FROM THE FOUNDING EDITOR

& SOCIETY FOUNDING PRESIDENT

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We are happy to share with you the links to the new JCPA Vol 28:4, as well as information about our upcoming annual Executive Institutional Council Meeting. We inform you of a new strategic initiative: Scholar-Practitioner Dialogue involving Comparative Policies in collaboration with CIDOB, Barcelona. We welcome University of Chile as international institutional member, as well as new members of our Editorial Board.

On behalf of JCPA and ICPA Society, I wish you Happy Summer Holidays!



Professor Iris Geva-May

NEW JCPA APPOINTMENTS

We are happy to welcome Prof. Michael Barzelay of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, to the JCPA Editorial Board. Currently, he also serves as the institutional representative of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, an institutional member of the ICPA Society and JCPA. Given his longstanding engagement with our journal and community, we are delighted to welcome him in his new role! 

We extend a warm welcome to Fernando Ulises Flores Llano, of FLACSO, Mexico, who joins us as the Associate Co-Editor of the Comparative Policy Concepts, Statistics, and Analytics Special Section of the JCPA. He serves as the Head of the Master’s Program in Comparative Public Policy at FLACSO Mexico.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Alejandro Hernández-Luis, of FLACSO, Ecuador, as the Associate Co-Editor of the JCPA's Book Reviews Special Section. He is the Head of the Comparative Policy Lab at FLACSO and former Chair of the Policy Design program of the Department of Public Policy.

WELCOME UNIVERSITY OF CHILE AS AN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER!

We welcome the Faculty of Government, University of Chile as an institutional International Institutional Membership Program and Dean Prof. Leonardo Letelier as a representative of the institution to the Executive International Institutional Council.

BECOME AN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER

and part of the community steering the field of comparative policy studies. Members have a seat on the Executive International Institutional Council and unique benefits, visibility, and international research and publication collaboration opportunities.

UPCOMING INSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL MEETING IN BARCELONA IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SCHOLAR-PRACTITIONER DIALOGUE

We are excited to share that the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) will host our upcoming annual ICPA Society and JCPA Executive Institutional Council Meeting on December 2, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain.

NEW SCHOLAR-PRACTITIONER DIALOGUE STREAM

As the title of the JCPA, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, indicates, we are opening a Scholar-Practitioner Dialogue standing initiative. We thank Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) for their collaboration and the opportunity to have this workshop.

The two-day Workshop, December 3–4, will take place in conjunction with the Council meeting. CIDOB is a collaborating partner in this year’s event. This gathering will bring together researchers, policy experts, and institutional partners for collaborative conversations and comparative lesson drawing on the future of EU migration policy.

A warm thank you to our hosts at IBEI and CIDOB for their cooperation. We will share the full program details and registration updates as we get closer to December!

BOOK TALKS SERIES (See ALL Video Recordings)

Please follow our further announcements for the schedule of 2026-2027 academic year. Should you be interested to promote your publication, please contact us. Institutional members faculty have priority.

NEW PUBLICATION: JCPA VOL 28:4, 2026

Special Issue Title: Responsive Urban Governance and Inclusive Policy Making: A Comparative Perspective

NOTE: ROUTLEDGE GRANTS FREE ACCESS TO 2 ARTICLES PER JCPA ISSUE FOR THREE MONTHS TO COMPLEMENT THE ISSUE’S 3 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES

"Theoretical and Practical Frontiers in Urban Governance from a Global Comparative Perspective"

Zhilin Liu, Jidong Chen, Nicolai Petrovsky, and Wenchi Wei [FREE ACCESS 20 Aug - 20 Nov 2026]

"Vertical and Horizontal Modes of Collaboration in Urban Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Citizen Service Hotline in Beijing and New York City"

Yu Yan, Yating Zheng, and Tianguang Meng [OPEN ACCESS]

"How Core and Peripheral Cities Select Partners for Inter-Local Public Service Delivery in the Digital Age: A Comparative Study in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China"

Lingyi Zhou and Hao Ren

"From Buck-Passing to Rapid Response: A Comparative Study of Beijing’s Complaint Handling Before and After Jiesu Jiban Reform"

Wenzhao Li, Huangfeng Zeng, and Wei Liu

"Central–Local Government Relationship, Digital Technology, and Property Tax Administration in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of the Ghanaian Case

Frank L.K. Ohemeng, Joseph Antwi-Boasiako, and Mavis Kemeh

"Municipal Water Affordability Programs Absent a National Mandate: A Comparative Analysis of Volumetric Allowances in Colombia"

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth [FREE ACCESS 20 Aug - 20 Nov 2026]

Comparative Policy Concepts, Statistics, and Analytics

"The Role of Institutions in Policy Design: The Case of Research and Innovation Policies"

Claudia Acciai and Andrea Terlizzi [OPEN ACCESS]

"The Impact of Extending Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave on Female Employment: A Comparative Policy Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Alfredo Martin, Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub, Pragya Bhuwania, Bijetri Bose, Rachel Kidman, and Jody Heymann [OPEN ACCESS]

Book Reviews

Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Time in Education Policy Transfer: The Seven Temporalities of Global School Reform

Reviewer: Marcelo Marques

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