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early view 💌 This article introduces to a third generation of policy advisory system (PAS) studies, which focus greater attention on the quality of advice provided by PAS and their managerial aspects in new and traditional contexts. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View 📩 This new piece points out that failing to account for the political economy of policy design for decentralization results in malignant designs, and provides insights into how to mitigate them. Read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View 📨 This new piece studies the management and quality of policy advisory systems (PAS) in the under researched authoritarian context of Kazakhstan. read more: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Early View ✉️ This article by @ Bernadette Connaughton explores the implications of PAS adaptation and change dynamics across different political-administrative contexts. Read more: 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...

📢 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...

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☀️ 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...

How welfare wins: @indrajitroy.bsky.social examines discursive institutionalism, the politics of the poor & the expansion of social welfare in India during the early 21st century. Read OPEN ACCESS in @policysociety.bsky.social‬: buff.ly/dLlk12Z #PSEditorSpotlight 🧵 1/2

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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...

The 2024 Scopus CiteScores are out, and Policy and Society has performed exceptionally well! 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲: 𝟭𝟮.𝟬 Ranked 3rd among 242 journals in PA and among 738 journals in Political Science & IR! A heartfelt thank you to our readers, contributors and editors.

📚 Curious about latest public policy research? Explore fresh insights, research and policy discussions, in our newest issue on Governance of Generative AI. Browse here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Explore the most cited, most read, and latest articles in Policy and Society 🚨 Let them inspire your next big policy question 🔍 Read them at: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

📚 Curious about latest public policy research? Explore fresh insights, research and policy discussions, in our newest issue on Governance of Generative AI. Browse here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

☀️ Early View ✉️ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin, Lizzie Bailes and James Jackson study how external and internal dynamics impact the work of climate intermediaries in the climate policy process. Check out the article here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

☀️ Early View ✉️ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin, Lizzie Bailes and James Jackson study how external and internal dynamics impact the work of climate intermediaries in the climate policy process. Check out the article here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

The 2024 Scopus CiteScores are out, and Policy and Society has performed exceptionally well! 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲: 𝟭𝟮.𝟬 Ranked 3rd among 242 journals in PA and among 738 journals in Political Science & IR! A heartfelt thank you to our readers, contributors and editors.

☀️Early view📨 While some countries have incorporated externalisation of the policy advisory system (PAS), why is the PAS in some others politicised❓ Justa Mwangi studies how the policy advice quality in #Kenya influences addressing systemic corruption👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

☀️Early view📨 How does multilevel governance (MLG) contribute to the understanding of the policy advice process❓ @johannahornung.bsky.social & Philipp Trein argue that MLG and policy advice can both mutually reinforce and impede each other 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

☀️ Early view 📨 How can governments respond to policy bubbles driven by dysfunctional emotions❓ @msmaor.bsky.social invites us to a conversation about intense emotions that hinder the accurate assessment of policy problems, tools, and/or target populations 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

☀️Early view📨 #Trans-EuropeanNetworks are crucial for the #EU #SingleMarket P.J. Stephenson questions the function of former EU officials and high-level politicians as #EuropeanCoordinators & their added value in policy coordination👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

☀️Early view📨 What was the original definition of #nudge❓ What might nudges look like❓ Adam Oliver invites us to be circumspect of arguments to use #behavioral science to justify #coercive or manipulative #paternalistic intervention👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Take a look at our latest special issue of 2025! Full of cutting-edge discussions on 'Governance of Generative AI', this issue has something for all curious to learn more about this rapidly changing field 🐎 Check it out here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

👉 @policysociety.bsky.social publishes: - Themed Issues - Research articles - Symposiums 🧐 What has appeared on our pages in 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣❓ - First image: article titles - Second image: article abstracts More information about @policysociety.bsky.social & recent calls👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

🆕 January 2025 Issue (Vol 4⃣4⃣, Issue 1⃣) is out ❗️ Guest-edited by @arazth.bsky.social, the Special Issue studies Governance of #GenerativeAI The contributions discuss property rights, the power of #BigTech, the future of #cities, among many other timely topics 👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

☀️Early view📨 How do policymakers incorporate diverse & potentially conflicting expert advice into their policy decisions❓ Edoardo Esposto & Tiziana Nupieri contextualize a controversial policy choice adopted by the #EU in its #GreenTaxonomy 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

📢 Call for Applications ⁉️ Would you like to be part of the editorial team of a discipline-leading journal❓ @policysociety.bsky.social is seeking a new dynamic editorial team to improve the impact of the journal further & shape the debates in our field The call is here 👇

3/ The crisis also raised a bigger question: How do we manage events that cross borders, sectors, and jurisdictions? In this @policysociety.bsky.social piece, we explored how collaborative governance responds under pressure 👇 🔗 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

☀️Early view📨 What are the strengths & weaknesses of #environmental #ImpactAssessments as an intermediation mechanism? How do these strengths & weaknesses shape their #effectiveness? Avri Eitan & David Levi-Faur examine 24 wind energy projects in #Israel 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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🌫️ In case you have missed Andrea Krizsan, Katarzyna Jezierska & Adrienne Sörbom have discussed the impact of ideational, procedural & structural changes in policy processes & 4⃣ aspects of policy advisory systems in de-democratizing contexts👇

☀️Early view📨 How do deep core beliefs, particularly identities, impact political organizations❔ Christopher Weible, @annacrawford.bsky.social, @kaylamgabehart.bsky.social, @giuliamariani.bsky.social & colleagues introduce the concept of “deep core advocacy coalitions”👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

🚘 Are States Ready for Autonomous Vehicles? 🚦 🤔 Who advises policymakers? 🔍 What expertise shapes decisions? ⚖️ How do they balance tech & public interest? Watch the video! 🎥👇 vimeo.com/1060498043 Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/pols...

👉Policymakers must recognize that code is no longer law So, how could #RegulatoryPolicy be designed❓ 1⃣Proactively prevents harms from unsafe architectures while funding 2⃣Develops & incentivizes architectures with the safety properties appropriate for #IntelligentMachines👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...