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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 25d

Our 2025 🎉 Top 10 Most Cited Articles 🎉 are now free to access until the end of September! You can find them all below 👇

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/PP-H...

Many thanks to all of our authors:

2025 top cited articles in Policy and Politics

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · 29d

I mean, those are expensive watches for us, but a Patek Philippe Nautilus will set you back between 35k-100k. An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is around $180k.

Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · 29d

You deserve it!

Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · 29d

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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social on authoring one of our top 10 most cited articles of 2025!

Check it out 👇

doi.org/10.1332/0305...

A theory of policy advisory system quality: Hirschman 2.0 or what makes for good policy advice?

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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · Sep 3

📚⚡We're back after summer break!

Read our latest blog post by @howlettm.bsky.social and @andreamigone.bsky.social

policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/09/03/a...

A theory of policy advisory system quality: Hirschman 2.0 or what makes for good policy advice?

by Liz Richardson, Catherine Durose, Lucy Kimbell and Ramia Mazé In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, authors Andrea Migone and Michael Howlett offer a compelling new framework f…

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Brian Urlacher (aka Grant Forks) @grantforks.bsky.social · Jul 15

Are you interested in when and why women are included in civil war negotiations--either as part of belligerent delegations or as part of a broader civil society process?

You should read this new article by @miriamjanderson.bsky.social @liamswiss.bsky.social and myself.

doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Institutionalized but Under Implemented: Factors Affecting Women’s Inclusion in Peace Negotiations Between 1975 and 2020 - Miriam J. Anderson, Brian R. Urlacher, Liam Swiss, 2025

The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda has achieved global prominence. Yet, women’s participation in peace negotiations remains rare, and little is known a...

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🉑 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 〽️ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 @howlettm.bsky.social · Jul 8

Just out and OA in Policy & Society - "Kicked cans and poison pills: third generation policy advisory system studies and the management of quality political advice" by
Andrea Migone & Michael Howlett

doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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🉑 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 〽️ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 @howlettm.bsky.social · Jul 12

Just out in Early View and OA in Policy Design & Practice - "Beyond evidentiary uncertainty: mitigating political risks in policy designs" by Michael Howlett &Andrea Migone

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · Jul 7

👏👏👏Well done Sebastian Sewerin, Benjamin Cashore & @howlettm.bsky.social! You’re some of our most cited authors
‬Read their top cited paper ‘New pathways to paradigm change in public policy: combining insights from policy design, mix and feedback’ doi.org/10.1332/0305...

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 12

It’s hard to believe now that milk’s been relegated to a coffee accessory role, but… yeah.

Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 12

Shirley Valentine had it down on 1989 😂

Scene from the movie Shirley Valentine where the titular character - who is working as a waitress in Greece - offers to get a British couple who cannot cope with Greek food an order of chips and eggs

Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 11

We found, somewhat surprisingly, that there is a remarkable degree of the convergence between these two groups, notwithstanding the obvious institutional and historical differences. DGs and DMs gravitate towards a relational-administrative managerial style.

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 11

But ,we can think of these folks on a matrix of their goals and their managerial approach and try to make sense of their approaches.

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 11

We surveyed Deputy Ministers 🇨🇦 and Directors General 🇮🇹 and organized their time in 4 main 'baskets' (Strategic, Administrative, Structural and Relational) based on their answers. Administration (approving & reviewing, anyone?) still drains most of their time.

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 11

Just out: our latest article in Open Access with @pmreview.bsky.social on how top public servants in 🇨🇦 & 🇮🇹 use their time and what that means for executive management styles.
PS: there's lots more (who they meet, what they do to keep current, etc.)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · Jul 11

Why not both?

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · Jul 10

☀️ Early View 📨

How does Policy Advisory System (PAS) relate to the political framing of policy action ❓

How do elements of PAS activity provide advice on policy-making❓

@andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social extend the 3⃣rd generation PAS research 👇

doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · Jun 26

My latest newsletter is out - featuring all the BALTOPS gossip and a whole lot of ships.

If you're not subscribed yet... why not?

www.thebroadside.org.uk/p/the-signal...

BALTOPS and European sea power

The Signal | No. 07.2025

www.thebroadside.org.uk

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · Feb 17

Got a big idea that challenges policy thinking? 🧠✨

We’re seeking non-thematic individual submissions. We love critical takes 🔍 on public policy, comparative trends 🌍, and fresh theoretical insights 💡(see 42-4 for inspiration)

📄 Ready to contribute? Click here👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · May 6

My hypothesis is that it works somewhat like Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in games, adapting to the level of the interaction.
Maybe it's just the devs pushing us to buy the subscription, but if the latter is not the case, this is troubling & I'd rather not buy Hallucinations_as_a_Software.

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · May 6

I think that the free version, especially at peak use times is likely looking to save on 'resources', so it is cutting corners.
If it is taking its cues from the user catching mistakes and then improving, there is the risk that it may be lowering its output quality because 'it's good enough'

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · May 6

I tried telling ChatGPT that the paper did not contain that information, but it kept picking strange stuff, like novels or psych articles (do they even exist?)
So I asked what paper it was reading:

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Andrea Migone @andreamigone.bsky.social · May 6

Premise, I am using the free version of ChatGPT because I don't trust it really [insert 'old man yells at cloud reference here].
So, I asked for a mindmap of one on my papers.
Not only it could not create it: it took a New Public Governance paper and turned it into a theology one.

Weird

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