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Mission statement consultation

Many thanks to those who have participated in the mission statement consultation so far. To ensure we include a broader base of our membership, we would like to invite you once again to send us your views on what you feel the Standing Group should be about. We will use your input to update and Mission statement consultation

Call for Section proposals

We encourage all members to submit a proposal for a Section at next year’s ECPR conference. Section proposals can be submitted from until 19 November on the ECPR website. Please contact us if you are interested in submitting a proposal or if you have any questions. Full proposals should be sent to tge Standing Group Call for Section proposals

Standing Group activity at ECPR General Conference 2018

Two Sections were organised in connection with the Standing Group at the ECPR General Conference 2018 in Hamburg: Section 19: Deliberative Policy Analysis: Looking Back and Looking Forward (7 panels) Section 77: Truth, Politics and Democracy: Understanding Post-Factual Times (3 panels) Please click the links for details on the panels and presentations. We held a Business Standing Group activity at ECPR General Conference 2018

Workshop: Ignorance and non-knowledge: what consequences for democratic governance, politics and policy?

When: November 13-14, 2018 Where: University of Vienna, Austria Confirmed keynote speakers: Linsey McGoey (University of Essex), Matthias Gross (University of Jena, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ), Stefan Böschen (RWTH Aachen). Call for papers Ignorance and non-knowledge have become the subject of a growing body of research in the social sciences and humanities, giving rise to a new Workshop: Ignorance and non-knowledge: what consequences for democratic governance, politics and policy?

Ralph P. Hummel Doctoral Research Scholarship Fund

We would like to draw your attention to the Ralph P. Hummel Doctoral Research Scholarship Fund. It supports doctoral students doing work in interpretivist and phenomenological traditions with a $1,000 grant and a conference registration fee waiver for the Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network.  For more details, please check the Call for Proposals: Ralph P. Hummel Doctoral Research Scholarship Fund

Vacancies: Senior Research posts at the Wales Centre for Public Policy

Senior Research posts available at the Wales Centre for Public Policy The Wales Centre for Public Policy at Cardiff University is seeking 2 outstanding individuals to play key roles in developing and leading its work with public services including health, local government and schools: a Public Services Fellow & a Research Fellow. Public Services Fellow DEADLINE Vacancies: Senior Research posts at the Wales Centre for Public Policy

P&P special issue: Practical lessons from policy theories

Policy & Politics has just published a fascinating special issue which aims to translate insights from policy theories for a wider audience in order to gauge their quality and maximise their impact. The issue is free to download until the end of May at http://bit.ly/SIPracticalLessonsFromPolicyTheories so please take advantage of this great opportunity. 

Interpretive Policy Analysis Summer School: Conflict and sustainable futures

Interpretive Policy Analysis Summer School: Conflict and sustainable futures  Amsterdam, 9-13 July 2018  This intensive PhD summer school (3 ECTS) will provide PhD candidates with in-depth knowledge of interpretive methodologies and theories to understand and intervene in conflicts about sustainable futures. The summerschool focuses on methodological innovations that take an integrated approach to the social, Interpretive Policy Analysis Summer School: Conflict and sustainable futures

The future of progressivism: Applying Follett’s thinking to contemporary issues

  The future of progressivism: Applying Follett’s thinking to contemporary issues Hosted by the John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, July 12-14, 2018. Join scholars and practitioners from around the world for a multidisciplinary meeting of individuals who are passionate about Follett’s ideas from the fields of governance, conflict resolution, community development, and management and leadership. Discussion The future of progressivism: Applying Follett’s thinking to contemporary issues