Policy Scholars? Here.

The Yearbook contains a detailed international listing of policy scholars with contact information, fields of specialization, research references, and an individual scholar’s statements of current and future research interests. The intent is to provide a reasonably comprehensive and accessible reference to the most recent scholarship on all aspects of public policy, as well as indications of future research directions.

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For public policy scholars, inclusion in the Yearbook is a great way to gain visibility and facilitate networking within the policy research community. Listing in the Yearbook is free of charge to all scholars (including graduate students) who do research in public policy.

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Evolving Scholarship in Public Policy

This marks the release of the fifth edition of the Public Policy Yearbook, which continues to serve as a useful tool for examining recent changes in public policy scholarship over the past several years. First, the Yearbook allows for a systematic way to identify the broader public policy community. The multidisciplinary nature of public policy research can make it challenging to identify the experts studying various policy problems, and the Yearbook provides a convenient and helpful instrument to do so.

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Remembering Paul Armand Sabatier

Paul Sabatier


June 17, 1944 –
Feb. 3, 2013

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Featured Policy Experts


Susan Fuhrman

Teachers College, Columbia University
President

Substantive Focus:
Education Policy
Governance

Theoretical Focus:
Agenda-Setting, Adoption, and Implementation
Policy Analysis and Evaluation

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Van Johnston

University of Denver
Management

Substantive Focus:
Economic Policy
Governance
Defense and Security

Theoretical Focus:
Policy Process Theory
Agenda-Setting, Adoption, and Implementation
Policy Analysis and Evaluation

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Public Policy Section Award Winners


Christopher G. Faricy

School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Washington State University

Harold D. Lasswell Dissertation Award for the best dissertation in the field of public policy

"The Politics of Public Versus Private Social Welfare" (University of North Carolina)