PhD in Public Policy
Governance relies on knowledge, and good public policy and good policy-making require excellent research.
They require research that is sound in its methods to identify and document the consequences of public policies and the prospects for their reform. They require research that is broad, taking into account the precedents, players and processes that affect the origin and design of policies and the ways they are implemented.
Our PhD in Public Policy prepares you to undertake such research, providing the conceptual and methodological tools needed to study public policies across a range of jurisdictions and fields.
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SPPA Scholars’ Work Cited in New Parliamentary Budget Office Report
A new report by the Parliamentary Budget Office cites and is informed by SPPA Professor Emeritus Saul Schwartz, PhD Graduate…
Antoine Genest-Grégoire appointed Assistant Professor at Université de Sherbrooke
Congratulations to SPPA’s Antoine Genest-Gregoire, who was appointed as Assistant Professor to Université de Sherbrooke’s Department of Taxation on…
Christopher Dougherty: Receives Honorable Mention in ARNOVA awards.
Christopher Dougherty, PhD student We are pleased to share that Christopher Dougherty, SPPA PhD student, received an Honorable Mention for ARNOVA’s…
Brendan Haley: PhD in Public Policy 2015
I am an alumnus of the PhD in Public Policy program at Carleton University. I currently am the Director of…