Simone Busetti
@busetti.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ Università di Teramo
Public policy • Public administration • Evaluation
Usable knowledge • Working on multiple policies
Currently: https://evaluatingfoodpolicy.it/
Public policy • Public administration • Evaluation
Usable knowledge • Working on multiple policies
Currently: https://evaluatingfoodpolicy.it/
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Simone Busetti
@busetti.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Noise at the street level: revealing unwanted variability in seismic safety
Street-level bureaucrats play a crucial role in translating policy statutes into services to citizens, but their discretion can have positive and negative impacts. This article examines noise – unw...
www.tandfonline.com
Just out in @pmreview.bsky.social! We explore #noise, #bias & #discretion in street-level bureaucracy, revealing major inconsistencies in seismic controls. Noise matters for public administrations—Time to improve decisions! Read it Open Access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Does Institutional Transparency Affect Citizen Trust in Predictive Policing? Evidence from a Survey-Experiment in The Netherlands" E. N. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Trehan, & G. Porumbescu examine whether legislative transparency and external oversight affect trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Does Institutional Transparency Affect Citizen Trust in Predictive Policing? Evidence from a Survey-Experiment in The Netherlands" E. N. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Trehan, & G. Porumbescu examine whether legislative transparency and external oversight affect trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
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🏦 Obsolete but influential? @laurenleek.eu explores the surprising agenda-setting role of National Central Banks (NCBs) within the Eurosystem.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🏦 Obsolete but influential? @laurenleek.eu explores the surprising agenda-setting role of National Central Banks (NCBs) within the Eurosystem.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New Episode (#38) of JPAM’s Closer Look Podcast!
Host Seth Gershenson (@AU_SPA) speaks with Pierre Koning and Carlos Riumalló-Herl, recipients of the 2025 Vernon Memorial Award, about their article “Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards.”
🎧 tinyurl.com/yjnjacxu
(1/3)
Host Seth Gershenson (@AU_SPA) speaks with Pierre Koning and Carlos Riumalló-Herl, recipients of the 2025 Vernon Memorial Award, about their article “Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards.”
🎧 tinyurl.com/yjnjacxu
(1/3)
38. How do disability insurance programs work? | JPAM's Closer Look
Our host, Seth Gershenson, speaks to Pierre Koning and Carlos Riumalló-Herl, recipients of the 2025 Vernon Memorial Award, about their article “Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance...
jpamscloserlook.podbean.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
New Episode (#38) of JPAM’s Closer Look Podcast!
Host Seth Gershenson (@AU_SPA) speaks with Pierre Koning and Carlos Riumalló-Herl, recipients of the 2025 Vernon Memorial Award, about their article “Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards.”
🎧 tinyurl.com/yjnjacxu
(1/3)
Host Seth Gershenson (@AU_SPA) speaks with Pierre Koning and Carlos Riumalló-Herl, recipients of the 2025 Vernon Memorial Award, about their article “Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards.”
🎧 tinyurl.com/yjnjacxu
(1/3)
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Can a digital nudge clean up the streets? How Behavioural Science helped reduce littering in the UK
Littering is one of those persistent public problems that often feels unsolvable. Campaigns urging people to "do the right thing" rarely lead to lasting behaviour change, and enforcement is costly.…
Littering is one of those persistent public problems that often feels unsolvable. Campaigns urging people to "do the right thing" rarely lead to lasting behaviour change, and enforcement is costly.…
Can a digital nudge clean up the streets? How Behavioural Science helped reduce littering in the UK
Littering is one of those persistent public problems that often feels unsolvable. Campaigns urging people to "do the right thing" rarely lead to lasting behaviour change, and enforcement is costly. A behaviourally-informed digital intervention is tested and shown to shift public habits more effectively.
bppblog.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can a digital nudge clean up the streets? How Behavioural Science helped reduce littering in the UK
Littering is one of those persistent public problems that often feels unsolvable. Campaigns urging people to "do the right thing" rarely lead to lasting behaviour change, and enforcement is costly.…
Littering is one of those persistent public problems that often feels unsolvable. Campaigns urging people to "do the right thing" rarely lead to lasting behaviour change, and enforcement is costly.…
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#HighlightThursday
Read "Informing Governance for Food System Resilience: A Comparative Case Policy Analysis of Two Australian Regions Impacted by Multiple Disaster" by Sheriden Keegan, Kimberley Reis, Anne Roiko, and Cheryl Desha.
Find it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read "Informing Governance for Food System Resilience: A Comparative Case Policy Analysis of Two Australian Regions Impacted by Multiple Disaster" by Sheriden Keegan, Kimberley Reis, Anne Roiko, and Cheryl Desha.
Find it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#HighlightThursday
Read "Informing Governance for Food System Resilience: A Comparative Case Policy Analysis of Two Australian Regions Impacted by Multiple Disaster" by Sheriden Keegan, Kimberley Reis, Anne Roiko, and Cheryl Desha.
Find it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read "Informing Governance for Food System Resilience: A Comparative Case Policy Analysis of Two Australian Regions Impacted by Multiple Disaster" by Sheriden Keegan, Kimberley Reis, Anne Roiko, and Cheryl Desha.
Find it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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A new interesting article by Silvia Lucciarini, Michele Santurro, and Alessandra Rimano is now available on our FirstView page. It is entitled "Measuring organizational effects on street-level bureaucrats’ discretionality: a comparative study of three Italian contexts”.
Enjoy it here: t.ly/Yo2t8
Enjoy it here: t.ly/Yo2t8
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A new interesting article by Silvia Lucciarini, Michele Santurro, and Alessandra Rimano is now available on our FirstView page. It is entitled "Measuring organizational effects on street-level bureaucrats’ discretionality: a comparative study of three Italian contexts”.
Enjoy it here: t.ly/Yo2t8
Enjoy it here: t.ly/Yo2t8
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Explore this PSJ article tracing how U.S. states design and evolve medical and recreational cannabis policies, revealing three distinct policy bundles - pharmaceutical, permissive, and fiscal.
By Grant W. Neeley & Lilliard E. Richardson Jr.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Grant W. Neeley & Lilliard E. Richardson Jr.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Explore this PSJ article tracing how U.S. states design and evolve medical and recreational cannabis policies, revealing three distinct policy bundles - pharmaceutical, permissive, and fiscal.
By Grant W. Neeley & Lilliard E. Richardson Jr.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Grant W. Neeley & Lilliard E. Richardson Jr.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
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#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social -
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method - https://cup.org/4oFq4iA
- Federico Podestà & Joan E. Madia
#FirstView
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method - https://cup.org/4oFq4iA
- Federico Podestà & Joan E. Madia
#FirstView
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social -
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method - https://cup.org/4oFq4iA
- Federico Podestà & Joan E. Madia
#FirstView
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method - https://cup.org/4oFq4iA
- Federico Podestà & Joan E. Madia
#FirstView
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EARLY VIEW ALERT!
Read here:
Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Mikael Persson & Anders Sundell
Policy Feedback and the 2021 Advanced Child Tax Credit - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Lyle Scruggs
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
Read here:
Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Mikael Persson & Anders Sundell
Policy Feedback and the 2021 Advanced Child Tax Credit - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Lyle Scruggs
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
EARLY VIEW ALERT!
Read here:
Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Mikael Persson & Anders Sundell
Policy Feedback and the 2021 Advanced Child Tax Credit - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Lyle Scruggs
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
Read here:
Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Mikael Persson & Anders Sundell
Policy Feedback and the 2021 Advanced Child Tax Credit - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Lyle Scruggs
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
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🔥 Hot off the press
How does #PolicyTermination manifest, & to what extent is it deployed as a #strategic #practice ❓
✍️ InkeTorfs, EllenWayenberg, & Corneel De Vos study the #Flemish provinces in #Belgium & point to the misalignment between aspirations and capabilities 👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
How does #PolicyTermination manifest, & to what extent is it deployed as a #strategic #practice ❓
✍️ InkeTorfs, EllenWayenberg, & Corneel De Vos study the #Flemish provinces in #Belgium & point to the misalignment between aspirations and capabilities 👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
October 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔥 Hot off the press
How does #PolicyTermination manifest, & to what extent is it deployed as a #strategic #practice ❓
✍️ InkeTorfs, EllenWayenberg, & Corneel De Vos study the #Flemish provinces in #Belgium & point to the misalignment between aspirations and capabilities 👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
How does #PolicyTermination manifest, & to what extent is it deployed as a #strategic #practice ❓
✍️ InkeTorfs, EllenWayenberg, & Corneel De Vos study the #Flemish provinces in #Belgium & point to the misalignment between aspirations and capabilities 👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
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Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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#OpenAccess from August 2025 -
Not Getting the Message on Climate? Attention as a Key Barrier to Mass-Marketing Experimentally-Validated Messages - cup.org/3HgDIJ9
- Nicholas Carnes & Geoffrey L. Henderson
#ClimateChange
Not Getting the Message on Climate? Attention as a Key Barrier to Mass-Marketing Experimentally-Validated Messages - cup.org/3HgDIJ9
- Nicholas Carnes & Geoffrey L. Henderson
#ClimateChange
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#OpenAccess from August 2025 -
Not Getting the Message on Climate? Attention as a Key Barrier to Mass-Marketing Experimentally-Validated Messages - cup.org/3HgDIJ9
- Nicholas Carnes & Geoffrey L. Henderson
#ClimateChange
Not Getting the Message on Climate? Attention as a Key Barrier to Mass-Marketing Experimentally-Validated Messages - cup.org/3HgDIJ9
- Nicholas Carnes & Geoffrey L. Henderson
#ClimateChange
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It's not Taylor Swift, but still, it's a terrific video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTy4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTy4...
Changing our food system with Plant-Based Food by Default | Better Food Foundation
YouTube video by Better Food Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's not Taylor Swift, but still, it's a terrific video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTy4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTy4...
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"AI in Public Decision-Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit" by Karl de Fine Licht & Anna Folland presents a framework for utilizing AI in decision-making to evaluate harms & benefits, resolve conflicts, and foster trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
AI in Public Decision‐Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in public decision-making; yet existing governance tools often lack clear definitions of harm and benefit, practical methods for weighing competing v....
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"AI in Public Decision-Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit" by Karl de Fine Licht & Anna Folland presents a framework for utilizing AI in decision-making to evaluate harms & benefits, resolve conflicts, and foster trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
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"Institutional Factors as Antecedents of Energy Efficiency Policies at the Local Level" by @abouassi.bsky.social, Carley Weted, & David Schwegman finds that state-level policies and global city networks shape local energy efficiency adoption. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa... @au-spa.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Institutional Factors as Antecedents of Energy Efficiency Policies at the Local Level" by @abouassi.bsky.social, Carley Weted, & David Schwegman finds that state-level policies and global city networks shape local energy efficiency adoption. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa... @au-spa.bsky.social
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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.
academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
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…
academic.oup.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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.
academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
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Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog post?
'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social
'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog post?
'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social
'Recognising the expertise of people with #disability' by Shane Clifton
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/09/17/r...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @drcliffo.bsky.social
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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
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
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
www.taylorfrancis.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Now available on-line! Routledge Handbook of Policy Advisory Systems, eds. G. Capano, M. Howlett, J. Craft @gilibertocapano @howlettm @Jonathan_Craft
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
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Classification algorithms and social outcomes by Elizabeth Maggie Penn and John W. Patty is now available in Early View. @jwpatty.bluesky.social ajps.org/2025/09/17/c...
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Classification algorithms and social outcomes by Elizabeth Maggie Penn and John W. Patty is now available in Early View. @jwpatty.bluesky.social ajps.org/2025/09/17/c...
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Policy advisory bodies during crises: a scoping #review of the COVID-19 literature in Europe' by Clemence Bouchat et al.
New from
@EvidencePolicy
#OA ⬇️
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
New from
@EvidencePolicy
#OA ⬇️
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
Policy advisory bodies during crises: a scoping review of the COVID-19 literature in Europe
Background: The COVID-19 policy context was characterised by high levels of uncertainty, imperfect knowledge and the need for immediate action. Therefore, governments in Europe tended to rely on exper...
doi.org
December 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Policy advisory bodies during crises: a scoping #review of the COVID-19 literature in Europe' by Clemence Bouchat et al.
New from
@EvidencePolicy
#OA ⬇️
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
New from
@EvidencePolicy
#OA ⬇️
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
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If you work in message testing or persuasive communication, this may be the most importantly paper you will read this month, perhaps all year. From @carnes.bsky.social and Henderson in @bjpols.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you work in message testing or persuasive communication, this may be the most importantly paper you will read this month, perhaps all year. From @carnes.bsky.social and Henderson in @bjpols.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Explore this PSJ article revealing how U.S. anti-trafficking laws spread unevenly across states as a result of how target populations are socially constructed and what each policy intends to achieve.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
August 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Explore this PSJ article revealing how U.S. anti-trafficking laws spread unevenly across states as a result of how target populations are socially constructed and what each policy intends to achieve.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
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Out now! This new study by L. Lecuyer & M. Verrier explores how new procedural instruments drive institutional innovation in US agri-climate policy, focusing on farmers' roles in local implementation.
Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci
Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci
July 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Out now! This new study by L. Lecuyer & M. Verrier explores how new procedural instruments drive institutional innovation in US agri-climate policy, focusing on farmers' roles in local implementation.
Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci
Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci
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⚡️Between win–win and the manufacturing of consent: collaborative governance in cannabis policy
Read more on our blog!: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/07/23/b...
@philipptrein.bsky.social
Read more on our blog!: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/07/23/b...
@philipptrein.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
⚡️Between win–win and the manufacturing of consent: collaborative governance in cannabis policy
Read more on our blog!: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/07/23/b...
@philipptrein.bsky.social
Read more on our blog!: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/07/23/b...
@philipptrein.bsky.social