Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (JCPA)
The JCPA has pioneered comparative policy studies since 1998 and is the only explicitly comparative journal of policy analytic studies. The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (JCPA) aims to stimulate the intellectual development of comparative policy studies and the growth of an international community of scholars exploring global inter- and intra-policy making.
Society of International Comparative Policy Analysis
(ICPA Society)
Founded in 2010, the ICPA Society is an international network of scholars dedicated to the advancement, encouragement, and exchange of ideas, research, and other activities relating to comparative policy analytic studies. The ICPA Society supports the mission of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and its Aims and Scope through dialogues, research collaborations, opinion pieces, peer-reviewed book publications, workshops and JCPA awards. In 2025, it lists 1,600 international paying and non-paying members, scholars, students and practitioners—and partners with over 30 international institutions and 10 scholarly associations.








