In this new article in @PolicySciences, Rory Hooper, @KornelisBlok, Lisa Scholten, and I propose a semi-automated approach for synthesising policy-relevant evidence using natural language processing, causal mapping, and graph analytics.
@TPMTUDelfttinyurl.com/mr46tx22
At #JCPA_ICPA we are relaunching the Policy Innovation section of this journal, responding to a need amid global challenges. If your work is cutting-edge, rigorous, or actionable, send it through our portal and read this editorial by @nihitgoyal and @PattynValerie to obtain more information:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Dear all, remember the call for papers for @_IPPA_'s ICPP2025 (Chiang Mai) is now open:
ippapublicpolicy.org/confere…
Guy Peters, José Luis Méndez and I look forward to your proposal for this panel and forthcoming Handbook on Public Policy in the Global South:
ippapublicpolicy.org/confere…
Are you interested in pursuing a PhD in public policy? Are you passionate about public policy research? I have an open PhD position @sspunil@unil and look forward to receiving your applications: shorturl.at/phNGY#Careers
🇹🇭CfP Alert for panel on "Subnational Transportation and Sustainability Policy" at #ICPP7 in Chiang Mai (May 2025) local challenges & solutions for sustainable mobility and infrastructure! Deadl.: 31.1.2025 @sofieklingner, @IlanaSchroder, @nihitgoyal More: shorturl.at/g2mlX
🚨 We have TWO fantastic articles trending 🚨
@nihitgoyal & @howlettm: Types of learning and varieties of innovation: how does policy learning enable policy innovation?
🔓Open Access until Oct 31
doi.org/10.1332/030557321X16…
Now out in Special Issue of Policy & Politics on Learning and Innovation
"Types of learning and varieties of innovation: how does policy learning enable policy innovation?"
by Nihit Goyal and Michael Howlett @nihitgoyal@howlettmbristoluniversitypressdigita…
🌤️Early View and 🔓Open Access
@nihitgoyal & @howlettm dive into the link between policy learning & innovation 👇
Types of learning and varieties of innovation: how does policy learning enable policy innovation?
doi.org/10.1332/030557321X16…
Air pollution is the leading environmental killer worldwide; its microeconomic impact, however, is not well understood.
In our first pub of 2024, we explore the relationship between consumer spending and ambient air pollution using data from Spain:
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In this new article, @howlettm and I shed light on the (complicated) relationship between learning and policy innovation by differentiating varieties of innovation and synthesising research on policy learning with policy change.
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Just out - Nihit Goyal & Michael Howlett - "Types of learning and varieties of innovation: how does policy learning enable policy innovation?" in Policy & Politics, Jan 7, 2024 @howlettm@nihitgoyalbristoluniversitypressdigita…
Now out in issue:
"Brown-out of policy ideas? A bibliometric review and computational text analysis of research on energy access"
by Nihit Goyal & Michael Howlett @nihitgoyal@howlettm
Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
doi.org/10.3389/fsuep.2023.1…
🌡️ ERA5 data from @CopernicusECMWF indicates that 17 November was the first day that the global temperature exceeded 2°C above pre-industrial levels, reaching 2.07°C above the 1850-1900 average and the provisional ERA5 value for 18 November is 2.06°C.
In this new article in @ElsevierEnergy Policy, @namratarc and I examine the effect of a state-level rural electrification policy in India on electricity access using night-time lights and granular implementation data.
doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023…
@tudelftTBM @tudelftglobal
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We find that the overall effect of the policy on (night-time) electricity consumption was not substantial. More likely, the policy had a slight re-distributive effect, increasing electricity consumption in some villages (in some districts) while reducing it in others.
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A reason for the discrepancy between the perceived benefit of the policy and its limited effect on electricity consumption might be the focus of the policy on electricity supply; we recommend more emphasis on demand characteristics and tariff design for realising SDG7.
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In this new article in @FrontiersIn, @howlettm and I analyse ~7500 articles on energy access through a bibliometric review and computational text analysis; we conclude that the field might be in a 'brown-out' of policy ideas.
@tudelftTBM @tudelftglobaljournal.frontiersin.org/arti…
Just out - "Brown-out of policy ideas? A bibliometric review and computational text analysis of research on energy access" by Nihit Goyal & Michael Howlett, in Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy @nihitgoyal@howlettmjournal.frontiersin.org/arti…
We argue three, relatively overlooked, strands from policy studies can add value to this research area: policy process research, policy design studies, and the literature on policy evaluation.
Among other things, this might require (even more) cross-disciplinary effort and scholarly exchange; we call on scholars in energy studies and policy studies to address this gap in the future.