JCPA Doctoral Student Academic Writing and Publication Workshop June 3, 2025June 5, 2025 Iris Geva-May Call for Papers, General, News & Events CALL FOR PAPERSJCPA Doctoral Student Academic Writing and Publication WorkshopAbstract Submission Deadline: June 20, 2025Where: School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua UniversityWhen: October 17-19, 2025The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (JCPA) and the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University, JCPA’s hosting institution, welcome applications from doctoral students to the first JCPA doctoral student academic writing workshop, October 17-19, 2025. The workshop is a special event in conjunction with the 2025 Asian Association of Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference hosted at Tsinghua-SPPM.The workshop aims to provide an opportunity to 12-15 shortlisted doctoral students to engage with senior JCPA editors, receive comments on their working papers, and mentoring on academic writing and publication strategies. Selected participants will receive an in-kind travel grant of up to three accommodation nights.Application Eligibility:Doctoral candidates currently enrolled in a public policy/public administration/public affairs program or a relevant discipline at the time of submission and are expected to graduate by August 31, 2026.Priority will be given to doctoral students currently enrolled in one of the ICPA Society and JCPA Institutional Member Universities/Programs/Centers. You can find the list of ICPA members and partners on the ICPA Society webpage: https://www.comparativepolicy.org/sponsors-partners/institutional-partners/.Priority will be given to manuscripts that address a public policy question and have an explicit comparative perspective.At the time of submission, papers must not have been previously published or accepted for publication.Submission Guidelines:Submit the following information, combined into one document, to the JCPA-Tsinghua Editorial Office (jcpa_office@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn) with a cc. to JCPA Acting Executive Director (Dr. S. Derin Atiskan jcpaexecutive@gmail.com) by June 20 2025:An extended abstract of no more than 500 words detailing the research question, theoretical framework, methodology, and key findings.The cover page including your name, institutional affiliation, program, year of enrolment and expected date of graduation, mailing address, email address, name and email address of referring person.A recommendation letter from your supervisor or unit head, stating: 1) reasons your paper merits consideration, and 2) confirmation that your institution will cover round-trip transportation between your city of origin and Beijing should your paper be selected. This letter is your responsibility and must be submitted with your application.Important dates: June 20, 2025 Abstract submission deadlineJune 30, 2025 Author notification of acceptanceAugust 31, 2025 Paper submission to workshop mentorSeptember 30, 2025 Author registration to workshop deadlineOctober 17-19, 2025 Doctoral Student Workshop in conjunction with AAPA ConferenceInquiries: The JCPA-Tsinghua Editorial Office (Ms. Tingting Miao, jcpa_office@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn).