Altaf Virani

In Proofs with Cover - Dictionary of Policy Design - by Michael Howlett & Alexander Howlett e-elgar.com/shop/usd/dicti…

Just Out! And Open Access - "New policy tools and traditional policy models: better understanding behavioural, digital and collaborative instruments" in Policy Design & Practice. By Michael Howlett, Sarah Giest, Ishani Mukherjee & Araz Taeihagh doi.org/10.1080/257412…

Congratulations to Andrea Pettrachin & Leila Hadj Abdou for winning the Lasswell Prize for best article in Policy Sciences in 2024: "Beyond Evidence-Based Policymaking? Exploring Knowledge Formation and Source Effects in US Migration Policymaking". buff.ly/4gqH7k1

Want to improve your academic writing and get published in a Q1 journal?? @Monash_Arts is offering a FREE 4-day Academic Writing and Publishing Workshop. Date: 2-5 December Place: Monash Indonesia monash.edu/arts/graduate_…

Today is the deadline for submission of proposals for "Symposium: Unveiling the Dynamics of Digital Transformation in Public Administrations," edited by @MilaGasco, @albertmeijer, @InesMergel, Jae Moon, & @gretanasi. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1…

How will the new  Migration Strategy impact South Asian international students currently in tertiary education or those who plan on coming to Australia for higher education? @SurjeetDhanji and I are interested in hearing your perspectives, your voice.  #migration #highered

Now out "Dealing With Policy Nexuses Through Policy Integration: Governance Strategies and the Policy Capacities Needed to Meet UN Sustainable Development Goals" by Saguin & @howlettm in Policy Capacity, Design and the Sust. Dev. Goals ed Lippi and Tsekos emerald.com/insight/conten…

Emory University is looking to hire a Visiting Assistant Professor to teach undergraduate courses on public policy and political institutions. More information here: apply.interfolio.com/148651

🔥Hot off the press 🔥in @PolicySociety uniting conservation biology and the policy sciences, @BenCashore , @AltafVirani , @LahiruWijedasa and I argue for better anticipatory policy design for biodiversity conservation in the peatlands of Southeast Asia. doi.org/10.1093/polsoc…

📢🆕Early view❓ How does problem conception drift undermine “fit-for-purpose” Peatland conservation❓ @BenCashore, @Imstill49, @AltafVirani & @LahiruWijedasa argue for an essential shift in policy analysis & four essential policy design tasks👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsocie…

the no. 2/2024 of Policy Design and Practice is out. Fully OA. I have edited it with @howlettm, and it focuses on "Designing Calibrations and Specifications for Policy Practice". You can find 8 interesting articles on policy micro-design tandfonline.com/toc/rpdp20/7/2…

The SCOPUS CiteScore 2023 Is just out. POLICY and SOCIETY is ranked 1/706 in Political Science/International Relations and 2/232 in Public Administration. Many thanks to all our authors. @howlettm @danielbeland @policySociety academic.oup.com/policyandsocie…

My first day of work in the industry and this is what I noticed in the common wall. Well done Australian higher education sector. You have set the standards very high.

Have you had a chance to read "The design roots of policy problems: Unpacking the role of procedural tools in design fitness and resilience" by @AltafVirani, Azad Singh Bali, @BenCashore, @howlettm, and M Ramesh in 102(1)? doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

🌟New Publication Alert🌟 In this article, I argue that both geographers and framing scholars would benefit significantly from understanding how relational ontologies are framed in indigenous social movements and how they are represented across scales. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gec3.1…

Call for Papers now open! India Public Policy Network (IPPN) - December 6-8, 2024 Venue: IIT Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076 Organized by Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay cps.iitb.ac.in/cps-events/ipp…

I just downloaded this article by Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva & @OsmanyPorto. For this project, the authors received the @JCPA_ICPA 2023 Best Comparative Article Award. Congratulations! I look forward to reading it. comparativepolicy.org/awards-and-pub…

📢 New Paper! Why and how is the power of Big Tech increasing? by @rosalingrad @rsis_zhang @ArazTH highlights the increasing influence of #BigTech in shaping policy processes with the advent of generative AI #GenAI. #policy #AI 📘🔍Read here: doi.org/10.1093/polsoc…