Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
Name	Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
Abbreviation	APPAM
Founded	1972
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management is a professional association founded to advance the development and use of research in public policy and public management. The organization engages scholars, practitioners, and students from institutions such as Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology while interacting with policy bodies like United States Congress, United Nations, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and European Commission. It sponsors events, awards, and publications that connect networks across Brookings Institution, Urban Institute, RAND Corporation, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yale University.

History

The association was established in the early 1970s amid debates involving figures associated with Lyndon B. Johnson-era programs, research centers such as Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University, and policy analysts from Office of Management and Budget, National Institutes of Health, Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Education. Early leadership included academics affiliated with University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and Indiana University, and the group grew through collaborations with think tanks like Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Economic Policy Institute, American Enterprise Institute, and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Over subsequent decades APPAM expanded membership through partnerships with international organizations such as United Nations Development Programme, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, Asian Development Bank, and African Development Bank.

Mission and Governance

The association's mission emphasizes rigorous evidence from researchers at London School of Economics, University College London, University of Toronto, Australian National University, and National University of Singapore to inform decision-makers in bodies including White House, European Parliament, House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, and State Council of the People's Republic of China. Governance is overseen by a board drawn from faculty at Duke University, Columbia Business School, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and New York University and includes liaisons to agencies such as National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Agency for International Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Environmental Protection Agency. Committees coordinate ethics, diversity, and grant review with connections to foundations like Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Membership and Chapters

Membership spans professionals from universities including Brown University, Dartmouth College, Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, and University of California, Los Angeles as well as analysts from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, and Boston Consulting Group. Regional chapters and student chapters form networks tied to metropolitan hubs such as New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco and to international centers like London, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore, and Brussels. Special interest groups coordinate interdisciplinary work with units associated with National Bureau of Economic Research, American Economic Association, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association, and Public Choice Society.

Conferences and Events

The annual meeting brings presenters from institutions like Princeton University, Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Department of Economics, Yale School of Management, and Stanford Graduate School of Business and features panels including representatives from United Nations Development Programme, World Bank Group, International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and Inter-American Development Bank. The meeting typically includes keynote addresses by scholars linked to Nobel Prize in Economics laureates and policy leaders from Federal Reserve System, Treasury Department, European Central Bank, Bank of England, and International Monetary Fund. Workshops and data labs partner with repositories and projects such as ICPSR, NORC at the University of Chicago, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Eurostat.

Publications and Research

The association sponsors peer-reviewed outlets and research forums that draw on scholarship from Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, and Public Administration Review. It curates working paper series and collaborates with publishing houses including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer, and University of Chicago Press. Research topics intersect with studies by centers such as Education Policy Initiative, Health Policy Center, Poverty Action Lab, Center for Global Development, and Migration Policy Institute and utilize datasets from Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, World Bank Open Data, Demographic and Health Surveys, Programme for International Student Assessment, and OECD.Stat.

Awards and Recognition

The association honors contributions through awards that recognize scholars affiliated with Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences nominees, senior investigators from National Academy of Sciences, emerging scholars from American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and practitioners from United Nations agencies. Named prizes commemorate scholars associated with Aaron Wildavsky, Herbert Simon, Charles Lindblom, Elinor Ostrom, and Milton Friedman and are presented alongside fellowships funded by Russell Sage Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, and Lumina Foundation.

Policy Impact and Advocacy

The association facilitates translation of evidence into action through briefings with legislative committees such as Senate Budget Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and through collaborations with agencies like Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Homeland Security. Impact is documented in influence on reports from World Bank, OECD, United Nations, International Monetary Fund, and Pan American Health Organization and through partnerships with advocacy and civic groups including ACLU, National Governors Association, Council of Europe, Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy.

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