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Official Bluesky page of the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ), a premier outlet for theory-driven policy research.

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2w ago

PSJ Blog Post Alert! What makes a renewable energy siting policy fair? Discover how procedural justice is built into policy design across U.S. states. By Xue Gao, Shan Zhou, Dori Schurr Read here: psjblog.net/2026/07/22/u... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Unveiling and Explaining the Procedural Justice in the Policy Design of Renewable Energy Siting Process in the United States

Social justice has been understood to be a critical value necessary for ensuring that designed policies and practices ensure fairness and equality to the communities being served. Researchers have …

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 4w ago

📢Meet Julia Wittner! We are excited to introduce Julia, producer of the Art of Science Podcast and Blog Managing Editor. She also coordinates research, communications, and strategic initiatives at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Design and Governance. Welcome, Julia!

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 PSJ Blog Post! Find out how a novel statistical method detects policy punctuation and sheds new light on bureaucratic decision-making in this PSJ study. By J.S. Butler & Iuliia Shybalkina Read more here: psjblog.net/2026/06/17/a... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

A Novel Research Method to Detect Punctuation and its Application to Bureaucratic Decision-Making

How can researchers effectively capture shifts in policy over time? Traditionally, political scientists have relied upon conventional index measures to test the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET)—…

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW BLOG POST ALERT! 📢 Check out this PSJ blog post using latent class analysis to reveal hidden social identities shaping policy preferences and policy design. By Johanna Hornung, Nils C. Bandelow & Madita Olvermann Read here: psjblog.net/2026/06/24/l... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Latent Target Groups – A Methodological Contribution of Social Identities to Policy Design Research

Researchers have traditionally studied target groups as homogenously constructed groups. Thereby, the groups of interest were assigned single social identities, such as, e.g., people in unemploymen…

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EARLY VIEW ALERT! Explore this PSJ article examining how policy narratives shape public understanding and evoke distinct emotions, using Appraisal Theory and the Narrative Policy Framework. By Sonja Blum, Johanna Kuhlmann & Nora Habelitz Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ

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Research on policy narratives acknowledges the crucial role that emotions play within communication and sense-making. Especially the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has placed emotion at the center ...

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can AI influence citizens’ willingness to comply with policy? This PSJ article examines how policy endorsements from large language models shape compliance willingness in China. By: Miao Xiang & Shouzhi Xia Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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The voluntary compliance of ordinary citizens is pivotal for the seamless implementation of public policy and the achievement of desired policy outcomes. Government agencies often rely on expert endo...

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

PSJ Blog Alert! 📍 Analyze this article on how ideology and interstate compacts shaped the diffusion of COVID-19 policies across U.S. states. By: Isaac Pollert, Johabed Olvera, Bruce A. Desmarais, Frederick J. Boehmke, and Jeffrey J. Harden Read here: psjblog.net/2026/06/10/c... #PSJ

Collaborative Diffusion: The Dynamics of Policy Output in COVID-19 Interstate Compacts

State policy development often involves replicating and adapting ideas from across state lines. Interstate compacts have served as a popular vehicle of policy innovation and diffusion as states joi…

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How do public opinion polls shape policy agendas? This PSJ article examines how pollsters both respond to and influence issue attention in policymaking. By: Qian Zhang, Christopher Witko & Peter K. Enns Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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Polling organizations, like other policy actors, must prioritize certain issues. We argue that, for normative and financial reasons, pollsters prioritize issues that are viewed as important by other ...

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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EARLY VIEW ALERT! Discover this PSJ article demonstrating how changes in media coverage lead to policy overreaction and significant shifts in government spending choices, with evidence from Mexico. By Daniele Guariso and Omar A. Guerrero Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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We investigate the causal link between societal signals and policy changes through novel data and a unique empirical setting. Using a corpus with all the opinion columns published in 2017 in the nine...

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