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Thoroughly enjoyed the policy analysis panel discussion led by Eric Button, alongside leaders from local/regional jurisdictions. Appreciate the generous support from the Political Science Department and the Raymond Gosack MPA endowment that made this possible!

Had a really good time at this year’s ArkPSA meeting held in Lyon College in Batesville and made it back safely to Fayetteville. The two days were pretty packed, but I made a lot of great memories. Can't wait for next year’s meeting!

Had to drive for a while but safely arrived in Batesville to attend the Arkansas Political Science Association conference. Looking forward to the next few days!

Just sent over the list of 20 articles for the upcoming PSJ issue. 14 regular research articles and 6 short articles (3 perspectives and 3 research notes). Thanks everyone, and I’m really looking forward to it! @psjeditor.bsky.social

Dr. Chris Weible, a leading policy scholar and Dean at CU Denver, will visit Arkansas on Monday, 3/16, to share his insights. Details will be shared soon, so students and faculty at U of A and other Arkansas colleges/universities should mark their calendars to attend his talks.

Hey policy scholars attending the MPSA conference in Chicago! Just a heads-up that we're preparing for the policy scholar reception on Friday, 6-8 PM, off-site during conference week. We'll share details once finalized. Looking forward to seeing many of you! @psjeditor.bsky.social

Excited to share that my talented graduate students will soon present their research at this year's Arkansas Political Science Association meeting. Can't wait!

Sunset today. Had an awesome time at the state choir performance. So many talented high school students and music directors from all over the state came together to put on a free concert, and the harmony was amazing. Isn’t this what we need most right now?

Explore how rules, actors, and institutional arrangements structure policy processes across diverse contexts in our Policy Theories Virtual Issues.

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Learning to Avoid: The Long-term Effects of Adolescent Welfare Participation on Voting Habits in Adulthood Despite many citizens in the United States first experiencing welfare policies during adolescence, we have yet to uncover the extent to which welfare participation during this period affects politi…

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Check out the latest PSJ blog asking: Do early experiences with welfare shape whether we vote later in life?

By Nathan K. Micatka

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For another consecutive year, PSJ continues to rank strongly in LinkedIn engagement metrics! 🔥

This momentum highlights the commitment of our authors, editors, reviewers, and readers who consistently share, engage with, and elevate policy scholarship. 📈

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This Virtual Special Issue examines Voting & Elections as one of PSJ’s 8 featured policy topics

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Explore this PSJ Research Note comparing responses to banning, defunding, and framing variations using controlled experiments.

By Elizabeth C. Connors, Alessandro Del Ponte & Peter DeScioli

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„For policymakers, the message is clear: design green industrial policies with flexibility, consider context, and do not rely on a single instrument.“

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Discover this PSJ Perspective introducing algorithmic meta-capital into the Narrative Policy Framework and examining its influence across individual, group, and institutional levels.

By Xiaoxu Ling & Siyuan Yan

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Examine how narratives influence policy processes and outcomes across diverse political contexts in our Policy Theories Virtual Issues

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View from where I will stay this weekend to watch my daughter’s choir performance in Hot Springs. Quite pretty.

Just a quick reminder! The deadline for submitting nominations for the APSA STEP section book award is coming up fast. We've got quite a few nominations already, but that doesn't mean yours shouldn't be in. So, please go ahead and submit your nomination!

Four More Years! (of Policy Process Research in a Trump Administration) Last January, the editorial staff of PSJ asked me to think about how the new Trump administration might affect policy process research. This is a huge task full of landmines – not only would …

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Check out our latest blog— a streamlined take on a must-read perspective originally published in PSJ: psjblog.net/2026/02/11/f...

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library This paper explores the significance of characters within the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), addressing the foundational question of their role and purpose in policy narratives. We argue that char...

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Drawing on the Narrative Policy Framework, this PSJ article introduces the loser - a narrative character harmed not by the problem, but by the policy solution itself.

By Rachel McGovern, Hilda Broqvist & Crystal Soderman

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PSJ is excited to welcome Lina Garcia as Editorial Assistant!

Lina is an international master's student in political science at the University of Arkansas. Her academic interests revolve around public policy, governance, and institutional analysis.

Welcome, Lina!

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This PSJ open access perspective rethinks anonymity, non-participation, and spectatorship as overlooked democratic practices, with guidance for empirical study.

By Andrea Felicetti

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When sunshine gets you down: The role of transparency on public sentiment toward the Amazon HQ2 competition In 2017, Amazon launched a high-profile competition to choose a location for its second headquarters (HQ2). More than 230 U.S. cities submitted bids, many offering huge incentive packages to lure t…

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What happens when incentive deals go public, and does transparency change how people feel about them? Insights from the Amazon HQ2 competition.

By Eric Stokan, Ian G. Anson & Nathan M. Jensen

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What does the Trump administration reveal about the future of policy process research? Check out this PSJ Perspective pointing to new directions in policy process research.

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Explore our Cultural Theory Issue—one of 8 featured policy theories

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Despite extensive evidence that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) lacks an analytically independent emotional mechanism in its causal architecture—a...

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Explore this PSJ article proposing novel theoretical extensions to the Advocacy Coalition Framework, including emotional anchoring of policymakers, affective policy subsystems, and affective brokerage.

By @msmaor.bsky.social

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Does policy design matter for the effectiveness of local content requirements? A qualitative comparative analysis of renewable energy value chains Governments around the world use local content requirements (LCR) to boost domestic industries by requiring renewable energy projects to use a certain share of locally-made components. The idea is …

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Check out this PSJ blog post on how policy design shapes the effectiveness of local content requirements across renewable energy value chains.

By @laimaeicke.bsky.social

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