Policy Design and Practice

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This paper presents a general framework for designing a regulatory sandbox that policymakers can operationalize, with three types of functionalities: exploratory, confirmatory and on-demand 📦

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📣 📣 📣 Take a look at our hot off the press special issue on "Collaborative Public Sector Innovation as a Policy (Design) Problem" with introduction by Mattia Casula and Andrea Migone. Articles on constructed collaborations, policy entrepreneurship and more...

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09.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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This article addresses the question of why accountability systems fail in public service delivery, by addressing the means-ends mismatch of accountability policies, through the novel lens of policy design.

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Based on the literature and the relevance, empirical and normative foundations, this piece proposes five themes for a future research agenda on time policy approach (TPA), for enhancing societal well-being.

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04.10.2025 05:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Browse our hot off the press special issue on "Navigating Uncertainty in Policy Design" edited by Jenny M Lewis and Azad Bali!

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Our special issues have done well in past years, benefitting from the expertise of their guest editors and authors.

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22.09.2025 05:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📣 We are delighted to welcome the new Editorial Board of Policy Design and Practice! 👏

We sincerely thank them for their service. Their expertise will greatly strengthen the journal’s scholarly rigor and expand its reach in the coming years.

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16.09.2025 10:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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This paper studies the interplay between heritage and modern water-sharing architectures, to evaluate gaps and possibilities of including both in the water governance regimes of the Indian Himalayan Region.

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