IWPP5 OTTAWA-2026

Workshop Session 1

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5320D

T01W01. A third wave of Policy Advisory Systems studies: advancements and new avenues of development

SESSION 1 : Theoretical and Conceptual Advances in Policy Advisory Systems

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3224

T01W02. Decolonial Feminist Pathways in Critical Policy Analysis: Rethinking Policymaking, Knowledge, and Governance in the Global South

SESSION 1 : Political Economy of Inequality and Capture

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5208

T01W03. Public Policy and Dramaturgy

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5302

T01W04. Conflict and collaboration as entangled phenomena in environmental governance

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1220

T01W05. Policy Convergence and Divergence through Diffusion: Building a Shared Framework

SESSION 1 : General Introduction & Mechanisms of Diffusion

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3110

T01W06. Policy from the People: Integrating Local Voices into Policy Processes in the Global South

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3228

T01W07. Identifying and Analyzing Allies and Opponents in Policy Processes

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3320

T01W08. Roles Real Actors and Agents Could Play in Policymaking. Resources, Constraints, Drivers, Dynamics, and Patterns

SESSION 1 : Theoretical foundations and extensions (I)

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2308

T02W01. What can be done? Comparing public policy responses and climate change-issues across regions as two sides of the same challenge

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3220

T02W02. Building Public Sector Dynamic Capabilities for Climate including Net zero Transformative Policy: Insights and Ways Forward

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4115

T03W01. Corporate power and public policy: Shaping and controlling knowledge, practices, policies, and regulations

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4114

T03W03. Wicked Problems and Evidence-Based Policy

SESSION 1 : Overarching discussions I

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2440R

T03W04. Institutional Innovation For Climate Governance

SESSION 1 : Institutional Innovation and procedural instruments for Climate policy process coordination at international national level

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3202

T04W01. Putting public sector innovation in context

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3112

T04W02. Regulatory Governance: Knowledge Advances and Future Directions

SESSION 1 : The Regulatory State in Transformation

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5136A

T04W03. The democratic embeddedness of independent agencies: Analysing responsiveness and accountability

SESSION 1 : Incentives, behaviour & outcomes

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3201

T04W04. The politics of government ministries and their effect in the policy process

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4308

T05W01. Integrity, Innovation and Historical Consciousness: Anti-Corruption Policy and Democratization in Global Perspective

SESSION 1 : Day 1

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1105

T05W03. Policy Capacity and Capacity Building in Latin America — Bridging Missing Links and Fostering North–South Dialogues.

SESSION 1 : Opening Session: What is Policy Capacity Today? Towards an Expanded and Integrative Framework

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2311

T07W01. Comparing Policy Implementation Across Political Systems: Challenges, Strategies, and Outcomes

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4100

T07W03. Governing Sustainability Transitions: Higher Education Institutions as Policy Actors in ESD Implementation

SESSION 1 : Governance, Frameworks, and Institutional Architectures

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2420R

T08W01. Education policy: navigating new challenges and demands

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4400

T09W02. Machine learning, natural language processing and large language models for policy issues

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3302

T09W03. AI Governance, Innovation, and Sustainability: Designing Hybrid Policy Frameworks for an Inclusive Digital Future

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Nideyinan 279

T09W04. [ONSITE] GCTR Workshop on Transparency under Pressure: a focus on corruption, fiscal transparency ,and technology

SESSION 1 : GCTR opening meeting/ state of transparency research/ Joint session with T09W05

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Nideyinan 280

T09W05. [ONSITE] GCTR Workshop on Transparency under Pressure: a focus on access to information, open government, and transparency policy

SESSION 1 : GCTR OPENING MEETING/ STATE OF TRANSPARENCY RESEARCH/ / Joint session with T09W04