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Recent Book Talks

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 9

BOOK TALK 9: Policy Innovations from the Global South – Will the North Ever Learn? Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Time: 11 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time- US and Canada); 5 PM CEST (Central European Summer Time) Zoom Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81597886013?pwd=toHAWaEMKfcliWGvEwyZ5eK0X1rNYO.1 Meeting ID: 815 9788 6013 Passcode: ICPA CO-EDITORS: Achim Kemmerling; Vice Director, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 8

BOOK TALK 8: Comparative Policy Analysis – From Research to Practice AUTHORS: Guillaume Fontaine; Director, Comparative Policy Lab, FLACSO, Quito; JCPA Executive Editor Book Author Iris Geva-May; Founding Editor-in-chief, JCPA and Founding President, ICPA Society; Professor Emerita, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada HOST: Leslie A. Pal; Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada; Vice-President, ICPA Society. […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 7

BOOK TALK 7: Negotiating Values – Implementing Change in the Allocation of Transplant Organs AUTHOR: David L. Weimer; Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, US. HOST: Leslie A. Pal; Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada; Vice-President, ICPA […]

Past Book Talks

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 6

BOOK TALK 6: Women’s Empowerment and Public Policy in the Arab Gulf States BOOK EDITOR: Rabia Naguib; Associate Professor and the Head of the Public Administration Department; Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar. HOST: Leslie A. Pal; Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada; Vice-President, ICPA Society.   Watch the ICPA Society Book Talks Series – […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 5

BOOK TALK 5: Smart Cities to Smart Societies: Moving Beyond Technology BOOK EDITORS:  Esmat Zaidan, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor, CPP, HBKU, Qatar  Imad Antoine Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of Law, CSTM, University of Twente, Netherlands. Elie Azar, Canada Research Chair & Associate Professor at Carleton University, Canada. HOST: Leslie A. Pal, Chancellor’s Professor […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 4

Book Talk 4: International Library of Policy Analysis (ILPA) Book Series (sponsored by JCPA and ICPA Society) SERIES EDITORS:  Iris Geva-May, JCPA Editor-in-Chief and ICPA Society President, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Comparative Research Chair, SPPM, Tsinghua University, China; Honorary Research Professor, SPPA, Carleton University, Ottawa; Professor Emerita, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Michael Howlett, Research […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 3

Book Talk 3: Theories Of The Policy Process AUTHOR: Christopher M. Weible, Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver, USA HOST: Leslie A. Pal, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Canada; Vice-President, ICPA Society DATE: Wednesday, December 10th, 2025   Watch the ICPA Society Book Talks Series – Book Talk […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 1

Book Talk 1: Handbook of Public Policy Implementation AUTHORS: Fritz Sager, Professor &Vice-Rector, KPM Center for Public Management, University of Bern, Switzerland Céline Mavrot, Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Lael Keiser, Professor and director, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri, USA HOST: Leslie A. Pal, Chancellor’s […]

ICPA SOCIETY AND JCPA BOOK TALKS SERIES – BOOK TALK 2

Book Talk 2: Brazil and China in Knowledge and Policy Transfer EDITORS: Osmany Porto de Oliveira, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil Giulia C. Romano, Hans Böckler Foundation, Germany HOST: Leslie A. Pal, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Carleton University; Vice-President, ICPA Society DATE: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 Watch the ICPA Society Book Talks Series – Book […]