Centre for Public Policy hosts the XIX International Conference on Public Policy & Management on 27 – 29, August 2024

The Centre for Public Policy at IIM Bangalore will host the XIX International Conference on Public Policy & Management on August 27 - 29, 2024. The interdisciplinary conference draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues and provides a forum for showcasing the latest developments in policy research and practice. The conference hosts pre-conference activities, academic sessions, topical policy debates, workshops, panel discussions, and practitioner-oriented discussions on contemporary topics in public policy and management.

The conference is ideal for academicians, students, research scholars, policy practitioners, lawyers, NGO professionals and others with an interest in public policy.

Venue of the Conference: IIM Bangalore Campus

The themes for the conference include:

1. Emerging Technologies and Policy Implications
2. Policies on Climate Change and Sustainability in Industry and Agriculture
3. Policy Challenges in Gig and Platform Economy
4. Innovations in Public Policy

Submissions not falling within these themes, but other wise related to public policy topics are also welcome.

Call for Research Papers, Practitioner Case Studies, Track Proposals & Poster Session

Authors are invited to submit their original research findings and case studies relating to above themes and other public policy topics under any one of the following three avenues:

1. Research Paper – The full paper should adhere to the following guidelines:
   • The topic of the paper should be directly related to public policy.
   • The word limit of the paper is 8000 words and the abstract is 250 words. The expectation is that the paper will be at least 5000 words.
   • Please use British English.
   • Please send the paper using MS Word format, Times New Roman font, 12 font size, 1.5 line spacing.
   • Please send author/co-author’s biography (2-3 lines) indicating affiliation, designation, and contact details.
   • Please check for plagiarism, grammar, punctuation, and spelling before submitting the paper.
   • During Signup/Login, please indicate, in case your paper is not selected for full paper presentation, whether you are willing to include it as a poster presentation.
2. Practitioner Case Studies – Policy practitioners from both the public and private sector and researchers are invited to submit case studies from their successful experiences in the field, challenges faced in policy implementation, and learnings that could drive policy recommendations.
   • The word limit of the case study is 5000 words.
   • Please use British English.
   • Please send the paper using MS Word format, Times New Roman font, 12 font size, 1.5 line spacing.
   • Please send practitioner’s biography (2-3 lines) indicating affiliation, designation, and contact details.
3. Track Proposal – We invite proposals to organise special tracks comprising of 3 to 5 papers that address any theme of the Conference in a holistic manner . A track proposal must be curated by a set of researchers, led by an identified coordinator. Guidelines for track proposal submission:-

• In the proposal, we would like to know –
  1. Title of your track
  2. Each papers’ title, abstract (250 words) and name and affiliation of the authors
  3. A summary (500 words) articulating the joint nature of the proposed papers and the relevance of the track to present day policy.

Poster Session – Young Scholars Initiative (YSI ) South Asia Working Group is collaborating with the Centre for Public Policy at IIM Bangalore for a pre-conference workshop and poster session at the 19th International Conference on Public Policy & Management. To apply for the poster presentation, an extended abstract of the research paper (1000-1500 words) needs to be submitted by 15th June 2024. Doctoral scholars in the initial stages of their PhD may present an overview of their thesis in the abstract. 20 selected scholars will be informed of acceptance by 30th June 2024 and invited to present their work at the 19th International Conference on Public Policy & Management.

Last date for abstract submission is 15th June 2024

Registration link – Click here

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Announcement of acceptance results (for all categories of submissions): 30th June 2024

For more details, interested candidates may

• e-mail: cppconference[at]iimb[dot]ac[dot]in

call: +91 80 26993323/3051