In turbulent environments and unstable political contexts, policy advisory systems have
become more volatile. The policy advisory system in Anglophone countries is composed of …

The importance of science for climate governance has strengthened over time and the topic
inspires prolific academic writing on the influence of scientists and scientific knowledge on …

Encouraged by the ubiquitous belief entrepreneurship's value as a source of economic
growth, for many governments developing entrepreneurial ecosystems has become …

The past decade has seen a rapid rise in the number of policy innovation labs (PILs). PILs
that are found both inside and outside of government address a wide range of social issues …

Policy analytical capacity is a pivotal source of good governance. Although this capacity can
be acquired by decision makers in various ways, it is clear that the internal stock of analytical …

" While the role of consultants in the policy process has long been a concern for scholars of
public administration, public management and political science, empirical studies of policy …

In a Napoleonic country such as Italy, ministerial cabinets have traditionally served as
central advisors in the politicised policy advisory system (PAS), while evidence-based policy …

Long before anyone had heard of Dominic Cummings, once an adviser to the former UK
Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson, ministerial advisers had been characterised as the 'junk …

Behavioural Insights Teams (BITs) have gained prominence in government as policy
advisors and are increasingly linked to the way policy instruments are designed. Despite the …

In the year of the pandemic, an unprecedented number of temporary advisory units
(consisting of a wide range of experts) emerged in the Italian policy-making landscape to …