Want to present to one of the largest groups of policy and administration scholars in the UK? Submit your abstract now and join the PPASG section at The Political Studies Association Conference, University of Liverpool, 3rd-5th April 2023. Proposal Deadline: September 9th psa.ac.uk/specialist-gro…

This was morally Helen Dickinson's 100th article but it took so long to go live (and she's so dizzyingly productive) that another one pipped it at the post - so we're lucky 101

Out tomorrow is the 2022 edition of our flagship report #ADBKeyIndicators. Join the launch to learn how the pandemic has impacted developing Asia’s most vulnerable populations and what policies are needed to improve their lives. 📆 24 August ⏱ 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. (GMT +8)

As the world learns to live with multiple risks and threats, Asia is at a crossroad: Major player or Catalyst? Join the LKYSPP Festival of Ideas (10-14 Oct 2022) and hear from experts on what lies ahead. Sign up before 9 September for a discounted rate: lkyspp.sg/foi2022

Asia Political Methodology is meeting NUS 6-7 Jan. Hope you'll join 😎. Reg here by 30 Sept: forms.gle/NMcKnph83VisPr…

It is just out, POLICY SCIENCES, open access, this paper I authored with Anna Malandrino. An ambitious and complete metareview on barriers and facilitators of evidence based policy. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Some light reading arrived just in time for the weekend 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 🉑 #HappyFriday 😉 Great to see so many smart scholars discuss #policytools including Valerie Pattyn Bert Fraussen Ishani Mukherjee Moshe Maor Jonathan Craft giliberto capano

I'm running to raise money for Singapore Cancer Society programs. If you want to help too, all you have to do is donate after clicking on this raceagainstcancer.org.sg/participant!A0…

Out in Issue - "What is Behavioral in Policy Studies? How Far has the Discipline Moved Beyond Traditional Utilitarianism?" in Journal of Behavioural Public Administration by Michael Howlett and Ching Leong 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 🉑 Leong Ching journal-bpa.org/index.php/jbpa…

Just out in Evidence & Policy - "Towards an agnotology of policy studies: identifying, understanding and addressing knowledge limitations in real world policymaking" by Michael Howlett 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 🉑 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/…

📢The Call for Panels for the IPPA 6th International Conference on Public Policy is now open! The #ICPP6 is hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty of Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University from 27-29 June 2023, in Toronto, Canada. Read more about the ICPP6 and submit your panel proposals here ➡️bit.ly/3q80VRD

Our 50th anniversary has us reflecting quite a bit. We refined our mission... Read it here: ow.ly/7vGV50KxPLP

Thrilled to receive my copy of The China Questions 2! Honored to be among leading China experts and contributing a chapter on infrastructure in US-China relations. Thank you Maria Adele Carrai | 马晓冉 Michael Szonyi and Jennifer Rudolf for your leadership. Harvard University Press

📢📢Adaptation Futures 2023 is now open for Session Proposals, Abstracts and Posters! #AF2023 will be a critical meeting point to advance discussion about climate change adaptation in an increasingly complex world. adaptationfutures.com/program/

Unless one is Immanuel Kant, good intentions are never enough. Mike Howlett and I outline how public policies suffer from "inherent vices" that doom them to failure. Unless…(read on here!) Open access: doi.org/10.1111/risa.1… #policyrisk #maliciousness #noncompliance

Calling for papers for panel on "State Capacity and Public Policy Education" at #IPPN2022 IIM Ahmedabad JSW School of Public Policy - IIMA between December 13-14, 2022. Get in touch with me or Sreeja Nair Dayashankar Maurya Ishani Mukherjee to submit.

We look forward to welcoming policy scholars from across the globe to Denver and online! Our priority registration deadline is soon - register today! bit.ly/COPPR While you are there, check out our updated schedule of panels and papers and book your hotel.