Policy and Practice

Public Administration in an Age of Polycrises: Multi-nodal Governance Approaches in Some South East Asian Countries

In this chapter, the authors explore how public administration can effectively respond to the contemporary polycrisis. Using a multi-nodal governance framework, the chapter examines how selected Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, have navigated complex challenges such as environmental issues, disaster management, health and pandemic responses, and the rise […]

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The Politics of Polycrisis

This book delves into the challenges and strategies for social democracy in Europe amid multiple, interconnected crises. It builds on discussions from the 10th Oxford Symposium and reflects on how progressive politics can navigate the complexity of today’s political and social landscape.

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Research Study on Polycrisis, its Influence on Trust and Legitimacy of Policing and Border Security

The report examines the effects of polycrisis on trust, legitimacy, human capital, and emerging technologies across the operational and organizational dimensions of policing and border security. It explores two key questions: How do polycrises potentially affect trust and legitimacy in the future of policing and border security? And how can recruiting and retaining next-generation officers

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A Philanthropic Theory of Systems Transformation for Advancing Equity in the Polycrisis

This article argues “that intervening to mitigate and reverse the effects of the polycrisis challenges change agents, program designers, foundations, and evaluators to move beyond traditional project-level thinking and autonomous foundation grantmaking to engage in collaborative, principles-driven systems transformation.” They trace the evolution of philanthropy over the past 25 years from SMART goals and logic

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Global crises are multiplying: Here’s how science can help our public decision-makers

The authors argue that the Canadian government’s Scientific Council, which synthesizes the best scientific evidence available for parliamentarians and members of government, needs much better evidence at its disposal to grapple with the global polycrisis. They outline five ways in which governments can more effectively utilize good evidence in policymaking: ask scientific advisors to “show

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