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FRSC. Burnaby Mountain Professor and ex-Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University (Canada) & Visiting Fellow Lingnan University (Hong Kong); Ed. Policy Sciences, Policy Design & Practice, Policy & Society, ARPD
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Recent Book - Designing Public Policies 3rd Edition (Routledge) by Michael Howlett (2024)

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Just out and 100% OA in Policy Design & Practice October Issue 8(4). Articles on
system leadership, wicked problems, AI, digital government, citizen evaluation, aboriginal co-design, food security and local procurement.

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🛎️New Issue is out❗️

Towards a 3⃣rd generation of #PolicyAdvisorySystems studies❓

Co-guest edited by @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social, the new generation studies how different PAS are structured and operated—or managed—to deliver quality results👇

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The Special Issue about 3rd generation Policy Advisory Systems edited by me and @howlettm.bsky.social as just been published in @policysociety.bsky.social Nine OA articles focusing on the future of PAS. @raulpachecovega.bsky.social @gcapano.bsky.social
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The introduction by @howlettm.bsky.social, Tullia Galanti, @andreamigone.bsky.social and Giulia Vicentini
discusses how quality of advice and the fluider nature of PAS have become key elements of this 3rd generation. @sfu.ca

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In their article, @andreamigone.bsky.social and @howlettm.bsky.social look at how 3rd generation PAS manage the political and technical risks associated with the production and trasmission of advice.

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October 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Just out & Open Access in Policy & Society 44(3) Sept 2025 -Special Issue "Towards a 3rd Generation of Policy Advisory System Studies" Eds Michael Howlett & Andrea Migone
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October 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Just out & OA in Policy & Society 44(3) Sept 2025 - Special Issue "Towards a 3rd Generation of Policy Advisory System Studies" Eds Mike Howlett and Andrea Migone @howlettm @Andrea_Migone Papers on PAS Quality and Management - Canada EU Germany China Kazakhstan&Kenya
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Volume 44 Issue 3 | Policy and Society | Oxford Academic
Policy and Society is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory and practice at the local, national and international…
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October 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Just published! Dictionary of Policy Design. By Michael Howlett @howlettm and Alexander Howlett @Suetonius_

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Dictionary of Policy Design
‘This Dictionary of Policy Design fills a large gap. It provides succinct and reliable definitions and explanations of key terms relevant to analysis of policy problems and policy responses. This is u...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Just Out and Open Access! Special Issue of Policy & Society on "Malignity in Policy Sciences" eds M. Jae Moon & Tim Legrand. Articles on Zombie Policies, India, Robodebt, Clientelism, Honesty, Emotions, Revolving Doors & Authoritarianism.

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Volume 44 Issue 2 | Policy and Society | Oxford Academic
Policy and Society is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory and practice at the local, national and international…
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October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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New Issue of Policy Sciences now out: September 2025.

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September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Policy Sciences 58(3) now out. Articles by Thompson et al, van Uffelen et al, Kammerer et al, Boon & Wolf, Ambrose & Imperial, Kim & Ko, Gonnet et al, Durnova et al, and Cairney.

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September 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Hot off the press! Latest issue of Policy Sciences (Sept 2025) now out. Articles on policy coherence, policy success, collaborative governance, policy emotions, policy innovation and more.

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September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Now out in Issue and Open Access - "Beyond evidentiary uncertainty: mitigating political risks in policy designs" by @howlettm & @Andrea_Migone. Policy Design & Practice 8(3) SI on Uncertainty eds. Lewis and Bali

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September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Just out and Open Access in Policy Design & Practice. Special Issue on "Navigating Uncertainty in Policy Design" eds. Jenny M Lewis and Azad Bali. Articles on policy tools, policy labs, models, political risks, decoy goals and more.

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Navigating Uncertainty in Policy Design; Guest editor: Jenny M Lewis and Azad Bali. Volume 8, Issue 3 of Policy Design and Practice
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Thrilled to share my new book chapter entitled "The Impact of Social Media, ‘Fake News,’ and Disinformation on Policy Advice." Published in the Handbook of Policy Advice (Edward Elgar Publishing) & edited by two greats - @howlettm.bsky.social & Ishani Mukherjee www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Now available on-line! Routledge Handbook of Policy Advisory Systems, eds. G. Capano, M. Howlett, J. Craft @gilibertocapano @howlettm @Jonathan_Craft

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The Routledge Handbook of Policy Advisory Systems | Giliberto Capano,
This handbook comprehensively reflects, presents and summarises both first and second wave scholarship into policy advisory systems (PAS). Bringing together
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Just out in Early View and OA in Policy Design & Practice - "Beyond evidentiary uncertainty: mitigating political risks in policy designs" by Michael Howlett &Andrea Migone

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📚⚡We're back after summer break!

Read our latest blog post by @howlettm.bsky.social and @andreamigone.bsky.social

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A theory of policy advisory system quality: Hirschman 2.0 or what makes for good policy advice?
by Liz Richardson, Catherine Durose, Lucy Kimbell and Ramia Mazé In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, authors Andrea Migone and Michael Howlett offer a compelling new framework f…
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Congratulations to @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social on authoring one of our top 10 most cited articles of 2025!

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New from Al Stark and me, in Ishani Mukherjee and @howlettm.bsky.social's Handbook of Policy Advice www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Just out - New Special Issue in Policy Design & Practice ed. Mattia Casula and Andrea Migone.
10 new open access articles on

"Collaborative Public Sector Innovation as a Policy (Design) Problem "

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Collaborative Public Sector Innovation as a Policy (Design) Problem; Mattia Casula and Andrea Migone. Volume 8, Issue 2 of Policy Design and Practice
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New! Handbook of Policy Advice now on-line.
Edited by Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee @howlettm @Imstill49

"This timely Handbook examines the background, organization and evolution of policy advice and expertise in contemporary government in 45 chapters.

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September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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New! Handbook of Policy Advice now on-line.
Edited by Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee @howlettm @Imstill49

"This timely Handbook examines the background, organization and evolution of policy advice and expertise in contemporary government in 45 chapters.

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September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Just out and Open Access in Policy & Society - "Management and quality: third-generation research into policy advisory systems" by Michael Howlett , Maria Tullia Galanti , Andrea Migone , Giulia Vicentini
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Management and quality: third-generation research into policy advisory systems
Abstract . In this article, we argue that in order to better understand how Policy Advisory Systems (PAS) have evolved during the 21st century, we need to
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