“Research on policy implementation emerged from the insight that political intentions seldom resulted in the planned changes, which encouraged researchers to investigate what occurred in the process and how it affected the results” (Nilsen, Ståhl, Roback, Cairney, 2013).
The policy implementation landscape is broad and complex. Theories of public policy and theories of governance often focus on different actions or levers when making sense of the relationship between policymaking and measurable, meaningful results. However, these diverse perspectives can stimulate new ideas to provide additional insights and guidance for research and practice to improve policy implementation.
The panellists, with contrasting and complementary knowledge, experience, and insights, will be invited to discuss the inherent challenges of policy implementation, as well as the successful approaches to overcome those challenges. The panellists will be invited to ‘look back’ and to ‘look forward’ with us – to share their perspectives on the ‘State of the Field’ of Policy Implementation.”
Nicolaj Ejler, Active Implementation Research Network, United States of America
Michael Woolcock, World Bank Development Research Group
Jill Schofield, Kingston University, London, England
Jennifer Davidson (Moderator), CELCIS and Inspiring Children’s Futures, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
