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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Antoine Dedewanou examines rational expectations in the modern economy

Edda Claus (Wilfrid Laurier University) and SPPA Adjunct Research Professor F. Antoine Dedewanou examine the importance of perceptions and beliefs on decision-making in their paper Expectations, Beliefs, and Perceptions in the Modern Economy: An Overview, published as a Special Issue Article in the Journal of Economic Surveys, January 2024.... More

Monday, January 15, 2024

Antoine Dedewanou: Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth, UNICEF Report Card

SPPA Adjunct Research Professor Antoine Dedewanou is co-author on UNICEF's “Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: Innocenti Report Card 18" published December 2023. Abstract :  In a time of general prosperity, more than 69 million children live in poverty in some of the world’s richest countries. Poverty is often defined by income. But... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

Adegboyega Ojo: Building confidence and trust in Ireland’s National Maternity Services Workforce -What matters most and how?

Trustworthy, equitable, and high-quality maternity care requires ongoing development of interpersonal skills within the maternity services professional workforce particularly in caring for younger women (under 29 years) and those with a disability SPPA's Adegboyega Ojo is lead author on Building confidence and trust in Ireland's National Maternity... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Mehmet Akif Demircioglu studies of turnover intention of civil servants, Bhutan

SPPA Assistant Professor Mehmet Akif Demircioglu and Assel Mussagulova (Signapore University of Technology and Design) recently published "What affects the turnover intention of civil servants: Evidence from Bhutan"  in the Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 325 - 345 September 2023. Abstract Research utilising... More

Monday, December 4, 2023

James Meadowcroft- Governing the net-zero transition: Strategy, policy, and politics

SPPA's James Meadowcroft and Daniel Rosenbloom (University of Toronto) recently published their paper Governing the net-zero transition: Strategy, policy, and politics  in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Volume 120, Issue 47, November 2023.  DOI 10.1073/pnas.2207727120). Abstract This paper... More

Monday, November 13, 2023

Graeme Auld: Conservation, uncertainty and intellectual humility

In a new paper, SPPA Professor Graeme Auld and co-authors consider how fostering intellectual humility in conservation decision-making processes might reveal new ways of handling and navigating uncertainties about how best to tackle conservation problems. Conservation, uncertainty and intellectual humility Environmental Conservation, Vol 50 Issue... More

Friday, November 3, 2023

Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous policy?

SPPA Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor Emerita   Frances Abele, and SPPA Research Fellow Catherine MacQuarrie published an opinion piece in The Hill Times discussing Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s comments on Indigenous issues, titled Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous... More

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Community Perspectives on Inuit Country Food Insecurity in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut

As part of our celebration of 80 years of Public Administration, we will be sharing Research Summaries highlighting some of SPPA's broad-ranging research.  Below is this month's Research summary. Community Perspectives on Inuit Country Food Insecurity in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Country food - referring to traditional Inuit food - is deeply enrooted... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Graeme Auld: published new term “Path Dependence” in Dictionary of Ecological Economics

SPPA Professor Graeme Auld and his colleague Professor Stefan Renckens (University of Toronto) published an entry in the Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Their entry discusses the term path dependence, which captures situations where early chance or choice events constrain future options.... More

Friday, August 18, 2023

SPPA Adjunct Research Professor Mary Bartram co-authors new paper on suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic

"Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan: findings from a joint-effect modeling" by  Daniel Adeyinka, Nuelle Novik, Gabriela Novotna (University of Saskatchewan);  Mary Bartram (Carleton University & Mental Health Commission of Canada), Robert Gabrys... More

Monday, July 24, 2023

Vivian Hofmann: Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda

By Vivian Hoffmann  Miki Khan Doan, Tomoko Harigaya Published online: 16 Jul 2023 Journal of Development Effectiveness https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2023.2236080 This is a methodological piece that describes a mechanism that allowed farmers to self-select into the study sample for a randomized controlled trial of agronomic training based on... More

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Rob Shepherd: Spending reviews and the Government of Canada: From episodic to institutionalized capabilities and repertoires

By Evert Lindquist and Robert P. Shepherd First published: 19 June 2023, in IPAC's Canadian Public Administration Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12532 Abstract Following surges of spending and staff hiring to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trudeau government announced a strategic policy review in the 2022 Budget to secure savings of $6... More

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