Policy & Politics

Policy & Politics announces the winners of the Early Career and Best Paper Prizes published in 2025 Policy & Politics announces the winners of the annual Early Career and Best Paper Prizes published in 2025 awarded for ‘The democratising capacity of new municipalism: beyond direct democ…

Policy & Politics has announced the winners of the Early Career and Best Paper Prizes published in 2025!🎉

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Congratulations✨ @iolsss.bsky.social @elsabmeuller.bsky.social

Advice from Policy & Politics journal on how to choose the right journal for your research. Read the blog post by the editors here @eakoebele.bsky.social @allegrafullerton.bsky.social @cmweible.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social

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Glad that my article, "The democratising capacity of new municipalism: beyond direct democracy in public-common partnerships" is included in this Top 10!

🔍This article explores the concept of calibration in policy design, highlighting how policymakers adjust the scope, intensity, and timing of policy interventions to match political, social, and administrative realities. Read about the research on our blog!📖 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/02/18/c...

This article investigates how policy narratives shape sustainability governance, by examining sustainability imaginaries and macrolevel narratives in urban transport policy through the lens of the Narrative Policy Framework. Read about it on our blog! 👇 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/02/11/h...

Many thanks to Policy and Politics for picking our article on short termism in prisons policy for their quarterly highlights bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Explore the latest Quarterly Highlights Collection and read about the research on our blog @samwarner.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @profdaverichards.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social @haylesben.bsky.social @catherineneedham.bsky.social policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/02/02/q...

📣 Call for special issues 📣

If you'd like to guest edit a special issue of Policy & Politics submit your proposal by 30 April!

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Has #COPPR26 got you craving more top quality #PolicyProcess Research? Check out this free reading list featuring the latest research from Policy & Politics

Are you presenting a paper at #COPPR26? Consider submitting your final piece to Policy & Politics. Our editorial team are here in Bern and happy to discuss submissions with you! Learn more about bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

It’s great to see so many of you in Bern for #COPPR26! We hope you can join us at the Journal Editors' round table tomorrow!
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Gender equity policy and visibility politics in the film and television industries This article on gender equity policy and visibility-politics in the film and television industries, examines how the politics of visibility shapes gender equity policy across film/television in the…

Happy NY! The blog is back!⚡

Check out our latest post - Gender equity policy and visibility politics in the film and television industries

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Review of Policy & Politics in 2025 and happy holidays! P&P’s achievements this year, our most popular blog in 2025, showcase our open research, and consider 2026 with gratitude for our community and hope for the future of the journal and its contri…

Happy holidays!🎁🌟

As the year comes to close, we're reflecting on all the articles and blog posts that have shaped Policy & Politics in 2025! ⬇️

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Experts in governance: a comparative analysis of the Nordic countries ⬇️

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Nice effort to explain for the Prison Service how new public management (NPM) combined with political short-termism, wreaks havoc, every time, with productivity in any public agency
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Long overdue writing day with @profkatsmith.bsky.social today, including lots of discussion about failure and implementation.

Aided by this excellent new-ish article from @catherineneedham.bsky.social and Emily Burns:
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The politics of anger: emotional appraisal and the French pension reform protests by Johanna Kuhlmann and Peter Starke In their recent article published in Policy & Politics, Johanna Kuhlmann and Peter Starke demonstrate how a focus on emotions helps us to better understand …

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The politics of anger: appraisal and the french pension reform protests🔍

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Check it out!

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Kaila Witkowski, Stephen R. Neely, Lisa Asticher, John Turnpenny, Janna Gojaerts, @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social, Jet Bussemaker, Vandna Bhatia, Libby Maman, Jacint Jordana, David Levi-Faur, Edoardo Guaschino, Rahel M. Schomaker, Esther van Zimmeren, Laurent Lioté, Adam Cooper, & Neil Strachan.

🎉 Policy and Politics, Vol 53 Issue 4 is live!

We are happy to share our latest Issue featuring many fantastic articles by our authors: @samwarner.bsky.social sky.social , David Richards, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social coyle1859.bsky.social , Martin J. Smith...

The value of poll-worker voice in the delivery of elections by Toby S. James and Alistair Clark In their recent article published in Policy & Politics, Toby S. James and Alistair Clark explore how the perspectives of poll workers can inform and improve …

Wondering how to improve electoral processes?

Listen to the front-line poll workers helping to run elections, argue @tobysjames.bsky.social (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) and Alistair Clark (@nclpolitics.bsky.social) in their new @policy-politics.bsky.social article

This issue ⬇️ includes my recent article with Tianlei Qiu in which we provide an overview of existing research that uses the multiple streams framework in the context of China. See article here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal.... Send me a message if you'd like to receive a copy.

Preference reversals in asylum policy: how multidimensional incentives reshape elite decision making by Asli Unan In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, Asli Unan investigates how local politicians’ preferences can shift during early-stage policy adoption, particularly in response…

💡New to the blog!💡Preference reversals in asylum policy: how multidimensional incentives reshape elite decision making

Thank you @aslunn.bsky.social !✨

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A systematic review of the Narrative Policy Framework: a future research agenda by Johanna Kuenzler, Bettina Stauffer, Caroline Schlaufer, Geoboo Song, Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. Jones The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has become instrumental in understanding how pol…

⚡New blog post just landed!⚡

'A systematic review of the Narrative Policy Framework: a future research agenda'

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The value of poll-worker voice in the delivery of elections by Toby S. James and Alistair Clark In their recent article published in Policy & Politics, Toby S. James and Alistair Clark explore how the perspectives of poll workers can inform and improve …

🔍What is the value of poll-worker voice in the delivery of elections?

✨⬇️New research on the blog from @tobysjames.bsky.social and Alistair Clark! Thank you both!

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Measuring the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies: new tools for theory and comparison by Libby Maman, Jacint Jordana, David Levi-Faur, Edoardo Guaschino, Rahel Schomaker, and Esther Van-Zimmeren Building on her previous research published here in Policy & Politics, Libby Maman, …

💡📖New to the blog!

Read about the latest research from Libby Maman, with coauthors Libby Maman, @jacintjc.bsky.social, David Levi Faur, Edoardo Guaschino, Rahel Schomaker and Esther Van-Zimmeren!

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@howlettm.bsky.social @nihitgoyal.bsky.social @bishoyzaki.bsky.social Marleen Easton, Jennifer Yarnold, Valerie Vervaenen @jasperdepaepe.bsky.social Biran Head, @peteraagaard.bsky.social & Marleen Easton