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📢Call for Proposals!📢 Are you ready to make a difference in local governance? ICMA is inviting students to submit innovative policy proposals addressing wicked problems in local government. Here's your chance to shape the future of our communities! 📅 Proposals due by May 13, 2024. Selected proposals notified by May 31. Submit to [email protected]. More information here https://lnkd.in/e6EtfSZp 🔍 Your proposal should: 1️⃣ Clearly articulate the research question and methodology. 2️⃣ Define the wicked problem. 3️⃣ Discuss the problem's impact on the community. 4️⃣ Provide a captivating 60-word abstract showcasing your solution's potential impact. 5️⃣ Clearly articulate your methodology and hypotheses/findings. 💡 Selected proposals will be presented at the conference.

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference: Islands and Island Studies 2025 - Visions, Strategies and Local Projects Venue: JICAS, Jersey, Channel Islands, 3 - 7 June 2025 https://lnkd.in/erdjrUpU Organised by the Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies (JICAS) in collaboration with Shima and the Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI). The Islands and Island Studies 2025 conference will provide an opportunity for researchers, administrators, policy makers and islanders to explore key questions concerning island societies and jurisdictions in the early 21st Century and to review research in the field to date. The conference will comprise 3 plenary sessions and two parallel panel strands: Plenary #1 — Lessons from and challenges for Jersey — featuring contributions from Jersey government officers and representatives of local organisations. Plenary #2 — Two decades of Island Studies as represented in its journals — featuring presentations from journal editors Philip Hayward (Shima), Sun-Kee Hong (The Journal of Marine and Island Cultures), Ping Su (Island Studies Journal) Ayano Ginoza (former editor of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies) + response by Jonathan Pugh (Professor of island Studies, Newcastle University, UK) (tbc). Plenary #3 — New Voices in Island Studies (programmed by SICRI) — featuring presentations from six emerging island Studies scholars. Proposals for papers should be 250–300 words long and should be submitted to [email protected] by November 1st 2024 and notifications of acceptance will be issued by December 10th 2024. Any inquiries as to the suitability of proposed topics and/or proposals for panels can be sent to Philip Hayward (on behalf of the conference organising committee) at [email protected] by October 1st 2024.

Just out in FirstView in RISP Italian Political Science Review the article on the pluralization of the internal Policy Advisory System in Italy (2019-2021), co-authored with ANDREA LIPPI, Tullia Galanti and Maria Chiara Cattaneo. We present and discusses the results of the first phase of the SNA - Scuola Nazionale dell'Amministrazione research on the Italian PAS. https://lnkd.in/dyv3yWQ4

Pleased to see this out with Dersu Ekim Tanca. I want to thank Daniel Béland, Philip Rocco, Iris Geva-May, and other participants of the JCPA workshop – Territorial Governance & Comparative Policy Analysis at the Subnational Level. Check out the special issue of The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis on Territorial Governance & Comparative Policy Analysis at the Subnational Level. Abstract: "As social scientists take space seriously and engage in systematic comparisons of subnational entities within and across nations, there is a need to systematically ground comparative policy analyses (CPA) within this research program. But, when it comes to research design concerns, what are the implications of this cross-fertilization? By drawing on the literatures on the subnational research tradition and the comparative method, and connecting them to CPA, this paper addresses key practical, analytical, methodological, and data concerns in instances in which qualitative comparisons of two or more cases (i.e. small-N) are employed and subnational levels are the main units of analysis. To scale down the comparative method and apply it to subnational policy analyses, the paper provides guidance on how to design and conduct comparative subnational research within or across countries, including key lessons, best practices, and data resources." https://lnkd.in/e37-cqQg

Delighted to see a new article from my European Research Council (ERC) project CONSULTATIONEFFECTS out in the Journal of European Public Policy! We analyse the dimensionality of the policy space of the European Commission's online public consultations. Our findings underscore the challenges and opportunities of using public consultations as instruments of information gathering and preference aggregation, and the difficulty of identifying stable majority equilibrium in bureaucratic policymaking. https://lnkd.in/dzsJV_w4

📝 Call for Papers!! The ijMPB invites you to submit your work for the special issue: “Rethinking the creation of social value through projects”. This call for papers seeks multidisciplinary research on social value (SV) in projects, focusing on new theoretical and methodological approaches to understand the processes and mechanisms in which SV is created, captured, and retained. We also seek contributions that explore how to address broader societal needs and their stakeholders. 🗓Deadline: December 31 Guest Editors: Francesco Di Maddaloni, Ata Babaei, Lauri Vuorinen, Vedran Zerjav, Nathalie Drouin 🔍For more detailed information about the topics and submission guidelines visit the official site of the call: https://lnkd.in/eDuNEfQQ   Visit the official page of the IJMPB! https://lnkd.in/eDHdMPCq

I am delighted to announce the recent publication of our research in the International Review of Public Administration (published by Taylor & Francis, SJR Q2, Scopus Q3) Title: A systematic literature review of budget participation: foundations, trends, and ways forward Here's the link to the article: https://lnkd.in/gucNY75X target=10.1080/12294659.2024.2377874

Useful questions for thinking about #researchculture and environment in grant applications.

OTs in EI space in private practice: pls use this document to advocate and spread our voice about EI foundational supports #occupationaltherapy

Day 3: Plenary C: The 7th WCRI Cape Town statement on fostering research integrity through fairness and equity one year on. Chair: Eleni Spyrakou ● The Cape Town statement on fostering research integrity through fairness and equity: A recap and overview Lyn Horn ● Benchmarking academic editor diversity at Springer Nature journals Ed Gerstner ● From principles to practice: using equitable partnership tools to action the Cape Town Statement Michelle Brear Diversity in scholarship essential. We need to measure where we are with the importance of fairness and inclusivity. Lyn indicates that institutions can endorse the Cape Town Statement as part of their processes. Ed ensured that Springer Nature took on the challenge and understand that they need diverse authorship. It is important that the review processes needs to be realigned to encourage diverse editorial boards and referee assigning. Michelle said the Cape Town statement was a call to action. ACU proposed a toolkit to enhance partnership, using equity cafe's to put theory in practice and closer relationship between researchers and frontline fieldworkers to enhance scientific scholarship. https://lnkd.in/gySkv6fR