Public Policy and Administration (PPA)

Public Policy and Administration (PPA) is a peer reviewed journal jointly owned by the UK Association for Public Administration (UKAPA) and SAGE publications.  PPA aims to publish original peer-reviewed material within the broad field of public policy and administration.

Editorial team
 Dr Francesca Calò, (The Open University, UK):  francesca.calo@open.ac.uk
 Dr Alice Moseley, (University of Exeter, UK): A.Moseley@exeter.ac.uk
 Professor Edoardo Ongaro, (The Open University, UK):  edoardo.ongaro@open.ac.uk
 Dr Benedetta Trivellato, (University of Milan Bicocca, Italy): benedetta.trivellato@unimib.it 

Latest articles

• Beyond specific case responses: Accountability, public service motivation, and bureaucrats’ policy responsiveness
  August 12, 2025 by Yao LiuSchool of Public Policy and Administration, 12480Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China,
• In Memoriam – Dr Fabienne Maron
  August 8, 2025 by Edoardo OngaroThe Faculty of Business and Law, 5488The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• The moderating effects of policy domains on the relationship between group culture and organizational effectiveness: A study of public employees’ perceptions in Korea
  July 31, 2025 by Yoonho KimDepartment of Public Administration, 35010University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
• Assessing stringency: A survey experiment of energy saving policies across five EU countries
  July 26, 2025 by Aygul Salmanova26656Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium,
• Network structure, network mechanism, and network effectiveness and legitimacy: A configurational analysis of 26 cases
  July 18, 2025 by Yanwei Li, Xiang Zhang1Department of Public Administration, School of Political Science and Public Administration, 12589Shandong University, Qingdao, China2Department of Political Science, School of Public Affairs, 12466Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
• Why did China persist with a zero-COVID policy? A cultural interpretation of Confucianism
  July 10, 2025 by Xiaolong TianDepartment of Political Science and Law, University of Jinan, Jinan, China,
• Digital transformation in governance: Preconditions for achieving good governance
  July 7, 2025 by Nidhi Maheshwari, Gopal Mohan, Divya MishraUniversity School of Management and Entrepreneurship, 231511Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India
• Accountability under populism and a dramatized environment: Do organizational transparency and policy meaningfulness matter?
  June 17, 2025 by Yanwei LiDepartment of Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, China,
• Who gets the credit? Claiming political credit and avoiding blame in regional Inter-Municipal Cooperation
  June 9, 2025 by Shani BarDepartment of Public Administration & Policy, School of Political Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, 108359University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel,
• Religion and social sustainability in Mauritius: Exploring the relationships
  June 5, 2025 by Susan Opp12273Bloch School of Management, University of MIssouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO USA,
• Intent vs impact: Ramifications of digitalization on the administrative burden
  June 4, 2025 by Shehreen Amin BhuiyanDepartment of Public Administration, 95324University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
• Talking at parties: Bureaucratic language in response to party control changes
  May 10, 2025 by Tracey Bark, Robert A. Crawford15666Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, USA