➡️ ➡️ Complete Themed Section on #InterpretiveProcessTracing now #OpenAcces ⬅️ ⬅️ Four papers, one goal: thinking through and advancing PT for interpretive research (post with a tribute to Raúl Pacheco-Vega fellow PT and methods enthusiast). 1/

I'm very happy to see @policy-politics.bsky.social published this blog post on my new article that is part of the 'Advancing Interpretive Process Tracing in Policy Research' themed section. policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/06/19/i...

Interpretive process tracing themed section article on “Interpretive process tracing and policy feedback theory: how social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany”

This article examines how poverty became recognised as a legitimate policy issue in Germany, bringing interpretive process tracing into dialogue with policy feedback theory to explain how a politic…

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Christopher Smith Ochoa@csmithochoa.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 Ecstatic that my new article, “How social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany: an interpretive process tracing analysis”, is now published open access in @policy-politics.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

😊🥁📣Happy to share that ‘Policy expertise in times of crisis’ (coauthored with Brian Head and Marleen Easton) was one of Policy & Politics’s most highly cited articles in 2025! Link to collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/highly-... Link to the article doi.org/10.1332/0305...

Highly Cited Collection

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🔥 Smokefree Public Places Policy in Scotland: Rethinking Policy Work in Multiple Streams and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory by @profkatsmith.bsky.social Discover on our blog: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/07/01/s... Check out the full research article: doi.org/10.1332/0305...

Smokefree public places policy in Scotland: rethinking policy work in multiple streams and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

This article examines how and why Scotland became the first UK nation to introduce comprehensive smokefree public places legislation through prominent theories of policy change. To do so, it draws on ...

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We’re delighted to announce that Policy & Politics has achieved a 2-year Impact Factor of 3.5 in the 2025 JCR, maintaining its position in the top quartile of journals in both Public Admin and Political Science. @eakoebele.bsky.social @allegrafullerton.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social

There is a clear gap in the literature: politics is either not explicitly addressed or under-integrated in policy process studies. If politics is missing, then so is power. This Special Issue aims to address the gap. Submit your abstract by 1 Sept bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Enjoy a free preview of our upcoming themed section until end of July! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Jour...

Hilde van Meegdenburg 🟥@hildevanmeegdenburg.com · 2mo ago

➡️ ➡️ Complete Themed Section on #InterpretiveProcessTracing now #OpenAcces ⬅️ ⬅️ Four papers, one goal: thinking through and advancing PT for interpretive research (post with a tribute to Raúl Pacheco-Vega fellow PT and methods enthusiast). 1/

⬇️ Policy diffusion and interpretive process tracing: explaining the spread of assisted voluntary return policies by @munchsybille.bsky.social policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/06/11/i... 🔥 Read about other articles in the themed section policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/06/04/n...

🎉 Ecstatic that my new article, “How social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany: an interpretive process tracing analysis”, is now published open access in @policy-politics.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

New @policy-politics.bsky.social paper revisits how Scotland became 1st UK nation to introduce smokefree public places. I argue for extending Punctuated Equilibrium Theory via Niche Construction Theory to understand behind the scenes policy work required for implementation success: shorturl.at/GlhxR

Smokefree public places policy in Scotland: rethinking policy work in multiple streams and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

This article examines how and why Scotland became the first UK nation to introduce comprehensive smokefree public places legislation through prominent theories of policy change. To do so, it draws on ...

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We are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Raúl Pacheco-Vega, a valued member of the Policy & Politics Editorial Board since 2021.

1/When the UK asylum system is described as in 'crisis', what if that's not a breakdown of the system but instead how it functions? In Policy & Politics, @e-c-hill.bsky.social and I argue that 'crisis ordinariness' is a method of governing in which extraordinary harm is presented as administration.

Lived Experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making, Hayley Bennett, open access at @bupjournals.bsky.social #socialpolicy #poverty bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

📢 Policy Fatalism: Public Views on the Limits of Policy Action. Check out our latest blog post by Gerry Stoker, Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social & Brenton Prosser policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/05/20/p... ⬇️ Read their research doi.org/10.1332/0305... #fatalism #policy #Britain #Australia

🌟 Read the latest Quarterly Highlights from Policy & Politics. Environmental policy through theory: collaboration, narratives, evidence and design, free to access until 31st Aug! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Quar... Explore more on our blog: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/05/06/h...

🚨 New blog post! Cultural theory and policy framing in attitudes toward universal basic income by Wei-Ting Yen and Li-Yin Liu Read here⬇️ policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/04/29/c... Check out the full research article: doi.org/10.1332/0305...

☀️ Not Yet Partisan: Cultural Theory Explains Attitudes about Solar Radiation Management in the US by @chris-koski.bsky.social and Paul Manson. 📚 Read about their latest research on our blog: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/04/23/n... ⬇️ Check out their research paper: doi.org/10.1332/0305...

🚨 Final Reminder! Special Issue proposals for Policy & Politics journal - deadline is fast approaching on 30 April!🚨 Read more on our blog! policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/04/22/f...

New blog post! ⬇️ This week's post looks at policy diffusion and the motivations behind open government policies, based on the latest research article by Seulki Lee-Geiller, Caterina Santoro, Mohsan Ali & Yannis Charalabidis. policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/04/09/p...

An article that caused me much sweat and tears to write is published: ➡️ ➡️ Interpretive process tracing? How PT can become amenable to interpretive research ⬅️ ⬅️ doi.org/10.1332/0305... 🧵 1/3

Just out and Open Access in Policy & Politics - "Inferential reasoning in policy analysis: knowledge use under uncertainty and complexity" by M. Ramesh & M. Howlett (March 30, 2026). bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

⭐ This week's blog post explores collaborative climate governance: linking consensus-building and collective action. Read the full post by Cheng Zhou and @claregrb.bsky.social here 👇 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/04/01/c...

New to the blog!⚡ Advocacy Coalition Framework, self-interest and policy change in German munitions policy⬇️ policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/03/25/a...

Advocacy Coalition Framework, self-interest and policy change in German munitions policy

This article examines how self-interest shapes coalition dynamics and policy change. Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), it introduces the concept of material beliefs to better explain ho…

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Stories told before: intertextuality in policy narratives on men’s violence against women. Read about the article by Hilda Broqvist on our blog now! policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/03/18/s...

Policy & Politics has announced the winners of the Early Career and Best Paper Prizes published in 2025!🎉 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/03/11/p... Congratulations✨ @iolsss.bsky.social @elsabmeuller.bsky.social

Policy & Politics announces the winners of the Early Career and Best Paper Prizes published in 2025

Policy & Politics announces the winners of the annual Early Career and Best Paper Prizes published in 2025 awarded for ‘The democratising capacity of new municipalism: beyond direct democ…

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Advice from Policy & Politics journal on how to choose the right journal for your research. Read the blog post by the editors here @eakoebele.bsky.social @allegrafullerton.bsky.social @cmweible.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/03/09/a...

Glad that my article, "The democratising capacity of new municipalism: beyond direct democracy in public-common partnerships" is included in this Top 10!

Policy & Politics@policy-politics.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our 2025 🎉 Top 10 Most Cited Articles 🎉 are now free to access until the end of September! You can find them all below 👇 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/PP-H... Many thanks to all of our authors:

🔍This article explores the concept of calibration in policy design, highlighting how policymakers adjust the scope, intensity, and timing of policy interventions to match political, social, and administrative realities. Read about the research on our blog!📖 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/02/18/c...

This article investigates how policy narratives shape sustainability governance, by examining sustainability imaginaries and macrolevel narratives in urban transport policy through the lens of the Narrative Policy Framework. Read about it on our blog! 👇 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/02/11/h...

Many thanks to Policy and Politics for picking our article on short termism in prisons policy for their quarterly highlights bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...