7th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP7)

As in previous editions, leading scholars will gather for three plenary sessions, along with a wide range of multi-session presentations. Participants can also look forward to exciting social events, including a warm welcome reception and a memorable gala dinner.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• CALL FOR PANELS - 5th September 2024 - 28th October 2024
• CALL FOR PAPERS - 15th November 2024 - 31st January 2025
• PRE-CONFERENCE - 1st July 2025 - 1st July 2025
• CONFERENCE - 2nd July 2025 - 4th July 2025

Call for panels

The ICPP "panel" provides a homogeneous and coherent space for academic debate on a specific public policy research question where scholars can present and discuss their research. The panels can address any theoretical, methodological, or empirical research question and cover a large range of topics provided they are related to Public Policy. During the Conference, the panels will be divided into 1 to 3 sessions of 2h each and organized around paper presentations. To allow researchers to meet other peers and discover new perspectives surrounding the same research questions, ICPP only accepts open panel proposals and divides the call for panels and the call for papers into two distinct phases. 

ICPP6 will be a hybrid conference. Therefore,  we will accept two formats of panels: online or onsite, according to your preference. 

Please note that the onsite panels will allow for in-person and virtual presentations (in this case, the presence onsite of at least one chair is mandatory), contrary to virtual panels that will only be organized via videoconference.

• Onsite Panels: the panel takes place on-site in Toronto with at least one chair present in person to organize and manage the sessions. The other co-chairs and authors can participate either online or onsite.
• Virtual Panels: The panel will be organized via video conference. No room will be assigned for its activities during the ICPP6 and all the participants, even the ones onsite are required to participate remotely in the panel.  

During the first phase, the "call for panels", scholars must submit a proposal that will be evaluated and selected by the scientific committee. A panel proposal should include a description of its general objective, a definition of its research question, and a justification of its scientific relevance. This will enable the international scientific committee to select the panels. It should also integrate a "call for papers" detailing the type of papers expected. 

For the second phase, the "call for papers", the accepted panels will be published on our website along with their presentations and research question, and the call for papers description. Scholars will be able to submit a paper proposal for a specific panel that will comprise a title, an abstract, and tackle the research question. The panel chairs will directly manage the selection of the papers and will be asked to accept from 4 to 15 papers according to their quality and relevance to the panel.

LIST OF TOPICS

Each panel must identify the main topic corresponding to its Research Question. The topic is essential to help authors interested in submitting a paper to find more easily a panel proposal within the list of selected panels. The available topics are:

• T01 / Policy Process
• T02 / Comparative
• T03 / Politics
• T04 / Agenda Problem
• T05 / Policy Formulation
• T06 / Implementation
• T07 / Policy Design
• T08 / Discourse & Critical Research
• T09 / Governance
• T10 / Federalism
• T11 / Methodologies
• T12 / Diversity
• T13 / Science
• T14 / Environment
• T15 / Inequalities
• T16 / Global policy
• T17 / Health Policy
• T18 / Sectorial Policy
• T19 / Teaching Public Policy and Pedagogy
• T20 / Crisis
• T21 / Other