The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

Governments in many jurisdictions have called for an increase in 'evidence-based'policy-
making. However, the international evidence-based policy movement has so far shown little …

The role of knowledge in the policy process remains a central theoretical puzzle in policy
analysis and political science. This article argues that an important yet missing piece of this …

Purpose There are inadequate resources available to support lesbian, gay, bi+, trans and
gender diverse, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people experiencing family violence in …

This article addresses the rise of design thinking and its problematics in the social policy
sphere. In particular, it argues that studies of social policy design, like all design work in …

Platform Economics tackles head on the rhetoric surrounding the so-called “sharing
economy”, which has muddied public debate and has contributed to a lack of policy and …

An ever-increasing number of policy problems have come to be interpreted as representing
a particular type of intractable, ill-structured or wicked policy problem. Much of this debate is …

The renewed interest in evidence-based policy has been accompanied by a debate on the
nature and desirability of the use of evidence in policy-making. At its core, this debate pits …

The article proposes a novel way of conceptualising knowledge management in public
sector by highlighting the social process of knowledge formation, where knowledge for …

Policy decision-makers, whether in the political or administrative sectors of government,
have widely claimed to be in favour of 'evidencebased'policy-making. After all, the …