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IPPA EVENTS

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ICPP7

2025-07-02

Chiang Mai, Thailand

ICPP7 will take place from July 2-4, 2025

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International Winter School on Public Policy - Alps Edition 2025

2025-02-07

Alps,France

The Winter School is currently taking place.

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International Winter School on Public Policy - Yaounde edition 2025

2025-03-24

Yaoundé, Cameroon

The Summer School will take place from March 24-28, 2025!

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International Winter School on Public Policy - Nairobi Edition 2025

2025-04-21

Nairobi, Kenya

The Summer School will take place from April 21-25, 2025!

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International Summer School on Public Policy - Berkeley Edition 2025

2025-06-09

Berkeley, United States

The Summer School has been postponed to 2026.

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Latest Issue 6(1) | 2024

Allegra H. Fullerton, Kayla M. Gabehart and Christopher M. Weible
Emotional Expressions and Advocacy Coalitions

Christopher Walker
Transnational Policy Transfer and the emerging use of Social Network Analysis: supplementing the researcher’s toolkit

Tracy Smith-Carrier and Rana Van Tuyl
The Merits and Pitfalls of Participatory Action Research: Navigating Tokenism and Inclusion with Lived Experience Members

Roberto Cruz Romero
The Problem of Measurements: Fiscal Transparency and Diverging Outcomes

Nikolaos Zahariadis and Philippe Zittoun
Policy Paradox and Policy Prospects: Editors’ Introduction to the Keynote Speech by Deborah Stone

Deborah Stone
Of Democracy, Science and Elephants

Bobby Thomas Cameron and Bryan Evans
Policy capacity research: An overview and bibliography of the international literature, 1978 to 2023

Annemieke van den Dool
Christopher M. WEIBLE & Samuel WORKMAN (Eds.), Methods of the Policy Process

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THE ASSOCIATION

The International Public Policy Association (IPPA) is a non-profit organization created in December 2014 with the aim of promoting scientific research in the field of Public Policy, and to contribute to its international development.
Nowadays, IPPA aims for the international diffusion of knowledge of Public Policy, as a contribution to the internationalization of the field. Furthermore, IPPA intends to strengthen the collaboration between the public policy academic community, and encourage the exchange of knowledge and experience between public policy experts and students through its different projects.

NEWS

Books

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Policy Innovation: An Introduction from the Special Section Editors

We are delighted to announce the relaunch of the Policy Innovation section in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA) and invite you to contribute to this growing space for research on policy innovation.

Jobs

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Associate Professor/Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance

To expand and enhance its research and teaching capacity in environmental policy and governance, the Department of Food and Resource Economics at University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and creative Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance.

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9th ICRN Forum 2025: Call for Submissions Open

We are excited to share the call for submissions for the 9th International Corruption Research Network (ICRN) Forum, to be held at the Central European University in Vienna from June 12-14, 2025.

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Explore Opportunities in Public Policy Programs at the School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University

The School of Public Policy (SPP) at Chiang Mai University is delighted to share its internationally recognized academic programs with the International Public Policy Association (IPPA) community.

TEACHING RESSOURCES

The IPPA Teaching Resources are intended to introduce PhD students and early career researchers to different approaches of Public Policy, and contemporary policy issues. Currently, the resources include contemporary policy approaches, interviews with distinguished policy scholars and present-day policy topics.

PUBLIC POLICY NETWORK

IPPA builds a global platform for PhD students and early career researchers working in the broad field of Public Policy. These networks share the voice, provide space and create opportunities for researchers.

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BOOKS

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Aiming to Explain: Theories of Policy Change and Canadian Gun Control

B. Timothy Heinmiller

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Heterarchy in World Politics

Philip G. Cerny

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The Politics of Evidence

Justin Parkhurst

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Disrupted governance: Towards a new policy science

Kris Hartley

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Handbook on Science and Public Policy

Dagmar Simon, Stefan Kuhlmann, Julia Stamm and Weert Canzler

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Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations: Beyond Accession in Central and Eastern Europe

Agnes Batory, Andrew Cartwright and Diane Stone

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Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and Actions

Tom Baker and Christopher Walker

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Bringing the Environment Back In: Overcoming the Tragedy of the Diffusion of the Commons Metaphor

Benjamin Cashore and Steven Bernstein

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Data Power in Action

Ola Söderström & Ayona Datta

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Governing the Pandemic: The Politics of Navigating a Mega-Crisis

Arjen Boin, Allan McConnel & Paul 't Hart

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The New Technocracy

Anders Esmark

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Policy as Practice: Making Sense of Governing

H. K. Colebatch & Calista Castles

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Learning in Public Policy

C.A. Dunlop C.M. Radaelli and P. Trein

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Contemporary Approaches on Public Policy

B. Guy PETERS & Philippe ZITTOUN

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The Political process of policymaking

Philippe Zittoun

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Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy: Interpreting the Arguments

Frank Fischer

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Interrogating Public Policy Theory: A Political Values Perspective

Linda Courtenay Botterill and Alan Fenna

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Public Policy in Democratic Backsliding

Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva & Alexandre de Avila Gomide

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Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect: Participatory Governance in Sustainable

Frank Fischer

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Public Policy and Indigenous Futures

Nikki Moodle & Sarah Maddison (Eds.)

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The Politics of the Public Encounter

Peter Hupe

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Making Policies Work

Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh and Altaf Virani

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Wicked Problems in Public Policy

Brian W. Head

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The Economist's View of the World

Steven E. Rhoads

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Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making in Turkey

Volkan Göçoğlu & Naci Karkin

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Post-Truth, Fake News, and Democracy

Johan Farkas & Jannick Schou

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The Pandemic Withing: Policy Making for a Better World

Hendrik Wagenaar & Barbara Prainsack

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The Politics of Meaning Struggles

Philippe Zittoun & Sébastien Chailleux

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Evaluating Public Policy

Frank Fischer

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Handbook of Behavioural Change and Public Policy

Holger Straßheim and Silke Beck

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Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters

Deborah Stone

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The Political Formulation of Policy Solutions: Arguments, Arenas and Coalitions

Philippe Zittoun, Frank Fischer and Nikolaos Zahariadis

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The International Handbook of Public Administration and Governance

Andrew Massey, Karen Johnston

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Handbook on Participatory Governance

Hubert Heinelt

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Evidence Use in Health Policy Making

Editors: Parkhurst, Justin, Ettelt, Stefanie, Hawkins.

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The Future of the Policy Sciences

Anis Ben Brik; Leslie Pal

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Dictionary of Public Policy

Michael Howlett, M Ramesh, Anthony Perl and Elisa Helena Xiol Y Ferreira

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Critical Policy Inquiry: Interpreting Knowledge and Arguments

FRANK FISCHER

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Local Autonomy as a Human Right

Joshua B. Forrest

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The Public Policy Process

Michael Hill & Frédéric Varone

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Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policymaking Process

Catherine F. Smith

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Research Handbook on Street-Level Bureaucracy

Peter Hupe

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Implementing Public Policy: An Introduction to the Study of Operational Governance (4TH ed)

Michel Hill & Peter Hupe

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Public Policy in the 'Asian Century' Concepts, Cases and Futures

Sara Bice, Avery Poole, and Helen Sullivan

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Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting

Nikolaoas Zahariadis

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Citizen Science and Social Innovation: Mutual Relations, Barriers, Needs, and Development Factors

Andrzej Klimczuk, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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Narrative Politics in Public Policy: Legalizing Cannabis

Hugh Miller

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Policy Problems and Policy Design

B. Guy Peters

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Handbook of European Policies

Hubert Heinelt and Sybille Münch

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Beyond Public Policy: A Public Action Languages Approach

Peter Kevin Spink

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