It was a pleasure to present our SMART choices and SMART tools project at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Spring Conference – particularly the development and roll out of our tailor-made toolkits. Following a discussion on the employability of public policy graduates and skillsets required by employers, we were asked to share our open access project with our peers and the public. Access all our SMART toolkits here. Not only was it unique for me to have a full ho...
‘Public Policy & Governance Beyond Borders’ was the guiding theme of the international conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), held in Brussels on 13-14 July 2017. Our sixth post in the series looks briefly at the universal human right to education — and then gives a very personal angle on the merits of interdisciplinary debate. … From their inception in the 1948 Universal Declaration, human rights have always been a hallmark of public policy be...
‘Public Policy & Governance Beyond Borders’ was the guiding theme of the international conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), held in Brussels on 13-14 July 2017. In this fifth post in the series, Dr. Mindel van de Laar and Ayla Bonfiglio ask how the event contributed to our understanding of global public policy. … As academic co-hosts of the APPAM International Conference 2017, we enjoyed rich and varied interactions with both researchers and polic...
The APPAM International Conference 2017 lived up to its theme of ‘Public Policy and Governance Beyond Borders’ – not least thanks to the academics, analysts, practitioners and students who joined from all around the world. I had the opportunity to present a paper on ‘Metropolitan Governance Cooperation and CO2 Transport Emission’, which I’m currently working on with Dr. Tatiana Skripka....
Poverty rates have halved in recent decades: from 1.9 billion to 836 million people, mainly thanks to economic growth in countries like China and India. Nonetheless, more than 800 million people are still living on less than US$1.25 a day. In some regions, like Sub-Saharan Africa, the absolute number of poor individuals has even increased since 1990, according to World Bank data from 2016. ...
In this study, I considered the needs of refugees and the responsibilities of states based on the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The main question is whether or not terrorism affects the right and principle of asylum seeking. Another focus is the link between refugees and national security, particularly with regards to asylum applications and approvals....
I'm a PhD candidate at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-MERIT, doing independent research on labour supply effects of health insurance, with a particular focus on developing countries. At the conference, I will present findings from my recent work on the ‘Effects of health insurance on labour supply: a systematic review’. My research covers studies around the world, in both developed and developing countries, and seeks to provide a systematic picture of unintended labour supp...
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are among the world’s most neglected groups and issues related to their health care are barely addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the recent International Conference on Population Development under the theme ‘ICPD beyond 2014’ declared an urgent need to protect the rights of IDPs....
A joint post by Dr. Mindel van de Laar and Prof. David Van Slyke. ••• Governing is no longer the sole responsibility of states – today’s reality is far more inclusive and demands coordination with NGOs, non-profits, and the private sector. These are changes driven by the sheer complexity of policy challenges, which rarely if ever respect national borders. Take for example regional and cross-border conflicts around the world. The fallout from such wars goes far beyond individual countries, affect...
I heard about the 2017 APPAM Conference through my university network. At the time, I had just finalised a paper on environmental policy in the Water-Food-Energy Nexus of the Mekong Region, which became the foundation of my current thesis. When I saw the conference themes, I thought it would be a good venue to present my work and explore options for future research collaboration with other academics and practitioners. ...