On Monday 13 February 2023, the Standing Group Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis organised a workshop about: how to win funding for interpretive and critical policy analysis?. We were fortunate to have three great, experienced speakers who shared their experiences and insights: Prof Catherine Durose – University of Liverpool Dr. Natalie Papanastasiou – Outstanding Research … How to win funding for interpretive and critical policy analysis?

We are delighted to be hosting an online ‘Advice Session’ on careers and publishing in interpretive policy analysis with Dr Tamara Metze-Burghouts (Wageningen) and Professor Rod Rhodes (Southampton) to round out the year. The session will run on Wednesday, December 15 from 4-5pm (UK time) / 5-6pm (CET). Please check out the details and register … Ask me Anything: Tamara Metze-Burghouts and Rod Rhodes

Fourth Virtual Community of Practice meeting for Interpretive Practitioners By Severine van Bommel On Monday 10 May 2021 at 5pm AEST, 9am CET, the fourth meeting of the Virtual Community of Practice for Interpretive Practitioners was held. After discussing new trends in IPA in general (meeting 1), and putting IPA into the current context of … What can a practice-based approach offer IPA?

Third Virtual Community of Practice meeting for Interpretive Practitioners By Severine van Bommel On Monday 1 February 2021 at 6pm AEST, 9am CET, the third meeting of the Virtual Community of Practice for Interpretive Practitioners was held. After discussing new trends in IPA in general (meeting 1), and putting IPA into the current context of … What is the transformative potential of IPA?

Second Virtual Community of Practice meeting for Interpretive Practitioners By Severine van Bommel   On Monday 7 December 2020 at 5pm AEST, 8am CET, the second meeting of the Virtual Community of Practice for Interpretive Practitioners was held. After discussing new trends in IPA in general (meeting 1), this meeting specifically focussed on the contemporary … What is the role of IPA in a post-truth world?

First Virtual Community of Practice meeting for Interpretive Practitioners By Severine van Bommel On Monday 5 October at 5 pm AEST, 9am CET, the first meeting of the Virtual Community of Practice for Interpretive Practitioners was held. The topic of the first meeting was new trends in Interpretive Policy Analysis. Our special guest this meeting … What are the current trends in IPA?

We are delighted to inform you that our Section proposal for the ECPR General Conference 2021 (Innsbruck, 31 August – 3 September) has been accepted. We would therefore like to invite you to contribute Panel and Paper proposals to the Section ‘Navigating Complexity in Policy and Politics: Prospects and Challenges’. Please submit your panel and … CfP ECPR 2021: Navigating Complexity in Policy and Politics

After a long period of service, Hendrik Wagenaar (with Herbert Gottweis one of the two founding members of the Standing Group) and Anna Durnová will step down as conveners. We thank them for their intellectual leadership and their continued effort in developing the Standing Group. We are delighted to introduce ourselves as the new conveners … New conveners

The ECPR Standing Group ‘Theoretical Perspectives on Policy Analysis’ is organising the event ‘Interpretive Approaches to Policy Studies: Developments, Challenges and Ways Forward’, to be held virtually 2-4 September 2020. The event is co-convened by Koen Bartels, Hendrik Wagenaar, Anna Durnova, Selen Ercan, Kathrin Braun and Tamara Metze, and supported by ECPR. It can be … Virtual event: Interpretive Approaches to Policy Studies: Developments, Challenges and Ways Forward

We would like to invite you to contribute Panel and Paper proposals to the Section ‘Interpretive Approaches to Policy Studies: Developments, Challenges and Ways Forward’. The Section will be held at the ECPR General Conference in Innsbruck, August 26-28, 2020. It is co-organised by Koen Bartels, Kathrin Braun, Selen Ercan, Anna Durnová, Tamara Metze and … ECPR 2020 Section CfP: Interpretive Approaches to Policy Studies