Adam Wellstead

Michigan Technological University

Associate Professor

Department of Social Sciences

Houghton, MI 49931

United States

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1.

The Rise of Policy Innovation Labs: A Catalog of Policy Innovation in the United States (1st Edition)

Number of pages: 129 Posted: 30 Jan 2020
Adam Wellstead and Sun Nguyen
Michigan Technological University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 567 (105,366)
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policy innovation labs, United States

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Re-Thinking Think Tanks: Differentiating Knowledge-Based Policy Influence Organizations

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2021
Adam Wellstead and Michael P. Howlett
Michigan Technological University and Simon Fraser University
Downloads 332 (196,700)

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think tanks, policy labs, knowledge-based organizations

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Fourth Industrial Revolution and Algorithms: New Challenges for Policy Design

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2021
Tanya A. Heikkila and Adam Wellstead
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Michigan Technological University
Downloads 225 (293,307)
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algorithms, policy design, policy labs, trust, policy learning

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Understanding Feasibility in Climate Change Adaptation Planning: Structural-Functionalism and the Neglect of Governance in Complex Adaptive Systems Inspired Forest Sector Vulnerability Assessments

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Aug 2012
Adam Wellstead and Michael P. Howlett
Michigan Technological University and Simon Fraser University
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Causal Mechanisms in Policy Process Research: Are We Taking Them Seriously? Should We?

Making Policies Work: First-and Second-order Mechanisms in Policy Design, 2019
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Oct 2019
Evert Lindquist and Adam Wellstead
University of Victoria and Michigan Technological University
Downloads 142 (442,039)
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mechanisms, policy process frameworks, causality

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Changing Traditions: School of Policy Studies Policy Innovation Lab report on Queen’s University Homecoming

Number of pages: 195 Posted: 21 Jul 2022
Adam Wellstead, Sagarika Alria, Sarwat Ara, Jaime Araujo Cabral, Madeleine Bauer, Zoe Bellini, Madison Bryers, Ashwini Canagaratnam, Connor Chase, Calissa Daly, Tayler D’Andrea, Jamie Davison, Sharan Dhillon, Daniel Drosi, Ava Hawkes, Natasha Heselden, Isabel Keng, Bonhee Ku, Tanuri Kulendran, Anica Lad, Miranda Landry, Kaylin Mesic, Kirah Morrison, Farah Mtaweh, Sarah Natour, Judy Ng, Indra Nyamvumba, Miles Obille, Leenaa Peerbux, Pamini Rasalingam, Chloe Robinson, Isabella Robinson, Kayode Southwood, Amber St-Jean, Nastassia Varela, Alessandro Vina, Libing Yang and Tim Yersh
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Homecoming, Policy Analysis; Policy Design, Policy Innovation Lab (PIL), Queen’s University

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The 'Lumpiness' Thesis Revisited: The Venues of Policy Work and the Distribution of Analytical Techniques in Canada

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 13-04
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 May 2013
Michael P. Howlett, Seck Tan, Adam Wellstead, Andrea Migone and Bryan Evans
Simon Fraser University, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Michigan Technological University, Simon Fraser University - Department of Political Science and Department of Politics and Public Administration - Ryerson University
Downloads 101 (574,500)

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policy analysis, analytical tools, policy consultants, NGOs, policy venues

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Where is the Policy? A Bibliometric Review of the State of Policy Research on Medical Tourism

Number of pages: 107 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Altaf Virani, Adam Wellstead and Michael P. Howlett
Monash University, Indonesia, Michigan Technological University and Simon Fraser University
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medical tourism; health tourism; healthcare tourism; policy research; bibliometric analysis

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Navigating the “Policy Design” Landscape

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Dec 2023
D P Villa Alvarez and Adam Wellstead
Fundación Saldarriaga Concha and Michigan Technological University
Downloads 88 (626,982)
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policy design, design-for-policy, design-in-policy, design policy, issue mapping, digital methods, web scraping

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Have Policy Process Scholars Embraced Causal Mechanisms? A Review of Five Popular Frameworks

Forthcoming in Public Policy and Administration
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Mar 2020
Jeroen van der Heijden, Johanna Kuhlmann, Evert Lindquist and Adam Wellstead
Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government, Öffentliche Versicherung Braunschweig, University of Victoria and Michigan Technological University
Downloads 84 (645,006)
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policy process, meta-review, multiple streams approach, advocacy coalition framework, punctuated equilibrium theory, narrative policy framework, institutional analysis and development.

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New Governance Arrangements at the Intersection of Climate Change and Forest Policy: Institutional, Political and Regulatory Dimensions

Public Administration Vol. 90, No. 1, 2012 (37–55)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Nov 2012
Meinhard Doelle, Chris Henschel, Jennifer Smith, Chris Tollefson and Adam Wellstead
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Independent, University of Victoria - Faculty of Law and Michigan Technological University
Downloads 79 (668,522)

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governance arrangements, climate policy, forest management

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Trusting Datification Through Labification

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Jan 2020
Adam Wellstead
Michigan Technological University
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big data, trust, policy innovation labs

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Queen's School of Policy Studies Policy Innovation Lab (Qsps-Pil) Summary of 'Changing Traditions: A Report on Queen's University Homecoming'

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 03 Oct 2022
Kaylin Mesic and Adam Wellstead
Queen's University and Michigan Technological University
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Policy innovation lab, policy analysis, public policy education

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New Avenues for Community Solar Adoption Research:  Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Ten Us States

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Sep 2024
Dong Min Kim, Shan Zhou and Adam Wellstead
Michigan Technological University, Purdue University and Michigan Technological University
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Community solar, Shared solar, Renewable energy adoption, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, fsQCA