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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
Michael P. Howlett is the Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, and was Yong Pung How Chair Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He specializes in comparative policy studies with a focus on resource and environmental policy-making. .. more
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ยท Dec 9
Recent Book - Designing Public Policies 3rd Edition (Routledge) by Michael Howlett (2024)
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ยท 7d
From demand-side to supply-side regulation of government consultants: Recent trends in three OECD countries
Both practitioners and academics now grapple with concerns raised in legislatures and the media surrounding the use of consultants in the public sector. Issues around declines in public service cap...
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Just out in issue "From demand-side to supply-side regulation of government consultants: Recent trends in three OECD countries" by Sahar Zaman, Michael Howlett & Andrea Migone, Public Money & Management 26(2):163-173 2026
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ยท 11d
Theorizing the functions and patterns of agency in the policymaking process - Policy Sciences
Theories of the policy process understand the dynamics of policymaking as the result of the interaction of structural and agency variables. While these theories tend to conceptualize structuralโฆ
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2025-2026 Lasswell Prize for Best Article in Policy Sciences winner.
"Theorizing the functions annd patterns of agency in the policy-making process" - Giliberto Capano, Maria Tullia Galanti, Karin Ingold, Evangelia Petridou & Christopher Weible
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"Theorizing the functions annd patterns of agency in the policy-making process" - Giliberto Capano, Maria Tullia Galanti, Karin Ingold, Evangelia Petridou & Christopher Weible
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Reposted by Michael Howlett
๐ฌ One option for #PolicyReform is to #terminate or end a policy, program, or project. However, there are other similar but different outcomes
๐๏ธ @andreamigone.bsky.social, Alexander Howlett & @howlettm.bsky.social study #DefensePolicy and #military spending in #Canada ๐
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๐๏ธ @andreamigone.bsky.social, Alexander Howlett & @howlettm.bsky.social study #DefensePolicy and #military spending in #Canada ๐
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ยท 19d
Policy termination in state-driven spheres: the role of inter-agency de-alignment
Abstract. Early studies of policy termination focused on identifying the drivers and barriers to ending programs, such as the emergence of fiscal and other
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Just out and open access in Policy & Society - " Policy termination in state-driven spheres: the role of inter-agency de-alignment" by Andrea Migone , Alexander Howlett , Michael Howlett @howlettm
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ยท Jan 7
Just Out and Open Access! Special Issue of Policy & Society 44(4) Dec 2025 on Politics of Intermediation eds. Jale Tosun, David Levi-Faur, Avri Eitan. Articles on regulation, compliance and collaboration across multiple sectors and countries
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ยท Jan 5
CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Special Issue on Diagnostic Methods in Policy-Making: Abductive Reasoning in Policy Analysis, Practice and Pedagogy Eds. M. Ramesh and Michael Howlett
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ยท Jan 3
Just out & Open Access Vol 9(1) of Policy Design and Practice. Articles on regulatory sandboxes, algorithms, accountability, time, lesson-drawing, authoritarianism, policy transfer & India
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ยท Dec 29
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Just published - Annual Review of Policy Design 2025. Articles, reports and research of interest to the field from 2025 + classic articles and reviews.
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ยท Dec 16
Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy
Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy
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New Cambridge Element of Public Policy on AI
"Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy" by Fernando Filgueiras
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"Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy" by Fernando Filgueiras
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ยท Dec 12
Just Out! New Issue of Policy Sciences (Dec 2025).
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Articles on complexity science, transgender policy, policy learning, law, leadership, soveriegnty, buzzwords, minipublics & wildlife
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Articles on complexity science, transgender policy, policy learning, law, leadership, soveriegnty, buzzwords, minipublics & wildlife
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ยท Dec 10
Call for Papers Now Out! 2026 Asia Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN) Conference
โInnovating Public Policy for a Sustainable Asia-Pacific: Data, Technology, Trust and
Resilienceโ May 30-31, 2026 Nankai University (NKU), Tianjin
Conference Website: asiapacificppn.orgใMode: In-person only
โInnovating Public Policy for a Sustainable Asia-Pacific: Data, Technology, Trust and
Resilienceโ May 30-31, 2026 Nankai University (NKU), Tianjin
Conference Website: asiapacificppn.orgใMode: In-person only
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ยท Nov 30
Capacity for What? Elon Musk's DOGE, Public Value Destruction and the Darkside of Policy Capacity
This paper addresses a missing component of Wu et al's (2015) ninefold policy capacity framework-the 'capacity for what' question. That is, it examines the ques
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Just out Wellstead, Adam and Howlett, Michael, "Capacity for What? Elon Musk's DOGE, Public Value Destruction and the Darkside of Policy Capacity" (November 26, 2025). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=581... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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ยท Oct 28
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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system leadership, wicked problems, AI, digital government, citizen evaluation, aboriginal co-design, food security and local procurement.
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Reposted by Michael Howlett
Policy and Society
@policysociety.bsky.social
ยท Oct 20
๐๏ธNew Issue is outโ๏ธ
Towards a 3โฃrd generation of #PolicyAdvisorySystems studiesโ
Co-guest edited by @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social, the new generation studies how different PAS are structured and operatedโor managedโto deliver quality results๐
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Towards a 3โฃrd generation of #PolicyAdvisorySystems studiesโ
Co-guest edited by @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social, the new generation studies how different PAS are structured and operatedโor managedโto deliver quality results๐
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Reposted by Michael Howlett
Andrea Migone
@andreamigone.bsky.social
ยท Oct 18
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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Andrea Migone
@andreamigone.bsky.social
ยท Oct 18
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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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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Reposted by Michael Howlett, Raรบl Pacheco-Vega
Andrea Migone
@andreamigone.bsky.social
ยท Oct 18
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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ยท Oct 17
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
@howlettm @Andrea_Migone
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@howlettm @Andrea_Migone
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ยท Oct 17
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 internationalโฆ
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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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ยท Oct 10
Dictionary of Policy Design
โThis 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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Just published! Dictionary of Policy Design. By Michael Howlett @howlettm and Alexander Howlett @Suetonius_
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ยท Oct 4
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 internationalโฆ
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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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ยท Sep 30
New Issue of Policy Sciences now out: September 2025.
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Scroll through content below!
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ยท Sep 30
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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ยท Sep 30
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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ยท Sep 29
Browse all journals
Browse all journals
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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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ยท Sep 29
Policy Design and Practice
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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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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ยท Sep 25
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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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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Reposted by Michael Howlett, Karsten Mรคuse
Kris Hartley
@krishartley.bsky.social
ยท Sep 23
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Thrilled to share my new book chapter entitled "The Impact of Social Media, โFake News,โ 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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ยท Sep 23
Policy Design and Practice
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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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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10 new open access articles on
"Collaborative Public Sector Innovation as a Policy (Design) Problem "
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Reposted by Michael Howlett
Sophie Yates
@sophieyates.bsky.social
ยท Sep 22
New from Al Stark and me, in Ishani Mukherjee and @howlettm.bsky.social's Handbook of Policy Advice www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...