#HighlightThursday #NewSpecialIssue "Responsive Urban Governance and Inclusive Policy Making: A Comparative Perspective" contains three open access articles and two more (for three months) courtesy of #Routledge tandfonline.com/toc/fcpa20/c…

#HighlightThursday Our 10th. Book Talk is about "Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding. How Iliberal Populists Engage with the Policy Process". Take a look youtu.be/niNi_sDrWms

We are glad to initiate our project ICPA Society Teaching Roundtable - Global Perspectives and Local Challenges, first session happening on Thursday, 22, 2026. We will discuss challenges and techniques for teaching in the age of AI. Subscribe to our newsletter for the link.

Policy comparatists, please remember to join on Monday 19th and learn more about democratic backsliding.

Our 10th Book Talk examines the impact of democratic backsliding and populist governments on the public policy process. It draws on cases from the USA, Brazil, Hungary, Mexico, etc. Join us on October 19, 10 AM EDT, 9 AM CDT, 4 PM CEST. Link: comparativepolicy.org/?p=817…

#HighlightThursday Take the time to listen to Professor Gita-Steiner Khamsi. In this video, she talks about "Time in Education Policy Transfer. Seven Temporalities of Global School Reform". It is #OpenAccess and will soon be in Spanish and Chinese. youtu.be/s14VWaG3VUc

Hello policy comparatists, we hope you are enjoying #ecprgc26 as much as we are. Stop by the #JCPA_ICPA stand and check out the International Library of Policy Analysis books and some joint sponsored classics. comparativepolicy.org/?page_…

Let´s connect at #ecprgc26! Look for our stand, where you can meet our Executive Director, Derin Atiskan. She can share her knowledge about the #JCPA_ICPA, and tell you about our very efficient publication process.

#HighlightThursday Our Book Talks series is back! This open access book flips the script on policy diffusion tracing how the Global South shapes policy in the Global North. Join us on September 8, 11 AM EDT, 5 PM CEST. Zoom link here: comparativepolicy.org/?p=809…

Call for JCPA Special Issue proposals Before October 15th send us your best ideas. We will announce acceptance on the 30th. think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…

This #HighlightThursday is for Professor Michael Barzelay of @LSEnews He is one of the most influential academics in the field of public management and a long time collaborator of the JCPA.

#FromtheArchives Causality poses the challenges of understanding mechanisms and confirming that a real causal relationship exists. How we approach it depends on our needs for prediction or explanation. Read about four models to ascertain #causality: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

#HighlightThursday This short excerpt of one of our #JCPABookTalks is packed with insights, take a look! youtu.be/ortkGG9-btIhttps://… via @YouTube

#HighlightThursday It's all on our website! Come check it out. ;)

Regina M. Paulose examines Independent People’s Tribunals across upstream, midstream and downstream atrocity prevention. She argues tribunals can document abuses, support victims’ right to truth and fill justice gaps when state mechanisms fail. doi.org/10.1080/13876988.202…

#HighlightThursday We welcome Kira Quiñonez, the winner of 2026 - 2027 JCPA Internship Program. Kira is a graduate student at @FLACSOec and will be working closely with our team on the ins and outs of academic publishing and communication.

#JCPA_ICPA Arnaud Kurze & Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm provide evidence to consider virtual platforms as an important element of a comprehensive and sustainable approach to atrocity prevention. doi.org/10.1080/13876988.202…

As Sarah Schmidt & Salvador Rivas-Aceves argue: "policymakers must be compelled to take seriously the role of Indigenous and other minoritized foodways as spaces of cultural identity and social cohesion." Visit the #JCPA_ICPA site: doi.org/10.1080/13876988.202…

Gina Abena Krais compares the Maputo Protocol integration in Ghana and Cameroon using Mazmanian and Sabatier’s framework. doi.org/10.1080/13876988.202…