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About the Journal

The Annual Review of Policy Design is an open-access electronic review of policy design research. It publishes original manuscripts and reprints that address issues of interest to policy scholars around the world. ARPD aims to stimulate the further intellectual development of policy design studies within the public policy community and in the international community of scholars in the field.


Focus and Scope

The Annual Review of Policy Design publishes new and classic articles on the state of the art of policy design studies.

Peer Review Process

Articles in the Annual Review of Policy Design are solicited or re-printed from other sources which may or may not have been peer reviewed.

Publication Frequency

Annual Review

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Annual Review of Policy Design

Editor: Dr. Michael Howlett, Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC Canada (howlett@sffu.ca)

Journal History

Created May 21, 2013