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Welcome to our International Conference on Public Policy virtual stand

This year, the 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6) will be in Toronto. We will have a stand, where attendees can meet Sarah Brown, Senior Journal Manager for Policy & Politics, take away sample copies of our journals and browse our books list.

For anyone who is unable to attend the ICPP in person this year we have created a virtual space where you can catch up on highlights from our journals, including free article collections from Policy & Politics and Evidence & Policy.  

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Policy & Politics   

Policy & Politics is a world-leading journal that is committed to advancing our understanding of the dynamics of policy-making and implementation.  

Highlights from Policy & Politics  

 

Free special issue: Taking risks and breaking new frontiers in Policy & Politics

Read this special issue for free until 10 July, including:

How diverse and inclusive are policy process theories? 
Tanya Heikkila and Michael D. Jones

Making interpretive policy analysis critical and societally relevant: emotions, ethnography and language
Anna Durnová

Global Public Policy studies
Osmany Porto de Oliveira

New open access articles

The racialisation of sexism: how race frames shape anti-street harassment policies in Britain and France
Charlène Calderaro

What types of health evidence persuade policy actors in a complex system?
 Geoff Bates, Sarah Ayres et al

The many meanings of policy instruments: exploring individual and structural determinants in obesity policy
Rob Ralston, Charlotte Godziewski and Lauren Carters-White

Advocacy coalitions, power and policy change
B. Timothy Heinmiller

Policy learning from crises: lessons learned from the Italian food stamp programme
Simone Busetti and Maria Stella Righettini

Read more on the Policy & Politics blog.

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Evidence & Policy   

Evidence & Policy is the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to comprehensive and critical assessment of the relationship between researchers and the evidence they produce and the concerns of policy makers and practitioners.

Highlights from the Evidence & Policy 

New open access articles 

Co-creation for Transformative Innovation Policy: an implementation case for projects structured as portfolio of knowledge services

Carla Alvial Palavicino, Cristian Matti, and Christoph Brodnik

Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought?
 Jessica Pykett, Sarah Ball et al.

What is co-production? Conceptualising and understanding co-production of knowledge and policy across different theoretical perspectives

Justyna Bandola-Gill, Megan Arthur and Rhodri Ivor Leng

Municipal officials’ perspectives on policymaking for addressing obesity and health equity


Renee G. Parks, Fanice Thomas et al. 

Improving the influence of evidence in policy creation: an ethnographic study of the research-to-policy collaborative
Shannon Guillot-Wright and Kathryn Oliver

Editors' choice collection

Enjoy free access to our Editor's top articles from recent issues. 

Quality use of research evidence: practitioner perspectives [Open Access]
Joanne Gleeson, Mark Rickinson et al.

Contextual influences on the role of evidence in e-cigarette recommendations: a multi-method analysis of international and national jurisdictions
Marissa J. Smith, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi et al.

Use of research evidence in legislatures: a systematic review
Mathieu Ouimet, Morgane Beaumier et al.

 

European Journal of Politics and Gender   

The European Journal of Politics and Gender (EJPG) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes international, cutting-edge research in the broad field of politics and gender. EJPG is endorsed by the Gender and Politics Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). EJPG is firmly embedded in global politics and gender scholarship, its scope is not limited to Europe. It aims to advance gender and politics research in all its diversity.  

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Themed Section: Reconceptualising Social Care: Contrasting Classical and Contested Care Policies and their Gendered Implications

This special issue advances the richliterature by exploring different forms and dimensions of contestation both withinand beyond ‘classical care’(that is, childcare and elderly care).  The themed section includes;

Reconceptualising social care: the (new) contestation of social care and its gendered implications
Agnes Blome and Eva-Maria Euchner

Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans persons’ perceptions of their own ageing: contesting the exclusionary care regime?
Volkan Yilmaz and İpek Göçmen
Constructing a regime of truth to support palliative care at risk
Minna Zechner

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Global Social Challenges Journal  

Global Social Challenges Journal is an interdisciplinary, non-profit, Open Access journal with a mission to question, explore and navigate the social and cultural aspects of the complex global challenges that face us all.

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