Policy and Society

What #capacities & mechanisms are required to sustain #IntersectoralCollaboration over the longer term for more #equitable #health outcomes ❓

Helen Dickinson & colleagues explore disability & health collaborative governance arrangements during #COVID-19 👇

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How do external and internal dynamics influence an organisation’s intermediation activities ❓

Ciara Kelly & colleagues investigate how the effectiveness & sustainability of NGOs as climate intermediaries are shaped by external policymaking structures 👇

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#BehavioralPublicPolicy (#BPP) is thriving ❗️

🧐 Yet BPP is also plagued by conceptual confusion

Avishalom Tor proposes, explains, and defends a more precise and useful definition of this widely used subcategory of behaviorally informed policies 👇

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Got a big idea that challenges policy thinking ❓ 🧠 ⚡️

@policysociety.bsky.social is inviting proposals for individual articles and special issues that critically examine established frameworks, develop new conceptual tools, or open promising lines of inquiry 👇

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Are policies terminated because of capacity loss or policy subsystem support loss ❓

Erik Baekkeskov & Olivier Rubin use the case of #AMR #NAPs & argue that #PolicyTermination can be relatively pervasive when policy lacks #roots in domestic politics 👇

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How and why do #crises reconfigure #PoliticoAdministrative relations in #LocalGovernments❓

Nicolai De Wulf & @joris-voets.bsky.social study how decision-makers retain #discretion, particularly in designing #CrisisManagement configurations👇

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How do governments frame and govern crises ❓

Catarina Ianni Segatto & Fernanda Lima-Silva analyze #flood crises in #Brazil, and study how governments change their #definition of crises and their approach to governing during crises 👇

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🗯️ #COVID19 had devastating effects on the economy and society

🖊️Eugenio Borgognoni & colleagues examine the governance of the COVID-19-related economic crisis at the #EU level & its reflection at the national level 👇

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How do some crises unleash sweeping, paradigm-shifting reforms while others leave entrenched policies and institutions largely unscathed ❓

Tolga Bolukbasi unpacks a cascade of crisis-framing mechanisms into its interlocking cogs and wheels 👇

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How do #BlameAvoidance & #CreditClaiming attempts affect the way officeholders govern a #crisis & adjust their policies ❓

Céline Honegger & colleagues focus on governments’ aim to avoid blame and claim credit & crisis governance types and policy change 👇

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The definition of a #crisis is not determined solely by objective conditions❓

Stefania Profeti & Federico Toth propose a response-oriented classification of crises, with an eye to political and strategic considerations behind them 👇

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🧐 #Crisis scholarship shows extensive conceptual #fragmentation, inconsistent #terminology, and multiple research methods

✍️ @gcapano.bsky.social, @laura-mas.bsky.social & Stefania Profeti provide a #SystematicAnalysis of the literature on crisis and policy change 👇

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Unpacking the multidimensional relationship between crisis and policy change: a systematic review Abstract. This article presents a systematic review of how the relationship between crisis and policy change is conceptualized, operationalized, and analyz

Just OUT in @policysociety.bsky.social: @gcapano.bsky.social, Stefania Profeti and my article presenting a systematic literature review of the relationship between crisis and policy change.

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A 🆕 year & the 1⃣ st Issue of 2⃣ 0⃣ 2⃣ 6⃣

Co-guest edited by @gcapano.bsky.social, Philippe Zittoun & Stefania Profeti, the Special Issue analyses the politics of governing #crises

The contributions examine crisis governance across continents and policy sectors👇

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📣 #CallforPapers

The special issue seeks to address the gap by advancing both theoretical understandings and practical application of #Abductive methods in #PolicyAnalysis

Deadline❓

May 1, 2026 👇

📬 One option for #PolicyReform is to #terminate or end a policy, program, or project. However, there are other similar but different outcomes

🖊️ @andreamigone.bsky.social, Alexander Howlett & @howlettm.bsky.social study #DefensePolicy and #military spending in #Canada 👇

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👀 We need a more nuanced view of #PolicyTermination to address different types of policies, including morality policies

📬 Seonmee Lim, Nara Park & Ian Roberge study the policy life cycle of #SouthKorea’s #ShutdownAct👇

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#PolicyTermination in developing countries has yet to be examined

Frank L.K. Ohemeng & Joseph Antwi-Boasiako argue that policy termination in developing countries is driven by external forces, especially the #InternationalFinancialInstitutions 👇

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👀 How “ #GenderTransformative ” gets interpreted is not merely an issue of vocabulary

Maria Klara Kuss & Tara Patricia Cookson fill a gap in the scholarly & grey social policy literature with an analysis of the term “gender-transformative” 👇

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Does sustained #NegativeFeedback undermine policy instruments & result in their #termination❓

Carsten Daugbjerg & Giulia Bazzan identify two interrelated feedback conditions for #PolicyDiscontinuation 👇

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Could we frame a #crisis as a political trial of #delegitimization❓

Philippe Zittoun, Patrick Hassenteufel & Frédéric Lebaron point to the #dialectical tension between a phenomenon that appears unexpected and incomprehensible to policymakers 👇

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A 🆕 year & considering where to submit your themed issues and symposia proposals or individual papers❓

🔍 @policysociety.bsky.social welcomes individual papers & proposals for themed issues and symposia

🤔 For more information, kindly visit our website 👇

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How can expert and advisory committees (EACs) be effectively managed to produce & incorporate alternative #PolicyAdvice in response to changing circumstances❓

Wei Li, Yinghshi Chen and Ke Wu assess how EACs in #China influence policy decisions 👇

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📅 Wrapped up 2025 with the latest Issue

December 2025 Issue on the #PoliticsofIntermediation, co-guest edited Avri Eitan, David Levi-Faur, & Jale Tosun is out ❗️

The collection examines the multifaceted roles of intermediaries in policy and governance👇

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👀 #CallforPapers

#DiagnosticReasoning & #AbductiveMethods in #Policymaking

👉 @policysociety.bsky.social invites proposals for a Special Issue on Abductive Reasoning in Policy Analysis, Practice and Pedagogy

🚨 The deadline is May 1, 2026

More information❓ 👇

Season's greetings from @policysociety.bsky.social 🎄

In 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣, 3⃣ Issues examined #GenerativeAI, #PolicyAdvisorySystems, #Malignity in policy sciences & a forthcoming Issue on #PolicyIntermediaries

We wish you all a joyous #HolidaySeason & a #HappyNewYear & look forward to 2⃣0⃣2⃣6⃣

Is maintaining regime stability the only function of #PolicyAdvisorySystems (PAS) in #AuthoritarianRegimes ❓

@mussagulova.bsky.social & Saltanat Janenova show that #ResearchOrganizations can carve out their own space in the PAS in authoritarian regimes 👇

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While some countries have #externalised the #PolicyAdvisorySystem (PAS), it may still be #politicised in others

Justa Mwangi studies three critical players in the PAS in Kenya’s subnational governments: the state, business and civil society 👇

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🆕 Competition among #PolicyIntermediaries influences policy outcomes & the long-term #sustainability of #heritage preservation

Laurence Delina & colleagues study how local intermediaries assist #farmers in addressing challenges presented by #modernity 👇

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🆕 What qualifications & characteristics do presidential staff prioritize in ministers when assessing the latter’s role as #PolicyIntermediaries between the presidential office & ministries❓

Don S. Lee & Min H. Kim use a novel conjoint experimental design 👇

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