Reimagining the State in Governing the Commons: Synergies in Analytical Frameworks and Tools
“Reimagining the State in Governing the Commons: Synergies in Analytical Frameworks and Tools” was a two-day workshop held June 22-23, 2024 at Indiana University Bloomington that brought together scholars who are interested in reimagining the role of the state in governing the commons, and the types of analytical frameworks and tools to help extend this area of research. The workshop focused primarily on new insights coming from work on state-reinforced self-governance (SRSG) and the Institutional Grammar (IG), as well as how these two approaches can inform one another.
The workshop was sponsored by the Center for Policy Design and Governance at Syracuse University, the Center for Policy and Democracy at the University of Colorado Denver, and the IASC and was held in partnership with the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop.
Conference on Policy Process Research
The Center for Policy Design and Governance hosted the 2024 Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR24), which took place at Syracuse University on May 15-17, 2024. The mission of COPPR is to advance the scholarship of policy process theory and methods. The conference featured 71 panels and 8 roundtables. Additionally, a pre-conference workshop on May 14 included methods workshops as well as professional development roundtables targeted towards graduate students and early career professionals.
International Conference on Public Policy Design
The first International Conference on Public Policy Design took place at the University of Miami on February 23-25, 2023. The conference was co-organized by the University of Miami and the Center for Policy Design and Governance.
The theme of the 2023 International Conference on Public Policy Design was “Advancing the Study of Policy Design in Policy Process Research.” The conference featured papers that advance theory and methods for studying policy design (defined either as policy formulation or policy content) within the realm of policy process research, particularly papers exploring antecedents and consequences of policy design.