INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CRITICAL POLICY STUDIES – EXPLORING THE PREMISES AND POLITICS OF CAROL BACCHI’S WPR APPROACH
15 – 17 OF JUNE 2020, KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
Abstracts are invited for papers to be given at a forthcoming symposium exploring the premises and politics of Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to be?” (WPR) approach. This popular analytic strategy is being deployed across a wide range of research fields and disciplines. It is proving useful among policy workers, in comparative analyses, and to interrogate the politics of international organizations, including the EU, the World Bank and the OECD.
The symposium has as its main objective to open channels of communication among researchers who have engaged with, or who plan to engage with, the WPR approach in order to bring to light the types of analyses being produced and to encourage further collaboration. The format of the symposium will be keynotes followed by panels, paper presentations and general discussions. There will be a particular focus on showcasing new and emerging work from junior researchers.
Confirmed keynotes are Professor Emerita Carol Bacchi, University of Adelaide, Professor Susan Goodwin, University of Sydney, and Professor Elisabeth Prügl, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
Abstracts (approx. 200 words) to be submitted by March 1, 2020