Journal of Middle East Review of Public Policy and Administration
Aims & Scope
MERPPA is published twice yearly. Each issue includes up to eight research articles, two policy notes, and two practitioner perspectives.
The journal is dedicated to publishing high-quality scholarships that engage substantively with public policy and public administration issues in the Middle East. For the purposes of the journal, the Middle East encompasses countries from Morocco to the Arabian Gulf, including countries of North Africa, the Levant and Gulf Cooperation Council.
Given the dynamic nature of policy and administrative challenges in the region, the journal encourages submissions that address contemporary issues relevant to ongoing social, political, economic, and cultural developments. It also welcomes contributions that engage with current theoretical debates in public policy and administration and aim to extend, refine, or critically assess the application of established theoretical frameworks in Middle Eastern context.
MERPPA welcomes diverse methodological approaches including quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and comparative designs, provided that the chosen methods are appropriate to the research question and are clearly justified.
Thematic priorities
While the journal recognizes the importance of all policy and administrative issues, particular attention is given to submissions that analyze substantive issues through a clearly articulated and theoretically grounded public policy or public administration lens. Topics may include, but are not limited to, housing, social protection, migration and refugees, education, health, energy, environmental governance, and digital transformation. However, submissions must explicitly choose a clear policy and administration analytical perspective such as public sector reform, public service motivation, bureaucratic politics, institutional analysis, policy coherence, agenda setting, policy coalitions, policy networks, policy advisory systems, collaborative governance, or related frameworks.
