The IDP collections allow you to explore items by material. For example, you can discover a fascinating collection of textiles from various Silk Roads sites, including this colourful embroidered shoe from Karakhoja near Turfan. 👠​ bit.ly/3RUZfcz

NUS, together with a consortium of Asian institutions, is proud to host the first BREAD conference on development economics in Asia. Please submit your paper and find more information here: breadasia2024.com breadasia2024 Please spread the word! Johannes Haushofer

New pub: on 3 decades of Chinese internet & society research journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… Thanks Communication and the Public WKWSCI Research Office NTU Singapore

Excited to share our new article in 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡: 'Policy Design & Feedback in Welfare Retrenchment: A Survey Experiment in China.' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Alex JW He’s Ling Zhu PSJ (@psjeditor.bsky.social)

The annual conferences of the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP) and the UK Social Policy Association (SPA) will join together in July 2025, hosted by the University of York (UK). See welfareasia.org/archives/806 @Bingqin_Li John Hudson

Just out in Policy Sciences and part of a forthcoming symposium on Lasswell - "Shattering stereotypes and the critical Lasswell" by Paul Cairney & Chris Weible #policysciences link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Research Article Jiwei Qian, Zhuoyi Wen, & Jin Jiang (2024) Firm Compliance, State Enforcement and Social Insurance Coverage in China journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Now out! Cambridge Elements in Public Policy - "Bad Public Policy: Malignity, Volatility and the Inherent Vices of Policymaking" by Michael Howlett, Ching Leong and Tim Legrand Open Access at cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Singapore has world-class health outcomes but its primary care system faces challenges. This article by M Ramesh and Jiwei Qian dives into Singapore’s primary care paradox and asks what it’ll take to strengthen the system from within. Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A study of the evolution of macroeconomics over the last 40 years and argument that there has been substantial convergence, mostly for the better, from Olivier Blanchard nber.org/papers/w33802

Discover this PSJ article from our latest issue exploring the unexpected power of policy design to shape public opinion during welfare retrenchment. By Alex Jingwei He, Ling Zhu & Jiwei Qian Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.12… #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal