In the past two decades the populist vote has been steadily rising all around the world, and populist parties and politicians have come into power both at the national and subnational levels in many countries. The roundtable will discuss the implications of populist politics for governance along three dimensions: policy content, policy process, and policy discourses. Is there such thing as “populist policy” in terms of its substantive content? What is the impact of populist politics on the policy process and the participation of policy actors? How has the populist communication style affected policy discourses? What are the implications for the quality of public policies? The composition of the panel will also allow discussing the differences in populisms across countries and continents.