Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Education
Environment
Governance
Information
Science and Technology
Public Administration:
Governance and Public Administration
Social Development:
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Sustainable Development:
Climate change
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Europe
North America
Asia
Latin America and Caribbean
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1972 |
| Organizational structure: |
PSO's board consists of President Dr. Paul J. Rich; Vice Presidents Victoria Basolo, Angela Matysiak, Janet Frantz, and Guillermo de los Reyes; Treasurer Rex Kallembach; and Executive Director Daniel Gutierrez-Sandoval. Additionally, PSO works with editors of 11 journals published with Wiley-Blackwell, and 10 Open Access journals published in-house. Finally, PSO employs 4 part-time positions in the departments of development, programs, media and publications. List of Editors: Asian Politics & Policy Aileen Baviera University of the Philippines Digest of Middle East Studies Mohammed Aman University of Wisconsin Latin American Policy Isidro Morales Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus Policy & Internet Helen Margetts University of Oxford Policy Studies Journal Chris Weible University of Colorado-Denver Policy Studies Yearbook Hank Jenkins-Smith Politics & Policy Emma Norman, David Mena Universidad IberoAmericana, Mexico City Campus Poverty & Public Policy Max Skidmore University of Missouri-Kansas City Review of Policy Research Chris Gore Ryerson University Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Scott Robinson University of Oklahoma World Medical & Health Policy Arnauld Nicogossian, Bonnie Stabile George Mason University Gender, Sexuality and Public Policy Guillermo de los Reyes University of Houston International Journal on Criminology Alain Bauer French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts, Paris John Jay College of Criminal Justice Internet Learning Melissa Burgess American Public University System Journal on Policy and Complex Systems Mirsad Hadzikadic, Liz Johnson Complex Systems Institute, UNC Charlotte New Water Policy and Practice Jeff Camkin University of Western Austrailia Susana Neto Technical University of Lisbon Ritual, Secrecy, and Civil Society Pierre Mollier World Food Policy Keokam Kraisoraphong Chulalongkorn University European Policy Analysis Klaus Schubert University of Muenster, Germany |
| Number and type of members: |
PSO's membership includes approximately 6,000 libraries around the world as institutional members and 400 individual members. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
The Roosevelt Institution; International Studies Association, American Political Science Association; American, Midwest, Southern and International Political Science Associations; and the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Product sales and business services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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