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IWPP5 Ottawa 2026

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The latest issue of our Journal IRPP is now available in open access here: https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/5116

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IPPA EVENTS

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IWPP5

2026-07-06

Ottawa, Canada

IWPP5 will take place from July 6-8, 2026

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International Summer School on Public Policy - Venezia-Padova Edition 2026

2026-06-15

Venezia-Padova, Italy

The School will take place from the 15th to 19th of June 2026.

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International Summer School on Public Policy – Hong Kong Edition 2026

2026-06-22

Hong Kong, China

The School will take place from the 22nd to 26th of June 2026.

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International Summer School on Public Policy – Berkeley Edition 2026

2026-08-03

Berkeley, United States

The School will take place from the 3rd to the 7th of August 2026

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International Autumn School on Public Policy – New Delhi Edition 2026

2026-08-24

New Delhi, India

The School will take place from August 24 to August 28, 2026.

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Latest Issue 8(2) | 2026

Liz Richardson and Francesca Gains
Redesigning Rules for Participation in Local Governance

Igor Lyubashenko and Dominika Wojtowicz
Introducing Policy Noise: A Metric for Assessing Variability in Local Policy Implementation. An Example from Local Responses to Refugee Influx in Polish Municipalities

Shaimaa Magued
Citizens’ Involvement in Policy Framing in Egypt: The Heliopolis Historic Tram as a Case Study

Stanislav Rieznik and Hwan-Beom Lee
Decentralized Governance and Community Empowerment for Regional Recovery in Post-War Ukraine

Umberto Lanzano
Enterprise Logic at the Frontline: Better Regulation and the Advisory Turn

Alexander Mesarovich
Learning to Drive Backwards: Understanding Populist Radical Right Policy Diffusion

Sarah Ball
Colette EINFELD, Knowledge, Evidence, and Policymaking: Behavioural Sciences in Australia

Sumit Karn
Karthik MURALIDHARAN, Accelerating India’s Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance

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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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Chief of Staff: the rise of political craft in Westminster democracies

This book reveals the central role played by prime ministerial chiefs of staff in shaping modern Westminster democracies and how these unelected advisers have evolved in purpose, influence and function.

Jobs

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Postdoctoral Position - GREENLOSS ERC Project

Two-year postdoctoral position starting in January 2027, within the ERC Starting Grant project (2026–2031) “Lost in the Green Transition: Local Collective Green Loss Identity, Anti-Climate Attitudes, and Radical Right Support” (GREENLOSS).

Events

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International Conference on Public Administration and Governance in South Asia 2026

The International Conference on Public Administration and Governance in South Asia is jointly organized by the Nepal Administrative Staff College, the Public Administration Association of Nepal, and the South Asian Network for Public Administration.

Other

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Call For Papers: Power and Politics in the Policy Process - A Special Issue of Policy & Politics

The Editors of Policy & Politics invite submissions for the Special Issue 'Power and Politics in the Policy Process'.

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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Learning in Public Policy

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

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The Future of the Policy Sciences

Anis Ben Brik; Leslie Pal

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

Benjamin Cashore and Steven Bernstein

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The Political process of policymaking

Philippe Zittoun

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Evaluating Public Policy

Frank Fischer

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Public Policy in Democratic Backsliding

Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva & Alexandre de Avila Gomide

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Interrogating Public Policy Theory: A Political Values Perspective

Linda Courtenay Botterill and Alan Fenna

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Local Autonomy as a Human Right

Joshua B. Forrest

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Public Policy and Indigenous Futures

Nikki Moodle & Sarah Maddison (Eds.)

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The Pandemic Withing: Policy Making for a Better World

Hendrik Wagenaar & Barbara Prainsack

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The International Handbook of Public Administration and Governance

Andrew Massey, Karen Johnston

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Contemporary Approaches on Public Policy

B. Guy PETERS & Philippe ZITTOUN

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Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting

Nikolaoas Zahariadis

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Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making in Turkey

Volkan Göçoğlu & Naci Karkin

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Handbook of European Policies

Hubert Heinelt and Sybille Münch

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Critical Policy Inquiry: Interpreting Knowledge and Arguments

FRANK FISCHER

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Handbook on Participatory Governance

Hubert Heinelt

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Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and Actions

Tom Baker and Christopher Walker

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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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The New Technocracy

Anders Esmark

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The Politics of the Public Encounter

Peter Hupe

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Evidence Use in Health Policy Making

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

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Narrative Politics in Public Policy: Legalizing Cannabis

Hugh Miller

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The Public Policy Process

Michael Hill & Frédéric Varone

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Handbook of Public Policy in Latin America

Leonardo Secchi

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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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Policy as Practice: Making Sense of Governing

H. K. Colebatch & Calista Castles

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Post-Truth, Fake News, and Democracy

Johan Farkas & Jannick Schou

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The Politics of Meaning Struggles

Philippe Zittoun & Sébastien Chailleux

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Heterarchy in World Politics

Philip G. Cerny

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Beyond Public Policy: A Public Action Languages Approach

Peter Kevin Spink

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Handbook on Science and Public Policy

Dagmar Simon, Stefan Kuhlmann, Julia Stamm and Weert Canzler

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Wicked Problems in Public Policy

Brian W. Head

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Making Policies Work

Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh and Altaf Virani

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Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect: Participatory Governance in Sustainable

Frank Fischer

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Handbook of Behavioural Change and Public Policy

Holger Straßheim and Silke Beck

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Disrupted governance: Towards a new policy science

Kris Hartley

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Data Power in Action

Ola Söderström & Ayona Datta

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Contemporary Approaches to Public Policy

Philippe Zittoun

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The Economist's View of the World

Steven E. Rhoads

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

B. Timothy Heinmiller

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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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Systems from Hell: Problem Definition and the Literary Portrayal of Failure in Our Public Policy and Social Institutions

DAVID A. ROCHEFORT

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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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Dictionary of Public Policy

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

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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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Policy Problems and Policy Design

B. Guy Peters

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

Catherine F. Smith

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

Frank Fischer

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The Politics of Evidence

Justin Parkhurst

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Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters

Deborah Stone

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Research Handbook on Street-Level Bureaucracy

Peter Hupe

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