The book that @marcodigiulio.bsky.social and I wrote on digitisation policies in the public sector has been published: Policy Making and the Digitalisation of the Public Sector. Actors and Strategies in Italy. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan (ISBN: 978-3-031-83954-2).

Call for Papers – Submit to Policy Studies Journal!

@prof-b-t.bsky.social

More information here: drive.google.com/file/d/1rLCB...

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....

Christopher Hood has died today. Public administration has lost one of its absolute best. RIP

Did you see this experiment my colleague Kristina conducted not just at my university but *in my department*? She and the male instructor assumed eachothers’ names for an online course: and the difference in feedback they received was horrifying.

Contribution to the December special issue of Canadian Public Administration on public sector reform:
"RInstitutionalizing Spending and Strategic Reviews: Supporting Effective Public Management
by Robert P. Shepherd and Evert A. Lindquist

La Commissione europea si è fatta il chatbot. Per riassumere documenti o scrivere report. Ma come funziona? Grazie a un accesso civico ai documenti, su @wired.it raccontiamo tutti i dettagli. Spoiler: la tecnologia è tutta made in Usa www.wired.it/article/inte...

Big Data & Society
@BigDataSoc
Dec 11
We are looking for Assistant Editors (AE) for BD&S. More details at buff.ly/3ZNwRNx and you can submit your interest at buff.ly/4fbtOmT Deadline is January 10, 2025. For questions contact the Editor-in-Chief , Dr. Matthew Zook (zook@uky.edu).

Public Administration December 2024 Issue now out

Over the next few days, we will highlight the excellent research in 102(4). In the meantime, should you want to get a head start, please review the articles, replication, and book reviews here:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679299...

1/ A little thread on “rigorous” process tracing. A few years ago, just after finishing my PhD, I published my very first paper ever in SP&A, using process tracing to investigate how and why Italy’s health system’s territorial organization changed over time. 🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Italian Journal of Public Policy is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Follow us for the latest updates on public policy research. We publish work in both Italian and English, embracing both theoretical explorations and empirical research. #AcademicSky

"Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences" Edited by Peter Rule and Vaughn M. John and published by Edward Elgar.

The first chapter is #Free2DownloadAndRead

www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/han...

#evaluation in times of #AI and #populism: which role and strategies to support public discourse and policies? 👉 Check the #ICPP7 panel T09 and submit a paper proposal! See you next year in Chiang Mai, Thailand 🇹🇭
#IPPA www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
wth @Erica Melloni, #DomijikaWojtowicz

Among my latest contributions is this piece written with Giovanni Esposito, @gaiataffoni.bsky.social, and Nathalie Crutzen on the role of narratives and institutions in innovation policy processes.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

👩‍🏫 Showcase your research on a prestigious global stage 🌎
📢 Call for Panels & Papers now OPEN for our General Conference https://buff.ly/3AMuRvm
🔍 Seeking contributions across 60 Sections covering all corners of political science
👉 Submit by 6 Jan https://buff.ly/34n6JwY
#ecprgc25

Public Policy & Political Science. Politecnico di Milano. Here my opinions only.