🧐 #Crisis scholarship shows extensive conceptual #fragmentation, inconsistent #terminology, and multiple research methods

✍️ @gcapano.bsky.social, @laura-mas.bsky.social & Stefania Profeti provide a #SystematicAnalysis of the literature on crisis and policy change 👇

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A 🆕 year & the 1⃣ st Issue of 2⃣ 0⃣ 2⃣ 6⃣

Co-guest edited by @gcapano.bsky.social, Philippe Zittoun & Stefania Profeti, the Special Issue analyses the politics of governing #crises

The contributions examine crisis governance across continents and policy sectors👇

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Unpacking the multidimensional relationship between crisis and policy change: a systematic review Abstract. This article presents a systematic review of how the relationship between crisis and policy change is conceptualized, operationalized, and analyz

Just OUT in @policysociety.bsky.social: @gcapano.bsky.social, Stefania Profeti and my article presenting a systematic literature review of the relationship between crisis and policy change.

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Today, at our webinar, @laura-mas.bsky.social presented her work and provided valuable insights on policy research and crisis. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, Laura! ☺️

And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨

See you next time!

Register now European Consortium for Political Research

🔜 This week in #ECPRSeminars on Public Policy @ecprpublicpolicy.bsky.social ⤵️

@laura-mas.bsky.social will discuss how recurring crises shape #EU policymaking through policy process theories, crisis management & network analysis

💻 Wed 10 Sep 15:00–16:00 BST
✍️ Register FREE

Gentle reminder: join our webinar with @laura-mas.bsky.social about crisis and policy process research next Wednesday. More info in the quoted thread below😊.

Coming up: the next event in our #ECPR webinar series: @laura-mas.bsky.social from University of Bologna will provide insights on the connection between #crises, policy processes and EU policymaking. Join us!! 😊

🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Handbook of Social Network Analysis and Education ‘This is the first comprehensive Handbook on social network analysis in education with a global outlook. It is a must-read for those interested in understanding how relations–both between individuals ...

🎷 Out now: Handbook of Social Network Analysis and Education
Sometimes the connections we can’t see are the ones that shape everything – who learns, who teaches, who gets left out. This book is about those invisible strings.
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MethodsNET Summer School with CEU – Methodsnet MethodsNET Summer School with CEU 30 June to 18 July 2025 CEU Vienna Get ready to boost your research skills at the MethodsNET Summer School with CEU ! Get read

"Discourse Network Analysis". One-week course. 7-11 July 2025 in Vienna. @methodsnet.bsky.social Summer School hosted by @weareceu.bsky.social. More info: methodsnet.org/summer-schoo.... Registration open now #NetworkAnalysis #SNA #PublicPolicy #PoliticalDiscourse #ContentAnalysis #DiscourseNetworks

Scholar Spotlight: Laura Mastroianni 🌟
@laura-mas.bsky.social uses discourse network analysis to explore the EU’s ‘conservative’ asylum policy response to the refugee crisis, revealing short-term impacts and a failure to stabilise core beliefs post-crisis.
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R. Zohlnhöfer and N. Herweg adapt ACF, MSF, and PET for Europe, incorporating political parties, institutions and Europeanization. Out now in the upcoming SI "Policy Theories in Europe", guest edited by C. Weible. #PolicyStudies #WileyPolitics #STEP_APSA
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Our gratitute goes to @gbsong.bsky.social for his support throughout the process, to the anonymous external reviewers, and to everyone who commented on previous versions of our work.

Our contribution enriches the analytical tools of the Narrative Policy Framework, especially when studying narratives in times of crisis. We further test our expectations against the narrative strategies concerning the vaccination campaign during the COVID-19 crisis in Italy and France.

<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Defined by threat, urgency, and uncertainty, crises produce opportunities for government leaders to exploit and create meaning around their policy decisions in such unstable circumstances. In narrati...

💥JUST OUT on @psjeditor.bsky.social
In "How to talk about crises? Leaders' narrative
strategies during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Italy and France" Stefania Profeti and I propose an original typology intersecting evidence/emotions with loss/gain-framed narrative dimensions⬇️
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How Do Crises Affect Policy Subsystems? The Evolution of Policy Core Beliefs in the EU Asylum Policy Crises, shocks, and perturbations are frequently considered turning points in public policy literature. The Advocacy Coalition Framework has become one of the most employed policy process frameworks,...

My article analysing EU asylum policy beliefs before, during and after crisis through Discourse Network Analysis is now part of an Issue! @jcms-eu.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social

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I just created a starter pack of Italian political scientists and political scientists with an interest on/that publish about Italian politics. Feel free to self-nominate or suggest colleagues for the list!

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Hi Michele! Could you please add me to the list? Thanks :)

The Italian Journal of Public Policy is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Follow us for the latest updates on public policy research. We publish work in both Italian and English, embracing both theoretical explorations and empirical research. #AcademicSky

A public policy starter pack (writ large) - please let me know if you would like to join!!

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I would like to join, thanks!

A big 👋 to all our new followers! We’re glad to have you here as part of the #JCMS community.

If you’re passionate about #EuropeanStudies, you’re in the right place. We’ll be sharing updates on issue releases, upcoming events and important research developments in the field. 🌍

Stay tuned...