LIST OF PANELS

Intersectoral policies are often regarded as necessary to cope with contemporary population demands. However, as Ingram, De Leon and Schneider (2016) alert, neither policy studies are always engaged with democratic debates nor democratic theories are reflecting policy studies. This panel proposal goes beyond participation and intersectoral action as normative horizons to observe the nexuses among cross-cutting emerging issues, participatory forums and complex public policies. The panel will access different lenses to study the logics of democratic and robust governance  (Ansell, Sorensen & Torfing, 2021) and its instrumentation (Halpern, Lascoumes & Le Galès, 2014), observing the new citizenries, new technologies and new truths. Issues such as the post pandemic sanitary crisis, basic need for homeless or violence against women have given impetus for stronger connections between front line workers and managers in collaborative governance networks. At the same time, the voice of the population calling for more equity, pragmatism and doubting the effectiveness of governmental measures became louder. Along the political agenda, we observe the emergence of social truths and artificial intelligence (Patel et al, 2021). Social truths encompasses the opinions from often historically disadvantaged or less visible groups in decision-making processes. This Panel recognizes contemporary changes in our societies that are reframing the State, and observes emerging participatory-deliberative arrangements (Fung, Cohen, 2004; Cruz, 2020). Furthermore, we are interested to address how novelties help in capturing citizens' needs to adjust and improve complex intersectorial policies (Smits et al, 2016; Smits, 2018; Cruz; Daroit, 2023). Challenges to identify, integrate and manage divergent new voices are numerous. We intend to generate debate around empirical and/or theoretical advances with respect to structural/cognitive/ethical aspects of governing intersectoral policies with the population, sharing arguments on a new axis for research. Therefore, the panel questions are: 

1.Who are the game changers in the governance of complex policies with the population? 

for instance, 

• Are historically disadvantaged or less visible groups relevant?
• What is the role of new technologies and artificial intelligence in shaping complex intersectoral policies?
• Are there undesirable outcasts (or unexpected actors) participants in these instances to shape complex intersectoral policies?

2. What are the consequences of the introduction of game changers in the governance of complex policies with the population?

for instance,

• Which kind of relations are produced among the decision makers and population, new technologies and new actors involved in intersectoral management policies? How?
• Which results have risen up from the mobilization of the population, new technologies and new actors in intersectoral initiatives?
• What has changed in the research agenda on intersectoral policy governance with the population, new technologies and new actors? 

3. Are the participatory forums, instruments and new technologies regarding intersectoral action oriented towards deepening democracy?

for instance, 

• In which settings are complex policies proposals being designed with the population? 
• Are there criterias to allow social diversity and distinct techno-political substracts  in new forms of representation?
• Are the instruments and technologies organizing participatory institutions dialogically established?

4. What theories are informative to understand the governance of intersectoral policies with the population?

This Panel recognizes contemporary changes in our societies that are reframing the State. The classic fragmented and hierarchic State structures face a hard time in the tackling of new challenges such as promoting gender and race equality, social development, healthy environments or the social participation deepening. Public policy intersectoral management have been approached by researchers and managers as a relevant path to solve multidimensional problems. This panel proposal goes beyond participation and intersectoral action as mere normative horizons to observe the nexuses among cross-cutting emerging issues, participatory forums and complex public policies. There are many inquiries regarding strategies to overcome complex (or wicked) public issues, observing coordination, instrumentation, mainstreaming, collaborative governance, common goals, articulation, decision-making, policy networks or bureaucratic organization. Considering both the relevance of intersectoral management to produce effective social policies, the quest for more authentic public participation in framing public policies, and the importance of academic reflexion to understand and improve these initiatives, we encourage academic-practitioners to engage in writing their experiences, and also authors of applied researches to share their discoveries into the authentic involvement of the population in the design of complex intersectoral public policies. The opportunity will access different lenses to participatory and intersectoral governance logics, allowing interdisciplinary policy analysts to share their most recent methodologies, theories and discoveries on these matters. In order to host a forum that recognizes initiatives from around the globe, we welcome papers on specific or compared local, regional, national and also transnational population-centered cross-cutting management. We will prioritize papers on review, multiple cases and comparatives cases. Intriguing or disturbing single case studies are also welcome.