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Elizabeth Shanahan

Montana State University

Dr. Elizabeth Shanahan is a Professor of Political Science at Montana State University (MSU) in the United States. She is co-architect of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) and brings the NPF to disaster research, with particular emphasis in risk communication and One Health. She is an elected Fellow to the National Academy of Public Administration, a Congressionally chartered organization that provides leadership and research expertise to governmental entities on pressing issues facing the country and world. Dr. Shanahan was also awarded the MSU Presidential Medallion for Achievement for outstanding contributions to policy sciences and dedication to MSU students.  

Claudio Radaelli (European University Institute) & Bishoy Louis Zaki

Universiteit Gent

Claudio M Radaelli is Professor of Comparative Public Policy at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Florence, on leave from University College London, where he holds the Chair of Public Policy. He was principal investigator on two advanced grants awarded by the European Research Council - one on policy learning. His most recent coauthored book is Designing Rulemaking (Oxford University Press, 2024). He co-edited the book Learning in Public Policy: Analysis, Modes, and Outcome (2018). Claudio is editor-in-chief of the International Review of Public Policy.  Bishoy L. Zaki is a professor of public policy and Administration at Ghent University, Belgium. His research and teaching focus on policy process theory with a focus on policy learning, and public management. He also addresses the intersections between policy learning and other theories of the policy process, as well as other domains in public administration including public value, and public sector consulting, among others. Bishoy's research is published in leading public policy and administration journals including Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, Policy & Society, the Journal of European Public Policy, and Policy & Politics, among others. He serves as an associate editor at International Review of Public Policy journal, and a co-chair of the permanent study group on policy design and evaluation at the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA).

Shahjahan Bhuiyan

American University in Cairo

Shahjahan Bhuiyan is a Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration (PPAD) at The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. He is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at AUC. Bhuiyan is a former Chair of PPAD. Prior to joining AUC, he served as Dean of the College of Social Sciences at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan. He also chaired the KIMEP University’s Public Administration department for two consecutive terms. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Aging at Oxford University and the Inaugural Democratic Governance Fellow at UNDP’s Oslo Governance Center. Bhuiyan is a Commissioner of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration’s (NASPAA) Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA) (2023-2026). He is the recipient of the 2023 Transition and Developing Economies Award by the International Public Policy Association (IPPA). Bhuiyan’s teaching and research are in the areas of public administration/management, governance, public policy, non-profit management, human resources management, service delivery and sustainable development.

Nikolaos Zahariadis (Rhodes College) & Evangelia Petridou

Mid-Sweden University

Nikolaos Zahariadis is Mertie Buckman Chair and Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College, USA. He is currently a Vice-President of the International Public Policy Association. Evangelia Petridou is Associate Professor of Political Science at Mid Sweden University, Sweden, and Senior Researcher at NTNU Social Research, Norway. She is associate editor of the International Review of Public Policy."

Michael Barzelay (London School of Economics) & Luciano Andrenacci (Universidad Nacional de San Martin)

Michael Barzelay is a renowned author in the field of Public Management. He is a Full Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the United Kingdom, where he served as a founding member and former Head (2013–2015) of the Department of Management. Since 1995, he has also held the position of Professor of Public Administration at LSE. Previously, he taught for many years at the University of California, Berkeley, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Barzelay has collaborated extensively with scholars across the globe, including in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His contributions to the field have earned him prestigious accolades, such as the Naschold Award for excellence in public administration research from the International Public Management Network. His latest book, Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline (Edward Elgar, 2019), advocates for recognizing public administration as a professional and disciplinary field while proposing research strategies and avenues to strengthen its foundation. Luciano Andrenacci is a prominent specialist in public policy and social policy studies within the Spanish-speaking world. He is an Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he directs the Public Policy Planning and Evaluation postgraduate program and co-directs the Public Policy and Administration Department. Additionally, he serves as the Director of the Social Policy Program at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Argentina chapter. Andrenacci has contributed to academia across multiple countries, including Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay. He has also collaborated with various international organizations, such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Philippe Zittoun

ENTPE - Ecole de l'aménagement durable des territoires

Philippe Zittoun is a Research Professor of political science at the LAET-ENTPE of the University of Lyon and the Secretary General of the International Public Policy Association (IPPA). He is co-editor of the International Series on Public Policy for Palgrave-McMillan and serves on the Editorial Board of many scientific journals (Critical Policy Studies, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Policy Studies Journal, Policy and Society, Policy Research Journal, etc.). He has been a visiting Professor at Yale University and has given lectures at different universities around the World. He has published 11 books and a large number of articles. His most recent books include “The politics of meaning struggles. Shale Gas Policy under Pressure in France” (with Sebastien Chailleux, 2022, Elgar), “The Political Formulation of Policy Solution” (with Frank Fischer, Nikolaos Zahariadis, 2021, BUP), "The Political Process of Policymaking, a pragmatic approach to public policy" (Palgrave 2014), "The Contemporary Approaches to Public Policy: Theories, Controversies, and Perspectives" (Palgrave, 2016) (with Guy Peters), etc. His studies focus on a constructivist and pragmatist approach to policymaking with a specific attention to the political dimension, the role of expertise and the meaning struggles developed in the multiple hidden arena during all the process.

Zsolt Boda

HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences

Zsolt BODA is research professor and director general of the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences as well as part-time professor of political science at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest. He holds an MA in economics, a PhD as well as a DSc in political science. He did research at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Versailles as well as the Centre des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris and was teaching at Paris 6, the University of Nordland, and the European University Viadrina. His academic work focuses on the problems of policy change and governance styles under different political regimes, as well as institutional trust, its social roots and its consequences for policy effectiveness. From 2019 to 2022 he was the principal investigator of DEMOS – Democratic efficacy and the varieties of populism in Europe, a consortial H2020 project. He is now leading MORES – Moral emotions in politics: how they unite, how they divide, an EU Horizon consortial research project. His publications include: Boda, Z. (2023). “Shrinking space: the changing political opportunities of advocacy groups in illiberal governance”. European Politics & Society 25(4), 664–683; Sebők, M. & Boda, Z. eds. (2021). Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes: The Case of Hungary, Palgrave Macmillan; Bartha, A., Boda, Z., Szikra, D. (2020). “When Populist Leaders Govern: Conceptualising Populism in Policy Making”, Politics and Governance, 8 (3), 71-81.

Dieter Plehwe

Universität Kassel

I am trained in political science, political sociology and international political economy at Philipps-University Marburg and the New School for Social Research in New York. Following the Ph.D. in Marburg on Deregulation and North American Integration, I took a position at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung in Berlin. Following the completion of my habilitation at Kassel University, I am serving there as a private lecturer in political science. I also had teaching jobs at Yale University and Vienna University and fellowships at New York University, Harvard University and Uppsala University.. A strong focus of my research has been the history and variety of neoliberalism with particular attention to the Mont Pèlerin Society (organized neoliberal intellectuals) and think tanks, specifically the network organized by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation (later renamed Atlas Network).