Dr. Leslie A. Pal, Dean of CPP, attended the meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Public Policy Association (IPPA) in Florence, Italy. The meeting was hosted by the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, on January 20-21. Among the agenda items discussed at the meeting were the bids for the 2023 International Conference on Public Policy, the new International Workshop on Public Policy to be held in Budapest on June 28-30, 2022, and plans for winter and summer schools around the world. 

The IPPA is the major international scholarly association in the field of public policy. Dr. Pal was appointed to the EC in 2019 and elected as vice-president shortly thereafter. CPP is proud to be an institutional member, and be part of engaging in meaningful international policy discourse.