Summer School Hong Kong edition 2026

How to apply

Applications to attend the International Winter School on Public Policy - Hong Kong edition are open until April 3rd, 2026. We invite you to consult the courses and workshop proposals separately to identify your favorite ones.

For the mornings, you can choose between two courses, which represent 10 hours (2 hours each day):

Conceptualising and Measuring Policy Design. Instruments, Policy Capacity, and Robustness by Giliberto Capano

The Politics of Policy Advice: Understanding Policy Advisory Systems by Laura Chaqués Bonafont
Making Public Policies Work Effectively: Bringing Multiples Stakeholders' Perspectives Back in by Ka Ho Mok

The afternoon workshops on Research Design represent 12 hours (3 hours by 4 days).

The selection of the participants will be based on their CVs and on their research paper abstracts (if they choose to present a paper during the workshops).

The results will be announced progressively. The registration will open in parallel to allow accepted candidates to register as soon as they receive their results. Attendance at the Summer School will be confirmed upon registration. The number of places in each course is limited, and registration is open within the limit of available places (around 10 participants per course). To ensure your participation, we strongly advise you to submit your application and register as early as possible.

How to apply?

To apply to the Hong Kong Summer School, please follow the steps below:

Log in or create an IPPA User Account
Click on the "I want to apply" button
Fill in the form and upload:
- An updated short CV (in PDF format)
- An abstract (one or two paragraphs) of the research project for candidates who wish to have their project discussed during the afternoon workshops sessions.
List the available courses by order of preference (where 1 is your preferred option). We will do our best to assign you to your first option.

Information - Submit your paper

Candidates who wish to have their project discussed during the Summer School's afternoon Workshop sessions must include an abstract in their application.

Length of the final submissions:

For research projects: at least 10 pages long
For articles: 7 000 to 10 000 words, in compliance with international standards.

The summary of the research project must underscore:

- The research question: What issues does the project seek to highlight and why? These could be theoretical research questions or methodological questions.
- In what context do these issues occur? The proposal should present the context in which these issues are found and justify why, taking into account this context, the issue is relevant.
- What is the scientific relevance of the research question? The document should present a brief state-of-the-art and identify specific expected contributions and the approaches and concepts mobilized.
- What will the research project contribute to existing studies? What kind of hypotheses does the project explore? Why are these original and how will they help highlight different aspects of the main research question?
- Which methods will be used?